Get paid to send writers the read their draft needs first.
FirstReader is an AI alpha reader for finished novels. Send readers our way and earn 20% on what they buy, for a year after their first purchase.
Why promote FirstReader
Your audience is writers sitting on finished drafts with one hard question: is it ready? Most tools either score a manuscript against other books or help generate prose. FirstReader does the thing they actually need before an editor. It reads the draft chapter by chapter and ties every note to a named craft principle, with the passage it applies to shown right there. It reads like an alpha reader, the honest first pass before beta readers or a paid edit.
That makes it an easy thing to stand behind. A writer runs a free chapter, sees the kind of notes FirstReader gives on their own pages, and runs the full analysis when they want every chapter read before an editor.
What you earn
- 20% of each paid analysis credited to you.
- 90 days to convert a click. After a reader clicks your link, you are credited if they buy within 90 days. Writers click at review time and often buy weeks later, so the window is generous.
- 12 months to keep earning. Once that reader makes a first purchase through your link, you earn 20% on everything they buy for a year from that first purchase, not just the first sale.
- Paid monthly by PayPal once your cleared commissions pass $50, with other methods like Wise available for partners outside the US. Domestic PayPal fees are on us. Affonso tracks what you are owed and FirstReader sends the payment.
How credit works
Most referrals track automatically by cookie. Because FirstReader asks visitors to opt in to tracking, a buyer who declines can still enter your name or code at checkout, and we credit verified paying referrals by hand. We credit every referral we can verify, so share your link openly and tell readers they can name you at checkout.
Who this is for
- Book bloggers and reviewers who cover writing tools.
- Writing coaches, developmental editors, and course-sellers. Recommending FirstReader sends you clients who show up with a cleaner manuscript, so you are paid for judgment instead of cleanup.
- YouTubers and newsletter writers in the indie-author world.
How it works
- Apply through the partner portal.
- Get your link.
- Share it honestly, with disclosure.
- Earn on the analyses it brings in.