You can start for free and decide later, once you have reviewed the structure and direction of your book. There are no subscriptions, no recurring fees, and no hidden costs.
At story.one, you do not pay for access. You pay for clearly defined book steps.
These allow you to create a book project, add your material and create your first Outline at no cost. This lets you see early on whether the topic, structure, audience and tone are right.
Credits are used only for clearly defined book steps, such as additional research, manuscript creation, or revising individual chapters. For many book projects, the outline and manuscript together require credits equivalent to approximately €50 to €150. Printing, additional copies, and optional retail publication are charged separately.
Books at story.one are produced for a specific purpose and audience. Once your book is complete, you decide how it will be used: for yourself, for clients, for teams, for events, or for broader distribution. Tiered pricing supports deliberate planning based on how the book will be used.
For your personal circle or individual copies.
For lectures, client meetings, or targeted use.
For programs, events, or broader reach.
You decide which path your book takes: you can use it exclusively for yourself or your team, share it personally, use it at lectures or within your organization. And if you wish, you can publish it with an ISBN and make it visible and available to order in bookstores.
With an ISBN, your book can be ordered online and through bookstores. Publication in retail is optional and only relevant if you intend to actively distribute your book. For retail sales, you receive royalties. Royalties are settled twice per year. Royalties become available from the 11th retail copy sold. The starting royalty rate is 10% of the retail price (currently €1.80 per copy) and increases at higher sales volumes.
You only pay for the book steps you choose to complete.
You can create an account, prepare a book project and collect material. To get started, you receive 200 Starter Credits. These cover your first Outline at no cost. Costs only arise when you choose additional book steps – such as Deep Research, creating the full Manuscript or printing your book.
Credits are used for defined book steps, such as outline, additional research, manuscript or regenerating chapters. Before each paid step, you see the credit requirement.
Currently, the usual packages are 1,000 credits for €50, 2,200 credits for €100 and 5,000 credits for €200. The price shown in the purchase process is binding.
A typical flow without additional research currently requires about 800 credits: 200 credits for the outline and 600 credits for the manuscript. With in-depth topic research, the typical flow currently requires about 1,000 credits.
No. story.one has no recurring fee. You pay only for the concrete steps or orders you choose.
Printing costs depend on quantity, delivery country and options. Single copies are possible; larger quantities usually lower the unit price.
Yes, for books with ISBN sold through retail. Royalties start from the 11th retail copy sold; author copies do not count. The current tiers are 10%, 12% and 16% of the gross retail price depending on sales volume.
