Raconteur Pro · One pass, one time, forever
The writer's toolkit, unlocked.
Raconteur stays free forever, for readers and for writers. The Pro Pass opens the workshop behind it: the tools that turn a shelf of pieces into a body of work. Whatever a pass-holder publishes stays readable by everyone, on every skin. That is the whole model.
What stays free forever
- ReadingEvery published story, poem and article, on every skin, forever.
- CommunityLikes, comments, follows, bookmarks, messages. Free for everyone.
- PublishingStories and poems up to forty thousand words, on the free desk.
What the pass opens
Every row carries its own chip. Live is working today. Parked is built and sleeping until the money door opens. Next is still on the bench.
The pass itselfLiveYour standing, the brass seal, the unlock ceremony at the Pro door.
ArticlesLiveA third kind beside Story and Poem, and the Essayist shelf.
Unlimited wordsLiveWrite past forty thousand. The Novel band joins the shelf.
QuotesLivePull a line, keep a commonplace book, post originals, share the card.
The workshop
The writing desk, without ceilings.
ArticlesliveA third kind beside Story and Poem, with the Essayist shelf
Unlimited wordsliveWrite past forty thousand. The Novel band joins the shelf
QuoteslivePull a line, keep a commonplace book, post originals, share the card
VolumesliveBind stories into one book, ordered by hand
The SeriallivePublish chapter by chapter; your followers get the alert
The Story BiblelivePrivate notes for a volume: characters, timeline, places, loose threads
Pen nameslivePublish under several names. One account, one set of readers; the name is the only thing that changes
Drafts and revisionsliveEvery save keeps the version before it; restore freely
Audio readingsliveRead your own words; readers get the player
IllustrationsnextPicture the pages, inline
EPUB and PDF exportliveTake any work offline in one click
Reading themesliveChoose the light your readers land in
The first lookliveHold an installment for your supporters; it goes free for everyone on the date you set
The career desk
Getting the work out of the drawer, and in front of the right people.
The Readership ReportliveA PDF per work: reads, completion, likes, saves, comments
Writer analyticsliveYour Numbers and the momentum chart, on your desk
The Manuscript FormatterliveOne click to industry submission format: title page, double-spaced, slug and pages
The Query ToolkitliveA guided query letter and a synopsis that assemble themselves
The Submissions Desklive105 venues with what they take, what they pay, and how to submit
You should submit this hereliveThe desk points to the open windows that fit your finished pieces
Window alertsliveA closing deadline that fits your work rings your bell
Raconteur RecommendsliveWe read finished work and introduce it where we truly stand behind it
The PortfolioliveYour best work in your order, on your public page
The founders wallliveThe first holders, lettered forever
The Awards ShelfliveHonours, awards, and press mentions on your page, in your own order
The Press KitliveOne file for a bookstore, a festival, or a journalist: bio, portrait, books, honours, links
The Launch PlannerliveA pre-publish checklist per book with the countdown to the day
The Writing YearliveYour year on one shareable card: words published, pieces finished, readers reached
New-book alertsliveReaders follow your books and hear when a new one lands; the list exports any time, and your readers stay yours
The earning shelf
Raconteur earns when writers earn, so this is the shelf the whole house is built around. Every row carries its truth: live means working today, parked means built and sleeping until the payment door opens, and nothing here can cost anyone a rupee until then.
The Tip JarliveA quiet tip button at the end of every work, poems included. Readers give when a line lands; a small platform fee is printed before anyone pays.
Sell your booksparkedE-books and the posted book, straight from your page: the download lands the moment payment clears, and the posted book's money waits safely in escrow until it arrives. Built; the payment door opens with Razorpay.
Pre-ordersliveList the next book before it exists. Readers reserve a copy, the strip shows the release day on your page, and the roster exports any time. The reservation itself is free: the paid pre-order opens with the payment door.
The link-shelfliveList the books you published elsewhere. Raconteur takes nothing from those links; it is your storefront either way.
ChapbooksparkedSell a whole volume the old poetry way, with the EPUB delivered the moment it is bought. Built, and parked with the rest of content-selling until demand asks for it back.
GiftsparkedA reader can buy your work as a gift; the recipient claims it with one link. Built, and parked with content-selling.
Reader supportliveThe regulars can support you monthly and read installments up to thirty days early. Time-gated, never content-gated: every word still goes free to everyone.
CommissionsparkedTake made-to-order pieces with your price and turnaround stated up front. Built, and parked with content-selling.
PayoutsliveYour earnings are yours. Every rupee sits on a dated ledger row and pays out to your account monthly.
The ground rules
- Reading is never paywalled. What a pass-holder publishes stays free for every reader, on every skin.
- Community is never paywalled. Likes, comments, follows, bookmarks, messages. Free forever.
- Never a subscription. One price, one time, forever.
- Never loud. The seal lives on the writer’s page and their desk. Prestige is quiet.
- Raconteur earns when writers earn. A small platform fee, printed on every button, and nothing else.
- Introductions are never sold. Recommends is free with the pass, and promises nothing.
Passes are granted by Raconteur while the build is young. The grant console lives atPro access accounts, and the first holders are lettered on thefounders wall.