For Authors
Keep 75%. Keep your catalogue. Keep your rights.
The royalty rate we publish is the royalty rate you get. No exclusivity. No opaque pools. Every sale, every cent — yours. Clear weekly insights, reader identity kept private.
What your book actually earns you.
At a $9.99 ebook price, compared across platforms. The gap is real.
| Platform | Royalty | Your take on $9.99 | Exclusivity? | Reader insights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penworth Store (ebook) | 75% | $7.49 | Never | Weekly, aggregated |
| Amazon KDP (70% band) | 70% | $6.99 | KDP Select required | None |
| Apple Books | 70% | $6.99 | No | None |
| Audible / ACX (audiobook) | 40% (exclusive) / 25% | $4.00 / $2.50 | 7-year lock | None |
| Draft2Digital | 60% typical | $6.00 | No | Limited |
Audiobooks, your way
Production included. Voices curated. Yours if you want it.
Audiobook production is already built into your 45% audiobook royalty — no API keys, no vendor accounts, no per-book fees. Pick from our curated narrator voices, or have us clone yours for free.
Or narrate it yourself. Free.
Upload three minutes of you reading. We clone your voice and narrate the whole book in it, at no extra cost. No studio. No recording engineer. Your book in your voice, from an iPhone.
Already have a voice clone from earlier work? Share the voice ID during publish and we’ll use it directly — no re-recording.
Two ways to publish.
Both paths live in 20–30 minutes after publish. No queues, no approvals.
Member path
Already using Penworth?
Included in Plus ($9.99/mo), Premium ($19.99/mo), or Max
- 75% royalty on ebook sales
- 45% royalty on audiobook sales (production on us)
- Livebook companion included at no cost
- Four-click publish from the Penworth editor
Non-member path
Bringing your own manuscript?
Unlimited titles · same 75/45 royalty
- Upload DOCX / PDF / EPUB in one step
- AI-assisted metadata suggestions
- No exclusivity — publish anywhere else too
- Convert to Penworth.ai membership anytime
Clear insights. Private readers. No lock-in.
Every book shows total purchases, country-level breakdowns, and reading-completion rates — refreshed in near real time. Reader identity stays private; you see the numbers, not the names. That’s the contract with our readers, and we hold it.
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