The little read book

On a typical day, 28-year-old fantasy novelist Tangjia Sanshao writes 9,000 Chinese characters and publishes them online. He can't take holidays because readers look forward to a fresh chapter every day.

Tangjia Sanshao's eighth and latest work, God of Instrument (Qin Di), is currently being serialized and hosted on the website www.qidian.com, on which it ranks 26th in terms of popularity.

Every click brings money and pay-online reading is now Tangjia Sanshao's main source of income.