Find the writers. Earn when they do.
Some readers are the reason a new writer gets read at all. They pass a link along, talk a friend into chapter one, keep the list everyone else borrows from. On Novelmint two things reward that. The referral program pays you a share of what the writers you bring in go on to earn. And your reading builds a public reputation, which gives your favorites and your ratings more weight than a stranger’s. This page calls the combination scouting.
Key takeaways
- You earn from the referral program: a share of the earnings of writers who joined through your invite link, for as long as they are on Novelmint.
- The share starts at 1% and rises to 3%, 5%, and 10% as more of the writers you bring in go on to publish.
- Reading itself is not paid. Neither are reviews.
- Every reader has a public reputation tier, from Bookworm to Sage, earned by finishing chapters, writing reviews, having reviews marked helpful, and making lists other readers favorite.
- A higher tier gives your favorites and your Selects ratings more weight.
The hard part
What usually gets in the way
- Finding a writer early and getting nothing for it when they take off.
- Recommending books to friends with no way to show you were right.
- Writing careful notes to an author and never knowing whether they landed.
- Wanting to back new writers, with no stake in whether they succeed.
- Running a community of writers and seeing none of what they go on to earn.
How Novelmint fits
Built around how you actually work
A share of what your writers earn
Give a writer your invite link. Once they publish and readers unlock their chapters, you earn a percentage of their earnings, and that writer stays attributed to you for as long as they earn.
A rate that follows your results
Everyone starts at 1%. Every six months the rate is set by how many of the writers you referred published their first two chapters in that period: three earns 3%, five earns 5%, ten earns 10%. It can go down as well as up, and never below 1%.
A reputation you earn by reading
Five public tiers: Bookworm, Devotee, Critic, Connoisseur, Sage. A tier grows as you finish chapters, write thoughtful reviews, have them marked helpful, and make lists other readers favorite. Tiers update overnight and only go up.
Taste that carries weight
A favorite from a reader with a higher tier counts for more on the favorites board. The same goes for the lists you favorite, and for your ratings in Selects, the Readers’ Choice competition.
A public profile
Your reader profile shows your tier, the lists you made, and your counts: chapters read, reviews written, reviews marked helpful, and authors discovered, which is the number of people who joined through your link.
Lists other readers use
Build public reading lists of books and authors. Readers who favorite a list are told when you add to it.
Where to start
Your first book, step by step
Create a free account
Chapter one of every book is free to read, so you can start without paying.
Read, review, and make lists
This is what builds your tier, and what gives your recommendations something behind them.
Get your invite link
It is on the Referral page in your account. Share it with writers you would back.
Set up a payout account
Referral earnings are paid out once your payout account is verified.
Help the writers you brought in
Favorite their books, put them on your lists, rate their chapters. Your share grows only if they get read.
Questions
Frequently asked
- How do book scouts earn on Novelmint?
- Through the referral program. A writer who signs up through your invite link is attributed to you, and when they publish and earn, you earn a percentage of their earnings for as long as they are on the platform. The rate runs from 1% to 10%.
- Do I get paid to read or review books?
- No. Reading does not pay and reviews are not paid for. Reading and reviewing build your reader reputation, which is public standing and not money. The money comes from writers you referred being read.
- How is the referral rate decided?
- Every six months, by how many of the writers you referred published their first two chapters during that period. Three earns 3%, five earns 5%, and ten earns 10%. Reach a level mid-period and you move up straight away. At the end of each period the rate resets to that period’s count, and it never goes below 1%.
- What are reader tiers?
- A public measure of how much a reader has put into the community. There are five: Bookworm, Devotee, Critic, Connoisseur, and Sage. A tier grows by finishing chapters, writing thoughtful reviews, having reviews marked helpful, and making lists other readers favorite. Tiers update overnight and only ever go up.
- What does a higher tier change?
- It gives your choices more weight in three places: the favorites board, the ranking of reading lists, and voting in Selects.
- Is "scout" an official role?
- No. There is no scout badge. Scouting is this page’s name for doing two real things together: referring writers and building a reader reputation.
What this page does not claim
- Reading and reviewing are not paid. Novelmint does not pay for reviews or for reading volume.
- Referral earnings depend on the writers you referred being read. They are a share of real earnings, not a salary, and they can be zero.
- A reader tier is public standing. It is not cashable and it is not granted up front.
- Novelmint does not track which of your early picks later became popular. Your profile shows counts, not a prediction record.
- Referral payouts need a verified payout account, and the methods available depend on your country.
Bring a writer in. Stay for the story.
No card. Chapter one of every book is free to read.