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Bring your story to the families who need it

We create calm, engaging read-aloud videos for parents and young children. If you’ve written a picture book, we’d love to share it with our growing audience.

30+
Books featured
FREE
To submit
Indie
Author-friendly
Families
Our audience
Why Ace Readers?

What your book gets

We’re a small team that genuinely cares about independent children’s authors. Here’s what a feature means in practice.

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A proper read-aloud video

Your story is read with care and filmed in a calm, parent-trusted format — not a slideshow, not AI-generated. Real storytime energy.

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Family audience reach

Our viewers are parents actively looking for bedtime and quiet-time books. Your book lands in front of people already in purchase mode.

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Cross-channel sharing

Videos are shared across YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook — giving your title multiple touchpoints with new readers.

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Support for indie authors

No agents, no big publishers needed. We work directly with self-published and independently published authors at no cost.

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Submit your book below

Fill in the short form with your details and book information. Let us know if you can send a physical copy — it helps us create a better video.

Takes 3 minutes
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We review your submission

We check that your book is a good fit for our family audience. We’ll be in touch either way within a few weeks.

You’ll hear back
3

We create the read-aloud video

If selected, we film the storytime video with your book. You don’t need to do anything — just sit tight.

We do the work
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Your story reaches families

The video goes live on YouTube and is shared across our social channels. We’ll let you know when it’s published so you can share it too.

Published & shared
Featured books

Stories already on Ace Readers

A growing collection of independent children’s books shared with families through our read-aloud series.

Who can apply?

Is your book a good fit?

We’d love to hear from you if…
  • You’re an independent or self-published author
  • Your book is a picture book or short story for young children
  • You hold the rights to the work
  • The content is suitable for family audiences
  • You can send a physical copy if asked

Common questions

No — submitting is completely free, and being featured costs nothing. We cover the production of the video ourselves. This is a genuine platform for indie authors, not a paid promotion service.

Yes. If your book is selected and you’re happy to send a copy, we’ll share our address with you then. We’ll always return it or confirm how you’d like it handled.

We aim to acknowledge submissions within a few days. If your book is selected, filming and editing typically takes a few more weeks depending on our schedule. We’ll keep you posted throughout.

By submitting you’re confirming you hold the relevant rights and are happy for us to produce a read-aloud video. You retain ownership of your work. We ask for permission to read the book aloud on our YouTube channel and share the resulting video across our social channels — nothing broader than that.

Yes — if you have multiple titles you think would suit our audience, please submit them separately. It helps us consider each book on its own merits rather than reviewing a bundle.

Submit your book

Ready to share
your story?

Fill in the form and we’ll be in touch. It takes about three minutes — no account needed, no fee required.

Author Name
I’d be happy to send you a copy of the book to feature on your read-aloud YouTube channel.
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