Author earnings calculator
Readers unlock your Novelmint chapters with credits, and you keep 70% of every one. Set your paid chapters, monthly unlocks, and price to see what that adds up to — monthly and yearly.
Chapter one of every story is free to readers, so the calculator counts only the chapters readers pay to unlock. Adjust the inputs to match your own plan.
You keep 70%
$35 / month
$420 per year
- Total unlocks / month
- 1,000
- Reader spend / month
- $50
- Platform share (30%)
- $15
Key takeaways
- Novelmint authors keep 70% of every chapter unlock; the platform keeps 30%.
- Chapter one of every story is always free, so only later chapters earn.
- Readers unlock chapters with credits — the author sets the price (3–10🪙, default 5🪙).
- Credits are worth $0.01 each ($10 buys 1,000🪙), so a 5🪙 unlock is $0.05, of which you keep $0.035.
- Earnings scale with how many paid chapters you publish and how many readers unlock them.
How it works
The mechanics behind the numbers
Readers unlock chapters
Chapter one is free. To read on, a reader spends credits to unlock each later chapter — at a price you set between 3 and 10 credits.
You keep 70%
On every unlock, 70% of the credit value is credited to you as author earnings. The platform keeps the remaining 30%.
Cash out or reinvest
Withdraw your earnings through Stripe, or convert them back into credits to fund more writing. The more you publish, the more there is to unlock.
Questions
Frequently asked
- How much do Novelmint authors earn per chapter?
- You keep 70% of every unlock. At the default price of 5 credits ($0.05) per unlock, that is $0.035 per reader, per chapter. You can set the price between 3 and 10 credits.
- How are credits worth real money?
- Credits are priced at $0.01 each — $10 buys 1,000 credits. So a 5-credit unlock represents $0.05 of reader spend, and your 70% share is $0.035.
- Is chapter one free?
- Yes. Chapter one of every story is free for readers, forever, so it does not earn unlocks. The calculator counts only your paid chapters.
- Are these earnings guaranteed?
- No. The calculator is an illustration based on the numbers you enter. Actual earnings depend on how many readers find and unlock your chapters.
- How do I get paid?
- Author earnings accrue in your account and can be withdrawn through Stripe, or converted into credits to spend on writing.
What this page does not claim
- The figures are an illustration from your inputs, not a prediction or guarantee of income.
- It does not estimate how many readers you will reach — that depends on your book and audience.
- Credit pricing and the author share are current at time of writing; check the pricing page for live figures.
- It does not account for taxes, payout fees, or currency conversion.
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