Pricing
Finished books list free. Works in progress cost a coffee. Catalogues, about two.
That is the whole model. If you are an individual author with a published book, listing it is free and always will be: 5 listings come with the account, and a few dollars adds more if you ever need them. The one paid plan for authors is for the book you are still writing. And presses, publications and other organisations list their catalogue on the Business plan, with a publisher page of their own.
List a published book
$0 always
No card, no trial, nothing to cancel
- 5 free listings, for individual indie authors
- A book page with your own description and cover
- An author profile written in your words
- No fees, no cut of your sales, no card required
Need more than 5? Extra slots from $3 USD a month.
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- Every book on the shelves, its genre page, and site search
- Likes, shares, and a link straight to your retailer
- The full guide library and the Ask community
More than 5 books
Extra slots come in bundles of 5: $3 USD a month or $30 USD a year, plus tax where it applies, up to 15 books in all. Added from your account page whenever you need them; if a bundle ever lapses your books are hidden, never deleted.
Messaging
Every account gets 5 free conversation openers a month, and replies are always free. Need more? Packs are $5 USD for 50 tokens, plus tax where it applies, bought from your messages page, and they never expire.
ARC readers
Ask for ARC readers for a listed book on the ARC page. Your first 2 requests are free; after that each is $10 USD, plus tax where it applies, bought from your account, and it never expires.
Who it's for
The free plan is for individual indie authors. Presses, publications, and other organisations or businesses should use the Business plan instead. Not sure which fits? Write to us and we'll work it out together.
List the book you're still writing
$4.99 USD / month
plus tax where it applies. Cancel any time.
- Its own page in Upcoming, before release day
- Up to 3 sample chapters readers can start reading today
- A reader list that belongs to you: real emails from people who want the book
- Covers one work in progress at a time: finish it, then point the plan at the next
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- Daily turns in the Upcoming books tab on the home page
- An “Upcoming release” badge on your author profile
- Priority support
Billing
Checkout is hosted by Stripe, so your card never touches our servers. Stripe sells the plan as merchant of record and adds your country's tax at checkout, so the total depends on where you are. Your statement will show LINK.COM* INDIEFICTION, not IndieFiction. Cancel any time; the plan runs to the end of the month you've paid for. Priced in USD worldwide.
List your catalogue
$9.99 USD / month
plus tax where it applies
- For presses, publications and other organisations, up to 50 listings
- A publisher page: your logo, your catalogue, and the authors you publish
- A “Published by” link on every book page you list
Your listings show while the plan is active. If it lapses they are hidden, not deleted.
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- Short stories under your own name, same as authors have
- Optional add-on: up to 3 works in progress for $4.99 USD a month
- 5 free ARC requests to find readers for your books
- Priority support
Trial and billing
Your listings and publisher page are visible while the plan is active. If the plan lapses they are hidden, not deleted, and everything returns the moment it restarts. The first 15 days of your first subscription are free: card up front, and cancelling before the trial ends means you are never charged. Restarting a lapsed plan bills straight away. Checkout is hosted by Stripe as merchant of record, tax added at checkout, priced in USD worldwide.
The short version: if you are an author and your book is finished, keep your money and list it free. The Upcoming Release plan only makes sense while you're still writing. The Business plan is for presses and publishers with a whole catalogue to list.
ARC readers
ARC requests
Ask for ARC readers for any book you've listed, out now or on pre-order. Once we approve it, your request sits on the ARC page for 30 days and goes in our Friday email to ARC readers.
- 2 free requests on every author account, 5 on a Business account
- Need more? Extra requests are $10 USD each, plus tax where it applies
- Bought from your account once your free ones are used, and they never expire
- If we can't approve a request, free or paid, you get it back
Ending a live request early still uses it. Readers sign up through your own form, so their details go to you, not to us.
The reader list, honestly
The list is the part you can't get anywhere else; everything else is visibility. Readers are told, right at the form, that their email goes to you and that you'll hold it yourself. In return you agree to use it only to announce this book: never sold, never shared, never folded into other marketing, always with a way to opt out. Downloads are logged, and misusing a list ends the subscription. Fair on both sides, and written into the terms.
What happens if I cancel?
Either plan runs to the end of the time you've paid for. On the Upcoming Release plan, your work in progress and its chapters are then hidden, not deleted, and you get 30 days to download your reader list (we email you) before our copy is deleted. Resubscribe within those 30 days and everything comes back exactly as you left it; after that, the book and its chapters still come back, but the reader list starts again from empty. On the Business plan, your listings and publisher page are hidden the day the plan lapses and return the moment it restarts; we keep them for at least two years.
Can I try it first?
On the Upcoming Release plan, the first month is the try. There's no trial state and no card-charged-when-you-forget surprise: you buy one month, watch whether readers start finding your book, and decide the way you'd decide about a second coffee. The Business plan works the other way round: the first 15 days of your first subscription are free, card up front, and cancelling before the trial ends means you are never charged. The trial is on your first subscription only; restarting a lapsed plan bills straight away.
What counts as a business?
Presses, imprints, magazines, publications, and anyone listing books they publish on other people's behalf. The free plan is a promise to individual indie authors listing their own work, and the Business plan is what keeps that promise affordable. Genuinely not sure which side you fall on? Write to us and we'll work it out together.
What happens when the book is finished?
Announce it to your list, delete the work in progress, and submit the finished book free like any other. Then point the same plan at your next work in progress from your account page. (This one is for authors; a Business plan keeps its catalogue listed for as long as it runs.)
Why charge for anything?
The paid plans and add-ons are what keep the free part free: hosting, email, the domain, security. The intent is for them to fund real people working on IndieFiction. What stays true either way is that an individual author will never pay to list their first 5 finished books here.