Visit our Writers platform. Press the “Join Us” button and use one of the provided sign-up methods. In case you have issues signing up - send an email request to [email protected].
On the writer’s page, press your avatar in the left corner. Then, press the “Logout” button. Next, choose one of the provided methods to log in with your other/new account.
On our Writers page, click the “Join Us” button. Next, click the “Continue with Email” button, after that you can choose the “Forgot Password” option and enter an e-mail you have used for signing up. You will receive a reset password link on your e-mail.
In the writer’s portal, click the “Novels” section. Choose a novel and press the “Edit Text” button. In the left corner, press “New Chapter” to add a chapter to that novel.
In the writer’s portal, in the top right corner, press the “Create a Novel” button. Fill in all the required information (characters/plot/setting etc.) and press the “Create a Novel” button at the bottom of the page. You can add all chapters on our Writers platform.
As soon as your novel is reviewed by our team, it will be published on our reading app and will be available for our readers for free. In order to monetize your novel, you will need to sign a contract with us.
Yes. To edit a chapter, you should choose a novel on the “Novels” page. Next, click the “Edit Text” button. Click on the chapter of interest and change the required text. The last step is to click the “Save”. All done!
To delete a chapter, you should choose a novel on the “Novels” page. Next, click the “Edit Text” button. On the left, you will see a list of your chapters—press 3 dots next to the chapter you want to delete. Press the “Delete” button.
Yes. You need to contact us, write to your ‘Partnership Manager’ or write an email to [email protected]. Our team will change the status of the book to “Ongoing”.
Tags are the words that can be associated with your story. It is very important to choose tags linked to your story because it will be easier for users to find and read your story!
Don't hesitate to contact us using an email [email protected].
Yes. A book cover should have linkages to your story. It should have a resolution of 600x800 to be displayed correctly in our app.
Yes! Each writer is allocated a $300 marketing budget regardless of writing experience. These funds are used to advertise your novel both internally (our platform) and externally(Facebook, Instagram, etc.)
Learn more about the exclusivity and review policy
You could upload 10k words of your story directly on the platform and apply for the Exclusive contract. Each book should go through the review process. If all the requirements are met, you receive contract approval and a ready-to-sign agreement. In other cases, you receive the rejection with a specified reason. If additional clarification is needed during the review, our team will connect you via email.
As a platform, we want to provide our readers with quality content and our authors with great opportunities. Our editing team checks carefully if the book cover, annotation, and chapters meet our requirements. The Exclusive book could be rejected if it contains:
- Prohibited content
- Grammar mistakes
- Incorrect writer details
- Poor editing
- Plagiarism
- Already published
- Inappropriate annotation
- Low-quality book cover
We also provide the Compliance (KYC) check of the author's data to make sure that our cooperation is legit and transparent.
Our editorial and legal teams cooperate to conduct a fast and high-quality review.
You need to fill in such gaps as:
- Name: your full legal first and last name which could be proved by your ID;
- Passport: your ID/Passport number;
- Email: email to which you have access as it is a necessary part of the contract’s signing;
- Citizenship: the name of the country whose resident you are;
- Address: your legal address of registration.
No, such applications will be rejected. Using not your legal name blocks the ability to provide the KYC check and affects the agreement’s effectiveness.
KYC means Know Your Customer and sometimes Know Your Client. KYC or KYC check is the mandatory process of identifying and verifying the client's identity when opening an account and periodically over time. In other words, banks must make sure that their clients are genuinely who they claim to be.
KYC verification is a mandatory procedure for identifying a person. We do this check in order to protect the platform (authors and readers) from possible fraudulent activities. This check includes all identification procedures (passport data and other data that we request at the stage of applying for a contract), as well as their analysis. That is why it is important that you provide your correct data in order to pass the review.
