You're an author AND a small business. Act two needs tools.
The Spreadsheet You Fear
Your author business runs on a spreadsheet you’re afraid to open — expenses in one tab, royalties in another, and tax season is a horror genre.
Launch Day Chaos
Release dates, ARC deadlines, newsletter sends, and preorder windows scattered across three calendars and your memory.
The Invisible Workload
Every book has fifty non-writing tasks. None of them are written down anywhere — until one of them is forgotten.
The transformation
Without StorytellerOS...
- Income and expenses reconstructed at tax time
- No idea if a series is actually profitable
- Launch checklists rebuilt from memory, every time
- Writing time untracked, goals unmeasured
With StorytellerOS...
- Income and expenses logged as they happen, per book
- Per-book and per-series P&L that includes ad spend
- Reusable launch templates with every task pre-loaded
- Writing sessions, Pomodoro, and goals — tracked to the book
Everything you need
Powerful features designed specifically for indie authors who mean business.
Author Business Finance
Track income and expenses with vendors, categories, and per-book attribution. Know what the business actually earns.
Per-Book & Per-Series P&L
Sales in, expenses and ad spend out — per book, per series, per pen name. Finally answer “is this series profitable?”
Vendor Tracking
Editors, cover designers, translators, and every service you pay for — organized and connected to the books they worked on.
Tasks Built for Authors
Hierarchical tasks with subtasks, recurring schedules, and templates — so “launch a book” becomes a checklist, not a memory test.
Release Calendar
Release dates, deadlines, signings, and promo windows on one calendar — linked to the tasks that make them happen.
Time Tracking & Goals
Pomodoro sessions and writing sprints tracked per book, with goals that show whether the writing is actually happening.
How it works
Get started in minutes, not hours.
Log the Money
Connect your sales and start logging expenses — editing, covers, ads, software — with vendors and per-book attribution.
Load the Launch
Turn your next release into a task template: ARC sends, newsletter dates, retailer uploads, promo posts. Reuse it for every book after.
Watch the Business
The calendar shows what’s coming, the tasks show what’s next, and the P&L shows whether it’s all working.
“StorytellerOS has solved every administrative, marketing, and organizational pain point I had as an indie publisher, and knowing I own all my own data gives me genuine peace of mind.”
Integrations & Tools
Connect with the tools you already use and love.
Frequently asked questions
Even better together
Run the Business works seamlessly with everything else in the box.
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