Welcome to Byouk
The place to get published
How It Works
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Write Your Story
You've got it in your head, now put it into words and pages. New Writing features coming soon!
Get Published
When you're ready, submit your book to our biannual competition where the winners are physically published!
The Byouk Way
Easy and Accessible Publishing for Everyone
The Problem
If you want to be published, you've got two main options
Traditional Publishing and Self Publishing.
Traditional Publishing is a complicated and exclusive process that can take over three years. You'll need a literary-agent
to find you a publisher.
Then, even if your story is strong, publishers can reject you if you aren't well known,
the genre isn’t trending, or the story's too unformulaic.
The success rate is around 1–2%.
Meanwhile, Self-publishing, which is on the rise due to the many problems with Traditional Publishing, costs between
$1,000 - $20,000 AUD.
Over 90% of self-published books sell fewer than 100
copies due to lack of professional aid.
More Problems
The majority of Australian Authors are cis women who identify as white and are over the age of 30.
Publishing has a diversity problem
For young or diverse voices, this gap between talent and opportunity, is the widest.
It shouldn't be like this, all that should matter is your story. Our world is a beautiful and diverse place, let's bring this to readers, you can bring this to your readers.
Yes, you get to be published (yay!), but when you do you also make a difference. Maybe you've changed the world of a kid whose never felt seen before. Maybe you've explained a world to someone who never understood it before. Maybe, you'll help change the world a little.
When your story is strong, you deserve to share it with the world,
we want to make that possible.
The Solution
Byouk was made to bridge the gap and give every writer their chance.
Byouk is an online platform that helps budding authors write and develop their stories for free, with the
opportunity to be physically published for $5 through a biannual competition selecting the top few entries.
We are an affordable and simple way to physically publish books. With no hidden fees and a simple design,
everything is clear, quick, and easy to use.
So what are you waiting for? Read, Write and Publish with Byouk!
- We love everyone, regardless of race, gender, or age
- Free and Affordable
- Your work remains yours
- Professional aid and Publishing if chosen!
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