Ethan Mercer

Ethan Mercer has spent eight years tracking Qidian's Monthly Vote (月票榜) and Bestseller boards, reading the Chinese-language ranking pages directly rather than relying on secondhand summaries. He covers Webnovel.com and Seven Seas Entertainment licensing announcements as they happen, flagging when a chart-topping Qidian novel still has no English translation, and noting when a license announcement is convention-timed versus a routine catalog update. His coverage leads with the number, then the context: 'this jumped 40 spots on the Monthly Vote board after chapter 800 dropped, which tracks real reader spending, not just page views.'

• 8 years tracking Qidian's Monthly Vote and Bestseller boards
• Covers Webnovel.com and Seven Seas Entertainment licensing as it happens
• Reads Chinese-language ranking pages directly
• Cross-checks every license date against official publisher pages