No. The flow of the application process doesn’t contain such a requirement. If you don’t want to publish your novel before the contract is approved, you could leave the chapters in drafts. This way the team could conduct the review, but your novel is not visible for the readers.
he cover has to be attractive as it helps readers to define visually whether they want to read the novel or not. Covers that do not contain such info as the book’s title and author’s name wouldn’t be approved. The quality of the background image, font style and color also matter. We have created a guide with tips that will help you to make your book cover an eye candy: 3 Tips to Make Your Book Cover an Eye Candy
You can apply for the Exclusive contract if free chapters of the novel are placed on other sources. All paid chapters should be deleted before the application, otherwise the agreement would be rejected.
The review process usually takes up to 2 weeks. If the contract is approved, both sides need to put their signatures on it. Here all depends on you - the faster you sign, the faster the process is completed.
We provide every author with the feedback, so the reject reason is defined in a note that is visible in the email or on your writer's account. If you can fix the issue, there is a huge chance that the Exclusive contract will be approved after reapplying. If you don’t want to continue the signing process, you could request to delete the book directly via the platform.
It contradicts the terms and conditions of the Exclusive agreement. If you want to place your work on other sources, you should change the contract's type to Non-Exclusive or terminate the contract (message your editor or [email protected] if the assistance is needed). Placing the book on other sources after the contract is signed would be defined as fraudulent activity. The Exclusive contract will be terminated immediately and the book may be deleted.
You can do this if the Exclusive contract is no longer effective.
How to sign a contract
You can apply for a contract directly on the Writers web platform. Alternatively, you can send us an email to [email protected] or DM at our Facebook page.
10’000 words is a minimum requirement for a contract application.
Our contracts are without an expiration date by default. But terms might be subject to negotiations and may vary from case to case.
During a signing process, You need to provide: your full name, country, ID number and all book details in a special addendum (at the bottom of the contract). During the book creation process you should also provide details about Genre, Character, Plot and Setting. Short annotation and book cover are also welcomed.
Usually it takes 1-3 business days for our legal counsels to check and approve or rejected a contract for specified novel.
After the contract is signed, you can upload your novels to our platform using our Writers platform. Also, you can check “Getting started with AlphaNovel” section of F.A.Q.s for more details.
Yes, you should contact the AlphaNovel representative you were assigned or via email at [email protected]. Our representative will guide you through the process.
You can publish your stories on another platform only under a non-exclusive contract.
To terminate the contract, you should contact the AlphaNovel representative that was assigned to you or via [email protected]. Our representative will guide you through the process.
How to withdraw your earnings
Payouts are done bi-weekly. You can request a payout any day. However, payment requests will be processed only on the 15th and the last day of the month. For example, you request a payment on February 16th. Your payment will be processed on the last day of the month, which is February 28th. On average, it takes 2-4 days to process the payment. Thus, you will receive the payment on March 2-4th.
It depends on the payment method you have chosen. For PayPal, Payoneer and cards, payments on the average take from 3 to 5 days. For wire transfers, payments usually take five days.
Yes. The threshold for PayPal, Payoneer payments is $25. The threshold for wire transfer may vary due to your country, bank etc.
1. For PayPal and Payoneer payments, you need to provide: full name, legal address (country, city, street, zip code), email associated with Paypal/Payoneer, wallet ID.
2. For card payments, you need to provide: card number, cardholder’s name, address (country, city, street, zip code) and email.
1. Beneficiary
2. Beneficiary Address
3. Beneficiary Bank
4. Bank Address
5. Account Number
6.Routing Number
7.SWIFT
Number of coins that users spent on a novel multiplied by your revenue share %minus transaction costs & store commission
No, the recipient pays for transaction costs. For a wire transfer, the payment fee is $50. For PayPal and Payoneer, fees can be found on their websites. For card payments, inquire your bank to get information about transaction fees.
1. PayPal
2. Payoneer
3. Card
4. Wire Transfer
What are the bonuses and how to get them
We offer two types of royalties, and they depend on the contract type. For an exclusive contract, you can choose to either receive a 15% share of gross revenues or a 60% share of net revenue. For a non-exclusive contract, you can choose to either receive a 10% share of gross revenues or a 50% share of net revenue.
