ravenword books is a platform, a publisher, a library and a community, built on a single radical belief: that ordinary people live extraordinary lives, and those lives deserve to be celebrated.
Ravenword Books began with a simple observation: the autobiography shelves in bookshops are reserved almost entirely for the famous. Why should fame, wealth or connections decide whose story gets told?
Every person alive has lived through something extraordinary. Every grandmother has a story that deserves to outlast her. Every immigrant, every survivor, every quiet revolutionary, their stories are being lost, generation by generation.
Ravenword Books is our answer. A platform that gives everyone, regardless of fame, wealth or connections, the tools, the support and the audience to tell their story.
"History is usually written by the famous. We are rewriting it together."
Founded 2025 · Incorporated in Australia · Building a home for everyday people's life stories.
Remove the gatekeepers. Any person, any life, any story deserves a place on the shelf.
Give ordinary people a real, professional book of their life — and keep it free to read.
Authors keep their copyright and share fairly in everything their story earns. We are a partner, not an extractor.
"History is usually written by the famous. I wanted to change that."
Deborah Spinocchia has spent 25 years in television as an Executive Producer and award-winning storyteller, an award nominee and winner across every genre of television, from documentary to entertainment. She has been a jury member of AIDC (the Australian International Documentary Conference), a panelist at numerous industry conferences, and the creator of numerous documentaries and television shows.
Her instinct has always been the same: that the most extraordinary stories are never the ones that make the headlines. They live in kitchens, on farms, in suburbs and small towns, in the lives of people who have never been given a platform, or a reason to believe their story is worth telling.
Ravenword Books is the platform Deborah always wished existed. A place where the craft of storytelling she has spent a career perfecting is available to everyone, not just the famous, the connected, or the already-published.
Deborah brings to Ravenword Books the same discipline that defines award-winning documentary work: rigorous research, deep listening, and an unshakeable belief that every life, told well, is a story worth keeping.
We're building something genuinely new. If you'd like to be part of it, get in touch.
Get in touch →Ravenword Books is a democratised publishing platform. We take our responsibilities seriously, to our authors, our readers, and the communities our stories come from.
Zero tolerance for content that depicts or normalises child abuse. Victim accounts may appear in memoirs only within the legal framework of the author's country, handled with care and read by our team before anything is published in the library.
All story originators are bound by the laws of their country of residence. ravenword books will not publish content that incites hatred, violence or sedition against any group or individual.
ravenword books operates as a publisher platform, similar to Facebook and YouTube, where legal responsibility for content rests with the story originator. Every author remains responsible for what they publish, and we may decline to publish or may remove content that breaches our terms.
The underlying celebration of the human story is our ability to conquer challenges, not contribute to them. ravenword books is committed to being part of the solution.
We seek cloud infrastructure that is 100% powered by renewable energy.
Committed to measuring and offsetting our carbon footprint from day one.
Our model gives more back than current publishing norms. We are a partner, not a greedy platform.
We believe in radical transparency. Here is exactly how rights and revenue are shared, no fine print, no surprises.
You do. Always. The copyright of your book is owned entirely by you, the story originator. ravenword books PTY LTD facilitates publication and distribution but never claims ownership of your narrative. As the book's producer — funding the AI agents, editing, cover design and distribution that turn your memories into a finished, sellable book — we do share in the revenue for as long as your book keeps earning, the same 48/48/2/2 split on every sale, whether that's the day it's published or years down the track.
Writers receive an ongoing share of what your book earns, in recognition of their craft contribution. Full details in our Terms & Conditions.
Yes. ravenword books PTY LTD holds a first-look right on spin-off adaptations (film, TV, games, theatre). You participate in net profits from any adaptation on the same fair revenue split as your book, full details are in our Terms & Conditions.
Yes. At any stage you can choose to keep your book private (for family and invited readers only) or publish it publicly in the library. You can change this at any time.
Your story remains in the library as your legacy, and your nominated estate or beneficiaries continue to benefit from your story's success in your name. The Legacy option is included in all packages.
Net revenue from every book sold or licensed through the platform is shared between you, Ravenword Books, and any human writer involved. We believe the split is genuinely fair, one of the most generous in publishing.
The complete revenue breakdown, including author share, platform share, founder contribution, and human writer royalty, is set out in full in our Terms & Conditions. We encourage every author to read them before publishing.
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Contact Press Team →Are you a novelist, journalist, memoirist or editor? Join the founding network of Human Touch writers, which is just opening, and earn from helping people tell their stories with craft and soul.
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Whether you're a potential investor, press contact, writer, printer, or simply curious, we'd love to hear from you.