Reader Meter

Discover when readers stop turning the page on your stories

Reader Meter is the reader intelligence platform for authors. Get insights on exactly where your readers are most and least engaged with your stories.Then, use that data to write better stories and sell more books 😁.The key to a best-selling book is writing a story that readers actually want to read. Reader Meter gives you the power to see if your book is engaging to readers before you even launch it to the public.It changes the way you will revise and create stories forever.Want to join the revolution? Sign-up for the waitlist below to be the first to get updates when Reader Meter releases in mid to late 2025 👇.

Write Better Stories.
Sell More Books.

First, publish your Zero Edition story.

Zero Edition stories are published before the first edition of a book (think Advanced Reader Copies, Betas, etc.). Reader Meter makes it easy to upload and publish Zero Edition stories in minutes.

Next, select the readers you want to access your story.

You can invite folks by email to read on the web or inside of the Reader Sidekick app. Typically, authors invite their street teams, betas, and other trusted readers.

Then, measure reader engagement in your stories.

At a glance see which page readers are dropping off your story at, which chapters are being binged together, and the average time it takes a reader to read-through your story. And MORE juicy data!

And now for the best part, improving your story 🎉.

Armed with insights on what areas of your story readers are least engaged with, you can now revise your book and prepare it for a public launch. Watch the great reviews and sales roll in!

Reader Meter's Origin Story

Hello Storytelling Heroes! 👋My name is Michael Evans. At age 15, I started writing and self-publishing science fiction novels.After writing and marketing my books for years, I managed to publish 12 novels, but I never was able to get a read-through rate (aka people reading book 1 then book 2 in a series) that was high enough to be commercially successful.I found myself spending $1k a month on ads just to make $1k a month back.It was exhausting. Working endless hours to barely break even, meanwhile, all I wanted to do was have the freedom to write the stories I loved.The entire time, I blamed myself for being a bad writer. My stories weren't good enough. And I feared they never would be.My weird, adventurous life then took me to Harvard where I spent four years surrounded by incredible engineers and start-up founders.I got obsessed with bringing Power to Storytellers and made it my life mission to serve creators in the author community by bringing publishing science fiction to reality.Fast forward a few more years and I had co-founded a successful publishing platform for authors while also meeting thousands of authors in the community.Over and over again I kept running into the same problem with others that I faced myself.An author had a few books out, or was preparing to release their first book, but didn't have any real traction on their books and they didn't know why.They had spent money on ads. Did the newsletter swaps. The free book promotions.Everything. And yet nothing was working.Major life changes brought me to the world of YouTube, where I had previously created content my freshman year of college.I soon found myself working on the data and analytics team for the largest creator in the world, MrBeast.It is there that I learned the "formula" that MrBeast uses to reach hundreds of millions of viewers with every video.It's so simple, I almost didn't believe it.He has a relentless focus on learning what viewers want and creating videos that engage them.But the trick is this...MrBeast has access to data through YouTube Studio that allows him to see precisely when viewers stop watching, what thumbnails they are most likely to click on, and more.Everything is optimized.And unlike in the publishing world, where authors release books less often...In the early days, MrBeast was publishing new videos weekly and sometimes even more. Each time getting more data that he then used to improve his videos and reach more viewers.The flywheel never stopped, now reaching billions of views each month.That's when it all hit me.As authors we don't even have access to the data we need to optimize our stories.No wonder I was sitting there lost and defeated at 18 years old. No wonder I threw thousands of dollars away, praying that the right marketing campaign would change everything.In reality, I needed something different.I needed to understand my readers better, so that I could write better stories for them.I needed to put my Readers First, by knowing which chapters and even down to individual pages were most and least interesting to them.I'm creating Reader Meter for me. For the younger version of me that would have saved so much anguish and hardship if he had these insights.And for the present day version of me that so badly wants to not only use Reader Meter for myself but give it to the hundreds of authors I am lucky enough to call my friends.If software can be a love letter, then this is my love letter to the writing community.Reader Meter is on a mission to bring ultra-powerful reader intelligence to every author on the planet. And it all starts with being able to discover where readers stop turning the page on your stories.If you're interested in purchasing Reader Meter for yourself then join the waitlist below.AND if you are able to share this site at readermeter.io with author friends who you think would benefit from this, then I'd be endlessly grateful 😊.

Got questions about Reader Meter or want to work with me and the Reader Meter team? Reach out here. 📩And... I also write weekly essays for authors to help you grow your readership and revenue by unleashing your storytelling superpower. You can find that here.

P.S. Lots of people have asked how much Reader Meter will cost when released. Honestly, we aren't sure exactly how much yet as we are still working out what our own costs will be. But with this said...We all have enough monthly subscriptions. We plan to make Reader Meter available for an affordable lifetime fee for all authors 💙.