A Manifesto
Writers should be paid for what is actually read - through one honest subscription, not a maze of coins.
A Thought Experiment
Where does $8 a month, paid by a million readers, actually go?
Reader money flowing in
$8,000,000
per month
$96,000,000
per year
Now watch where it lands.
Coin-gated - ~30% effective
$2,400,000
$28.8M/yr
Trickles to writers
For the reader
Buy coins. Unlock each chapter.
Writer share
~30% after opaque platform economics
Allocation
Per coin spent. Top books win.
Transparency
Confusing pricing and hidden fees.
70/30
$5,600,000
$67.2M/yr
Reaches the writers
For the reader
Subscribe once. Read everything.
Writer share
70% of every dollar
Same readers - same dollars
$38.4M more reaches writers on TinyNovels every year.
$3.2M more - every month
How It Works
Meet Mira. She pays $8/month in May. Here is exactly where it goes.
Mira pays
Subscription
$8.00
70% to writer pool
Mira's pool
$5.60
30% to platform
Operations
$2.40
Anna receives
$5.60 x (120k / 150k)
$4.48
Boris receives
$5.60 x (30k / 150k)
$1.12
The Goal
First 10,000 premium readers
2/10,000
Premium readers
0.02% of the way there
$11/$56,000
To writers - monthly
$132/$672,000
To writers - yearly
We are early. Come in early, and the room shapes around you.
Your $8 finds the writer you stayed up for.
Allocation
By characters actually read.
Transparency
Every rule on this page.
For new writers
The first character read of your first chapter earns you money. No contracts, no coin math, no waiting for a platform to explain itself.