Author Work-Exchange

Trade your time for your title.

Earn hour-for-hour publishing credit by completing prioritized tasks for the press. A transparent ledger tracks every credit, both directions.

Apply to the Program Author sign-in Credit Price List

Three steps to your book

Claim a task

Pick from a live board of prioritized work, research, formatting, QA, graphics, marketing. Each task lists its credit value up front.

Earn hour credits

Submit your work with proof. Once approved, credits post to your ledger. New authors start with a short trial task.

We publish your book

Spend credits on editing, cover design, formatting, distribution, and audio, the same services the press sells for cash.

How the rate works

One credit = $10 of publishing value. You earn by the hour at your skill tier, and spend at the true value of the work.

Credits / hr · Tier 1 Basic
Credits / hr · Tier 2 Skilled
Credits / hr · Tier 3 Specialist

Roughly 3–5 hours of Tier-1 work equals one hour of professional publishing service. See the full price list →

Your ledger, always visible

Append-only and transparent. Every earn and spend is logged with date, source, and running balance, this is the exact widget authors see in the portal.

Example ledger, illustration onlyBalance: 21 cr
DateSourceEarnedSpentBalance
Jun 02Catalog QA · 6 hrs (Tier 2)+1515
Jun 14Ebook formatting−123
Jun 28Image sourcing · 8 hrs (Tier 2)+2023
Jul 09Book landing page−158
Jul 15Data cleanup · 9 hrs (Tier 1)+1321

Adjustments create new entries, the ledger is never edited.