What your book looks like from the reader’s chair
Last checked against the product October 2, 2026
A manuscript file gives a reader the text and nothing else. A book published here comes with the things that make someone start it, finish it, and tell a friend: a first chapter they can read without paying or signing up, a price small enough not to think about, their own language, a voice reading it to them, and characters with pages of their own. This page lists what your readers get. You keep 70% of what they pay.
Key takeaways
- Chapter one of your book is free to every reader, with no account needed. It is your sample.
- Later chapters cost a reader 5 cents each, and you keep 70%.
- Your chapters can be read in 21 languages and listened to as narration, and readers can fund either one themselves.
- Readers can follow your book and are told when you publish a chapter.
- Characters you publish get their own pages, and adult readers can talk to them.
What it does
What comes with a published book
A way to try it
The free first chapter means a reader can start your book the moment they find it.
A small, clear price
Five cents a chapter from prepaid credits. No subscription stands between a reader and your book.
Translation and narration
You can make them, or a reader who wants them can. Either way they stay with the chapter for everyone after.
Followers who are told
A reader who follows your book is notified each time you publish, in the app and by email.
A cast with pages
Publish a character and readers get a profile page, with chat for adults, grounded in what you choose to share.
Feedback addressed to you
Readers rate each chapter on five things, and their written notes come to you in private.
How to use it
How to see it yourself
Open any book in the Commons
Without signing in. That is what a new reader of yours sees.
Read its first chapter
Note what the page offers at the end.
Open the chapter list
Look at the languages and the audio on each chapter.
Then publish your own chapter one
It is free to write and free to publish.
Questions
Frequently asked
- What does a reader pay to read my book?
- Nothing for chapter one. Five cents for each chapter after it, unless you make the book free. You keep 70% of each unlock.
- Do readers have to subscribe to read me?
- No. They buy credits and spend them per chapter. A subscription is optional for them.
- Who pays for translation and narration?
- Either you, when you run them for a chapter, or a reader who wants a chapter in their language or in audio. Once made, it stays available to every reader.
- Will readers see how my book was made?
- They see your pen name, your author page, your interview if you give one, and a general explanation of AI-assisted fiction that applies to the whole platform.AI-assisted fiction, explained
- How do readers find my book?
- On the new-releases and genre shelves, on reading lists, on the favorites board, and in Selects.Where a new book gets seen
What this page does not claim
- Novelmint does not guarantee readers. This page lists what a reader gets once they find your book.
- Novelmint does not claim a larger audience than established reading platforms.
- Adult-rated books and fan fiction cannot be published to readers.
- Prices and the earnings share can change. The pricing page is the current source.
Keep reading
Each part, in detail
Every item above has its own page, written for readers, with an author’s note on it.
Related
Plan a book with Minty
Talk the story through and watch it become chapters and scenes on your Timeline.
Chapter builds
Turn a chapter’s beats into prose, written from your plan, your bible, and your voice.
Revise and polish
Fix the one scene that missed without rebuilding the chapter around it.
Import a manuscript
Bring in a book you already wrote. Your words stay; the structure is worked out from them.
Give readers a reason to start.
No card. Chapter one is free to write and publish.