Discover Indie Books that Shine.

We professionally review books, awarding stars from 1 to 3 based on quality not popularity. Our mission is to help readers find quality indie books, and to help hard-working authors gain the recognition they deserve. We champion human crafted books, with every book in our catalogue verified to be human made.

The story star standard

In the marketplace of sludge, which has become increasingly worse since the rise of A.I., quality indie books are being buried. The Story Star Standard aims to give readers the quality insurance they’re familiar with from traditional published books, whilst promoting the creative freedom and authorial independence indie publishing offers.

Featured Books (Coming Soon)

We’re currently Starting Out

If you’re interested in creating a space to promote quality indie books or keen for your book to be featured, feel free to submit. If you’re a reader, feel free to reach out to indie authors you’d love to get involved and follow our Blog and Newsletter for updates.

Early Bird Discounts for The first few Authors

For all authors interested, we’re currently offering Early Bird Discounts of up to 70% off for the first few submissions! This includes a professional review on seven craft categories and a marketable tagline for everyone, as well as a star and a permanent place on our book catalogue for those who’s work achieve a certain standard.

Human Verification

The Story Star Standard champions human crafted books. All books submitted to us are tested for AI content. We also have a separate Human Verification Certificate which provides thorough tests for a piece of mind for both authors and readers.

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On average, a self published book takes between 4-8 months to write, but many books take a lot longer. In our age of instant gratification, these months of hard work are going unnoticed. We want to help change that
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Our Star System

Our professional reviewers, with backgrounds in editing, book coaching, and creative writing lecturing will review each book on seven different aspects of craft: prose, format, narrative, character, dialogue, world & tone, and concept & theme. Books that reach a certain quality will receive one to three story stars:

1 star – A book we recommend reading.
2 stars – A book that rises above it’s peers.
3 stars – A rare and masterful work.

Every book we review will receive professional feedback on each of the seven aspects, as well as a marketable tagline and a review paragraph for prospective readers no matter the star rating.

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What The Story Star Standard Offers

Book Directory

A book directory for readers to explore indie books that have achieved 1 or more Story Stars. Each book has achieved a level of quality to make us recommend it to you.

Stars & Reviews for Authors

Get your book professional reviewed at a reasonable price. Every book receives detailed, actionable feedback, a marketable tagline, and a review paragraph for potential readers. Books that achieve 1+ stars will go in our book directory and you’ll receive a digital badge they can place on your book’s cover or on website if desired.

In-depth Assessment

A premium service which involves a more detailed review of your book, complete with a full chapter by chapter analysis similar to an Editorial Assessment. Often good for those who want their book assessed before publication.

Blog & Newsletter

Keep up to date with our blog and newsletter, which will include our top picks for books as well as updates on the Story Star Standard

Human Verification

As well as all our books being tested for A.I. Content, we also offer a separate human verification certification for authors who believe human verification is important to them. This human verification is more than just words of trust, it’s an assessment process. This Verification is currently in development so please get in touch with us if you want to help the development of this process.

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