For authors
From first draft to the shelf.
List your published books free, forever. Share the one you're still writing, chapter by chapter. Publish short stories readers can follow. And keep every sale: we never take a cut.
633 books by 304 authors are on the shelves already.
Newly on the shelves: Beneath the Cloudline
Every stage of a book has a place here
Most sites meet your book on release day and forget it the week after. This one is built for the whole life of it.
- 1
While you write
Give the unfinished book its own page in Upcoming before release day.
- Up to 3 sample chapters readers can start today
- A reader list: real emails from people waiting for it
- A trailer and your series, if you have them
- 2
On release day
List it free. 5 listings come with every author account, forever.
- Your cover, your description, your retailer link
- Formats and ISBNs, Kindle Unlimited, a co-author
- Reviewed by a person, then live
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While readers find it
Your book goes where readers already browse, not into a feed.
- The front of the homepage's new arrivals
- Its genre shelf, and the moods and tropes you tag
- Lists, Blind Date with a Book, and the weekly Shout-Out
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As readers stay
Readers can follow you, so the next book has an audience waiting.
- Followers are emailed when you list a book or publish a story
- Readers can message you; replies are always free
- Reader reviews and notes, written like short blog posts
A real page for every book
Not a thumbnail in a feed. Each book gets a page of its own that search engines can read, with everything a reader needs to decide.
Your cover and description
In your words, as long as you need.
Genre, moods and tropes
Readers browse by feel: slow burn, found family, cozy.
Formats, ISBNs and KU
Ebook and paperback with their ISBNs, and a Kindle Unlimited mark.
Co-authors credited
A second name on the book, with their links.
A straight retailer link
Get the book goes to your store. No affiliate codes, ever.
Built to be found
Structured data, so search engines understand the book.
And a profile that is yours
Your photo, your bio, your links, and every book you have listed, on one page readers can follow.
- Readers follow you and hear when you list something new
- A share panel in your account: your link, a badge for your site
- An Upcoming release mark while you have a book on the way
- Your short stories and your books, side by side
Where readers meet your book
Each of these is a real door readers walk through every day. Here is how a book gets to each one, honestly.
- New arrivalsEvery newly approved book goes to the front of the homepage's new arrivals. Automatically.
- Genre shelvesYour book lives on its genre shelf for good, not for a launch week.
- Moods and tropesTag what your book feels like and it turns up where readers browse by mood.
- Starter listsHand-picked, five at a time, rotating as books arrive. Nobody pays to be on one.
- Blind Date with a BookReaders pick a mood and unwrap three books, matched by the tags you chose.
- The Shout-OutOur weekly email to readers. Each issue spotlights four books, so authors take turns.
Short fiction, read free, written by you
Publish a short story here and readers can read it free, like it, and leave a comment you can reply to. It is the quickest way to show what your writing feels like.
- See how it's doing: views, average reading time, and how far readers get
- A story of the week leads the stories page, picked every Monday so every story gets a turn
- Monthly writing prompts from November 2026, with every past prompt kept
- Link a story to your book, or publish it in parts
- Your followers get an email when you publish
- You keep the copyright. Delete the story and our permission ends
What it costs
Finished books are free, forever. Extra listings are $3 USD a month for 5 more. The book you're still writing is about a coffee a month, and presses have a plan of their own with 15 days free.
List a published book
$0 always
- 5 free listings, for individual indie authors
- Each book gets its own page in the catalogue
- An author profile readers can follow
- We never take a cut of your sales
- Extra listing slots from $3 a month, if you need them
List the book you're still writing
$4.99 USD / month
plus tax where it applies
- Its own page in Upcoming, before release day
- Up to 3 sample chapters readers can start today
- A reader list of real emails, yours to keep
List your catalogue
$9.99 USD / month
plus tax where it applies
- For presses and organisations, up to 50 listings
- A publisher page with the authors you publish
- Listings are visible while the plan is active
Compare plans in full: every feature, the add-ons, and how billing works.
And the rest of the toolkit
16 publishing guides
Writing, editing, publishing and marketing, written by an indie author.
Read the guidesAsk the community
Questions about writing and publishing, answered by people who have done it.
Ask a questionMessages with readers
5 free conversation openers a month, and replies are always free.
How messaging worksPresses and publishers
A catalogue plan with a publisher page, $9.99 USD a month after 15 days free.
The Business planWhat we promise, and what we won't
We promise
- Your finished books stay free to list, forever
- No cut of your sales, and no affiliate codes on your links
- Nobody pays for a place on a list or a shelf
- Your book is findable: a real page, a genre shelf, a link straight to your store
We won't promise
Sales. Nobody honest can. What we do is put your book where readers are looking, and keep it there. We also ask everyone here to buy at least one indie book a month, because that is how this works for all of us.
Read the FAQYour book belongs on the shelf.
It takes a few minutes, it costs nothing, and a person reads every submission before it goes live.
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