Gross revenue is the total number of coins users have spent on a particular book before any deductions.
Net revenue is gross revenue minus marketing costs, transaction costs, store commissions and other expenses.
We have signing and completion bonuses. The signing bonus is a reward for adding new books to our platform. The completion bonus is a reward for finishing your book. We do not require any kind of attendance or writing schedule.
To get a signing bonus, your novel should have at least 30,000 words regardless of contract type. As for the completion bonus, your novel should have at least 75,000 words for an exclusive contract and at least 80,000 words for a non-exclusive contract.
You get a signing bonus of $50 for non-exclusive and a signing bonus of $150 for an exclusive contract. A number of signing bonuses is fully dependent on the number of books you have uploaded for both contracts. For example, you signed a non-exclusive contract and uploaded 5 novels that have more than 30,000 words. In this case, you will receive 5 signing bonuses amounting to $250 in total.
'The completion bonus is dependent on the contract type and novel's length. If you signed a non-exclusive contract, you could only get a completion bonus once. If your novel's length is more than 80,000 words but less than 150,000 words, you will get $75. If your novel's length is more than 150,000 words, you will get $125. For example, you have uploaded a novel that has 90,000 words. You will get a completion bonus of $75. Next, you decide to upload a novel that has 200,000 words. You won't get a bonus for this one since you get a completion bonus only once. Thus, make sure to upload your longest book to benefit the most! If you have an exclusive contract, the number of completion bonuses is fully dependent on the number of novels you have uploaded and the length of your novels. Length criteria: 75,000 words - 100,000 words → $150 100,000 words - 150,000 words → $200 150,000 words - 250,000 words → $300 More than 250,000 words → $400 For example, you have an exclusive contract and uploaded two novels. One novel has a length of 110,000 words, and another novel has a length of 80,000 words. This means that you will get 2 completion bonuses amounting to $350 in total.'
You can withdraw your bonuses only when your novel generates at least 50% of the bonus in royalties. For example, your signing bonus is $50. This means that your book should earn $25 so you can withdraw your bonus. The same logic applies to the completion bonus as well.
Details of the new approach to the bonus
Recently, we decided to remove the Ongoing bonus, as unfortunately, we encountered such moments as fraudulent activity, plagiarism, and cheating, as well as other possible ways to bypass the system and get the required number of words. As a result, both our readers and authors who earn honestly with us began to face the consequences. We, as a platform that cares about writers and the quality content that we provide to readers, have decided to remove this bonus and present you with our version of the Monthly Attendance Bonus soon.
We are currently working on introducing our new and improved bonus to you soon. In the meantime, a small spoiler: this bonus will be very convenient and understandable, with a calendar & check-in tracking and even better conditions for exclusive ongoing of novels.
If the contract has not yet been signed by both parties on the date of this update, the book will not be considered as a book that will receive the Ongoing Bonus. There will be Signing and Completion bonuses.
If you have an exclusive contract signed and you are in the process of adding 50,000 words, we will of course pay you this bonus for that month if all the criteria are met. A little reminder: the terms are simple - all you have to do is upload 50,000 brand-new words within 30 calendar days from the effective day of the contract signing.
You can get another payout of this bonus for this month (please, check the effective date). Adding words to the book in the next months will not count towards Ongoing Bonus payouts.
The effective date is the date when your contract was signed by our legal team. If you need any assistance, please, contact your editor or [email protected].
The last Payments of the Ongoing Bonus will be processed and paid out in the first half of December.
In order to apply for this bonus - you need to contact your editor or [email protected]. We will review your application and provide feedback on whether or not it meets the criteria.
In case you have special issues, please, send an email request to [email protected].
Yes, you can request the change of the contract type directly in your account. If you have some questions, please, contact the AlphaNovel representative you were assigned or send an email to [email protected]. Our representative will guide you through the process.
To terminate the contract, you should message your editor or [email protected]. Our representative will guide you through the process.