About Bervet
I've been writing fiction for more than twenty years. I didn't come to writing late. I came to publishing late.
For years my books lived on old laptops and thumb drives. I'd finish one, send it out, and hear nothing back. Not a no. Silence. That's how publishers answered me, year after year, so in the end I moved into self-publishing.
That's where I found out how hard this industry is to get into. Authors are handed a lot of misinformation and very little real support, and most of the services that promise to help charge a fortune for it. Writers are usually good at writing, not at finding their way through all of that, and they shouldn't have to be.
Alongside the writing, I've been a police officer, run franchised retail businesses, held corporate roles and spent years in technology and systems. Bervet is what I've built with all of it: the place I wanted when I started.
Authors list their own books here for free, and readers can try the first chapter before they buy. Books rise by how readers actually read them, not by who paid most. And readers and authors talk to each other, in the same room.
— R. S. Breed, founder
What Bervet doesn't do
We don't pick the books. Any author can list a book they wrote, and the rules are the same for everyone. The "Most finished" ranking comes from anonymous reading numbers, and nobody can pay to be in it. We don't sell your data, sell your email address, or take a cut of your book sales.
Is it free?
Yes. Listing a book, chapter previews, advance copies, the forum and the guides are all free. Some store links may earn us a small commission, which costs you nothing.