The Founding 100
1 of 100 founding places claimed. The counter is live and the cap is enforced in the database — when it reads zero, the programme is closed and these terms are never offered again.
You've priced an audiobook. Narrators run $200–$400 per finished hour — one to four thousand dollars a book, before a single sale — or ACX takes half your royalties for seven years. The Founding 100 get the whole factory for nothing, and the best split in publishing, permanently.
What a founding place means
The honest part
We're young and the shelf is small — that's exactly why this offer exists. Founding authors aren't joining a crowd; they're the reason the crowd shows up. What we promise is the machinery: your whole first chapter free in front of strangers, an audiobook edition ACX won't let you make, honest engagement numbers showing how far readers actually get, and a rights desk where producers can find you. Nobody can promise sales. We promise the fairest terms in publishing and a factory that works.
The founders so far
Free account, ten seconds. Your place is claimed at the end of onboarding — a slot is spent only when a real author finishes setup, never by a lookie-loo. Questions first? hello@bookfactory.cafe — a person answers.