Author payout
85%
After payment processing — no delivery fees or exclusivity
One reader identity. Direct author storefronts. Honest reviews.
Where readers discover books and authors sell them without a middleman tax.
QuillBorne puts the bookstore, the library, the review feed, and the ARC program behind one sign-in. Authors keep a bigger share of every sale, readers keep a single shelf across purchases and previews, and the whole thing runs on EPUBs you already own.
85% of proceeds to authorsOne shelf across devicesEPUBs you keepReader rewards without paid reviews
Accounts required
One
Storefront, reader, reviews, ARC, and follows behind one sign-in
Artifact path
Upload once
EPUB ingest becomes preview, sale, and browser reading from a single upload
Why not just use Amazon?
Because the platform tax is the platform.
Kindle's storefront pays authors 35-70% depending on price and territory, locks books into proprietary DRM, and treats reviews as an acquisition funnel for the parent store. QuillBorne flips the defaults: authors set prices and receive 85% of proceeds after payment processing, readers get portable EPUBs, and reviews earn their weight by being tied to actual reading.
How the payout worksWhy not just use NetGalley + Goodreads?
Because readers shouldn't need four accounts to love a book.
The ARC review, the shelf, the purchase, and the author-follow all live in different silos today. QuillBorne collapses them: one identity carries your preview, your purchase, your review, and the author you follow. Reader rewards can recognize reliable ARC and beta follow-through without ever paying for public praise.
How the reader shelf worksStart somewhere concrete
A few entry points into the product
The Orchard Atlas
See a storefront built the way we think book pages should read — with preview, price, and social proof in plain sight.
Browse the catalog
A calm browse surface: new releases, trending momentum, and genre shelves without infinite-scroll ad slots.
What the app feels like
Everything a reader sees after sign-in — library, reviews, ARC, follows, and receipts.