For authors
Publish your book. Sell it to readers worldwide.
Upload your manuscript, set your price and publish as an ebook, an audiobook and a printed paperback. Readers pay you directly. You keep your rights, your readers and the reward.
Paid directly
Money lands in your own Stripe account — never held by us.
Sell worldwide
Multi-currency, with VAT & sales tax handled automatically.
Protected
No downloadable files. Every chapter is watermarked per reader.
Keep your rights
No exclusivity. Leave any time, take your readers with you.
Publishing
From Word file to published book in four steps
- 1
Upload
Drop in your Word or EPUB file with the cover and description.
- 2
Check the chapters
We split the book into chapters automatically. Fix any cut in one click.
- 3
Set your price
Choose the price and currency, add an audiobook or a print edition.
- 4
Get approved
Every book is reviewed before it goes live — usually within 24 hours.
An 800-page book opens as fast as an 80-page one. Readers only ever receive the chapter they're on — instant on any phone, even on a weak connection.
Try the uploadHow you get paid
The money never passes through us
We use Stripe Connect — the same system that pays creators on Etsy, Substack and Patreon. You connect your own account once, in about five minutes. When a reader pays, the money goes straight into it and our commission is taken automatically.
- Your bank, your tax countryYou declare your own income where you live. Stripe sends you the tax form at the end of the year.
- VAT & sales tax, automaticStripe Tax applies the right rate for every buyer — EU & UK VAT, Canadian GST, US sales tax.
- Every sale, in real timeSee unlocks, listeners, print orders and tips as they happen.
Why the minimum price is €2
At tiny prices, the bank takes almost everything
Card networks charge a fixed fee on every payment. Here's how much of the price is lost to it:
- A €1 book27% lost
- A €2 book14% lost
- A €3 book10% lost
- Bundle of 3 books · €94% lost
Plans
Start free. Grow when you're ready.
Your first book is always free to publish. Plans lower your commission and add tools as your shelf grows.
Starter
Everything you need to publish your first book.
Free
15% platform fee per sale
- 1 book, ebook + audiobook
- Automatic chapter splitting
- Paid directly via Stripe
- Basic sales statistics
- Tips from readers
Author
For writers with a growing shelf.
€9/month
10% platform fee per sale
- Unlimited books
- Author bundles with discounts
- Print-on-demand via Lulu
- Advanced statistics & exports
- Lower platform fee
Studio
For professional authors and small presses.
€24/month
6% platform fee per sale
- Everything in Author
- 1 homepage feature every month
- Newsletter placement to readers
- Multiple pen names
- Priority support
Promote your book
Book a featured spot by the week. Your book, in front of every reader who opens Chapterly.
Homepage feature
€29 / week
Top of a category
€15 / week
Reader newsletter
€39 / issue
Protection
We make copying hard enough that it isn't worth it
There is no file
The book is never downloaded. No PDF or EPUB ever leaves our servers.
One chapter at a time
Only the open chapter is sent — the whole book is never on the reader's device.
Copy & right-click off
Text selection, copying and the context menu are disabled in the reader.
Invisible watermark
Every chapter carries the reader's identity. If text leaks, we know where it came from.
Scraper detection
Someone flipping hundreds of pages in minutes isn't reading — they're stopped automatically.
Honest about limits
No platform — not Amazon, not Google — can stop a photo of a screen. That person would photocopy paper, too.
Don't have a digital file?
We'll prepare your book for you
Many authors only have a printed copy or a file that doesn't read well on screen. Send us what you have — we'll send back a book ready to publish. We can also produce the whole book together with you.
Digital conversion
From PDF, a scan or a printed book.
File preparation
Clean formatting for a beautiful read.
Cover design
A professional cover that sells.
Audiobook
Natural AI voice or a recorded narrator.
Print edition
Print-ready files for Lulu paperbacks.
Co-publishing
Editing and publishing in partnership.
Questions
What authors ask us
No. You can sell as an individual. Payments go to your own Stripe account and you declare the income where you live, like any freelance income. If you grow and want a company later, you can switch it in minutes.
Nobody but you. With Stripe Connect, a reader's payment goes directly into your connected account. The platform's commission is deducted automatically at the moment of payment.
Stripe Tax calculates and applies the correct tax for every buyer's country — VAT in Europe and the UK, GST in Canada and Australia, sales tax in the US — and gives you ready-made reports.
Yes. Printed paperbacks are produced on demand by Lulu and shipped directly to the reader. There's no stock and nothing for you to post — you simply earn on every copy.
Yes — upload your own recording, or ask us to produce one with a natural AI voice or a professional narrator. Readers can buy the audiobook alone or together with the ebook.
Yes. Every book and author page has a “Buy me a coffee” button. Tips go entirely to you; Chapterly takes no commission on tips.
Always. There's no exclusivity and you keep all rights to your work. Your book can be on other stores at the same time.
