Curated Word

For authors

Write it. Publish it. Own it.

Curated Word gives self-publishing authors the tools a publishing house keeps for itself — free to start, under your own name, with your rights and royalties exactly where they belong: with you.

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A serious writing surface

Chapters, scene beats, footnotes, revision history — plus editorial AI tools for rewriting, research, continuity and dialogue that work with your manuscript, not instead of you.

Professional output

One click renders a retail-quality EPUB and a print-ready PDF with proper typography. Order a proof copy of your own paperback before anyone else sees it.

Published under YOUR name

Self-published means self-published: your name (or your own imprint) is the publisher of record. Bring your own ISBN, keep your rights, set your price.

A real sales channel

Your book goes on sale in the Curated Word bookshop — ebook, audiobook and print — with royalties tracked per sale and paid out from real accounts.

Specialists when you want them

Editors, proofreaders, cover designers and publicists are on the platform. Engage one directly; the work and payment terms live where the manuscript lives.

A path to being signed

Submit your manuscript to any publisher on the platform that is open for submissions — including the Wordwrights house list — and accept an offer without leaving your dashboard.

Free to write. Pro when you're ready.

Writing, publishing and selling are free — the platform takes a small commission on sales. Going Pro lowers the commission and unlocks your own imprint, rights management, priority listing and wider distribution.

Your book belongs on a shelf.

See what finished looks like in the bookshop, then start yours.

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