Submit a book

Submission rules (read before you start)

Text	EPUB 2 or 3, DRM-free, 50 MB maximum. Written by a human: AI only for proofreading or translation, and it must be declared.
Cover	JPEG or PNG, 10 MB maximum, at least 625 × 1000 px (1600 × 2560 recommended), no nudity, and you must hold the rights. A cover made with AI is accepted if it is declared.
Number	3 texts maximum per email address every 24 hours; the same file only once.
Exclusivity	No text enrolled in KDP Select (Kindle Unlimited). Ember Read does not ask for any exclusivity.
Refused	Sexual scenes involving a minor or an identifiable real person, hate, plagiarism, text written by AI.
Review	Automated analysis on our own machines, then a decision by our team within a few days, by email.
Your rights	You keep them all. Submitting does not mean publication.

Full rules, our three options and our terms and conditions: author terms (in French).

Your author account

It lets you find your submissions and follow your books in your author space: reads, sales, amounts due to you.

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You

We use this information to contact you and, if your book is accepted, to draw up your agreement. It is never shown to readers, except your author name.

You are

Independent authorYou publish your own texts. Publishing houseYou publish other authors' texts under contract.

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Author name shown Enter the name shown on the book.

Email Invalid email address.

Legal name (optional)

Country of residence or registration

Company number (SIREN or SIRET in France) (optional)

At the end, you receive a personal tracking link by email: keep it, it replaces an account. How we use your data

The book

This information builds your book's page in the catalogue. The preview on the right updates as you type.

Type of text

Full bookNovel, novella, collection. Bonus contentA bonus scene, short story, prequel or unpublished epilogue set in one of your worlds.

Title The title is required.

Subtitle (optional)

Language of the text Choose the language.

E-book ISBN (optional) Invalid ISBN (10 or 13 digits).

Is this book part of a series or saga?

NoStandalone book. YesEnter the series and the volume number.

Please answer this question.

Series name Enter the series name.

Volume (optional)

Contributors (optional)

Co-author, cover illustrator, translator: add them so they are credited.

Description

The text that makes readers want more: tone, world, promise. Avoid giving away the ending. 150 to 4,000 characters.

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The description must be at least 150 characters long.

Files

Your EPUB is distributed as it is: not a single word is changed. It is checked as soon as you upload it to make sure it can be read.

EPUB file

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Drop your EPUB here, or click to chooseEPUB 2 or 3, DRM-free, 50 MB maximum

Add a valid EPUB.

Cover

JPEG or PNG, 1600 × 2560 px recommended (minimum 625 × 1000). No nudity and no sexual scene: the cover appears in the app stores.

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Drop your cover here, or click to chooseJPEG or PNG, 10 MB maximum

Add a cover.

Was the cover created or edited with AI?

A cover made with AI is accepted: we only ask you to declare it.

No, no AI Yes, edited with AICut-outs, lighting, upscaling, touch-ups. Yes, generated by AI, fully or partly Please answer this question.

Links in the book

Does your book contain links to websites?

Your website, your social media, your other books, your newsletter: links are accepted if you declare them here. A link in the file that is not declared blocks the submission. Purchase links are not allowed in the app (Apple and Google rules).

No, no links Yes, my book contains links

Please answer this question.

Rights and declarations

This text is currently enrolled in KDP Select (Kindle Unlimited exclusivity)

This text is already published elsewhere (another platform or in print)No exclusivity is required: your book can stay on sale everywhere.

Artificial intelligence

Ember Read publishes texts written by humans.

No generative AI tool was used to write this text An AI tool was used only for proofreading or translationGive details in your message if needed. A text written by AI is refused. Please answer this question.

How do you want to sell?

In every case, your readers read the book on Ember Read. Immersion is an extra service: readers buy it separately (credits or Pass Infini).

Direct salesYou sell, they read with usYou sell wherever you like and keep 100% of the price. You give each buyer an access code. Option 1Sales on Ember ReadReaders buy your book on emberread.com and read it in the app. You receive 70% of the price excluding VAT. Option 2Custom agreementFor publishing houses and large catalogues: terms negotiated together.

Choose an option.

Distribution options

Allow a free excerpt (10% of the text at most) on the book's pageReaders discover your writing before they buy. Refuse read-aloudBy default, readers can listen to the text with their own phone's text-to-speech voices, with no recording and no distribution.

Our commitment: your text is never changed, never used to train an AI, and synchronisation is calculated on the reader's phone.

Review

Check before you send. You can still make corrections after talking with our team.

I certify that I hold the digital rights to this text and that it is not subject to any digital exclusivity with a third party.Required.

I certify that I hold the rights to use this cover: my own creation, a stock image licence, or the consent of the illustrator and of the people photographed.Required.

I certify that all characters involved in sexual scenes are adults, and that no identifiable real person appears in them.Required.

I have read the author terms (in French) (working version) and understand that submitting does not mean publication: the applicable version will be sent to me for approval before anything goes online.Required.

Your text is analysed on our own machines, never by a third-party AI service, and never used to train a model. Learn more about your data

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