Chico Montecristi

I’m Chico Montecristi, a writer just like you. Fed up with traditional publishers gatekeeping and taking most profits, I developed tintaxis: a curated digital publisher. No bots, we read manuscripts. Your work is published inside our platform. No middleman, no third party apps, no ads, no distractions. Writers keep 85%. Secured by Stripe. Readers engage directly with tools unlike any other platform. Submissions open!

That one person with notifications on... my day one. Thank you, twin.

We publish the work we read, no bots. Traditional publishers got plenty of pull, but you're just another fish in the sea, and they're eating most of the net... Join the dark side, reel in 85%

dp Digital-Publishers (est. 2014) A successful e-publisher doing exactly what we intend. dp has strong digital distribution, publishing Historical, Love, Romance, Mystery & Suspense. They make books available through Amazon Kindle and the German titan Tolino. dp follows standard GDPR practices with data used for their own operations and marketing— no ads on their website! Writer royalties are not public, but traditional models mean publishers typically keep the majority share. (If you are a dp author, feel free to share your experience.) Languages include: English, French, German, with some mentions of Italian & Dutch. Reading happens through third party apps. Featured author interviews–really cool! 1,800+ books available. Overall, dp is doing most of the things we intend to do and we want to learn from them. Our reach and distribution are growing, but our vision delivers something extra: curatorial review, human contact, modern writer’s platform, and a 21st century path to engage new generations with the world we love: Literature!

tintaxis (est. 2026) tintaxis has humans reading your work. We will never implement AI “bots” to read incoming manuscripts. Getting to know your rhythm helps us keep tintaxis a curated platform — no matter how long it takes, we will get it done! Our data is shared, exclusively, with writers, not ad platforms. tintaxis is a publisher and a reading platform. dp is not! They are traditional meets digital… we don’t want this model. We mean to change it. Through our platform we envision readers engaging with authors, discussing emotional impact, having an open window into the souls of those who publish with us–a digital mise en abyme. Although we want to find the next “Harry Potter” we are not focussed on strong market potential. We want strong writers that can develop a community: digital thinkers with a voice of their own willing to share their darkest thoughts and how stories were shaped. dp takes on a hybrid model for marketing, a mixture of ads, establishment and writer newsletters. At tintaxis, writers are their biggest agent and merchant. We don’t want writers sitting back. We want writers pushing their work and earning their place in the canon. Shouldn’t writers focus on writing instead of marketing? Yes! We are creator-first, but this is not a traditional publisher. Real engagement goes both ways.

New tool from tintaxis: ArtPathways! ArtPathways — your no-nonsense free opportunity finder for artists How it works: Onboard — fill in your art practice (writer or painter), location, goals, availability, and how far you're willing to travel Discover — the app uses AI to surface real, free opportunities worldwide matched to your profile: residencies, open calls, workshops, grants, fellowships, commissions, city arts jobs, exhibitions — all searchable by type, location, and your genre/medium Save — bookmark any opportunity and track them in your saved list, with a breakdown by type Manage your profile — update your details anytime; the app adapts what it finds for you What makes it different: Every result shown is flagged as free — no application fees, no pay-to-apply, no subscriptions AI searches based on who you are as an artist, not generic keywords Worldwide scope: international residencies, local city jobs, remote programs — all in one place ArtPathways is already built into tintaxis, but if you choose to skip our platform here is the URL :) URL: …tunity-finder--montecristi.replit.app

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History only exists for the brave.

@kevinolearytv Not being jaded is a must for an entrepreneur.

One hour you’re getting a $150 million offer. The next? Bankruptcy. That’s the life of an entrepreneur. Ups. Downs. Chaos. The key? Stay in the game long enough to win.

大概2017年我开写了八poems因为一个老爱人。我不能说我是很好的作家，但是，每一天我继续写一下直到完成了。如果你可以请说刚我一点！

@HyperLogistix @Ainthropos @SchopenhauerNow Throw in A Personal Matter if you want some fiction in that arena.

@Ainthropos @tintaxis @SchopenhauerNow Same boat. About to read Worm at the Core. What else goes with it?

What's one book that made you question everything? Science, spirituality, psychology. Let's hear it.

My New Yorker Poetry submission from 2019: "Boat Burning"-excerpt. Homage to "Barn Burning," my favorite Faulkner piece. The rejections were plenty, but shaped what tintaxis is today. As a digital publisher my goal is to respond with care and attention to anyone who applies, ensuring responses lead to optimistic results and not rejection. I offer you an olive branch towards optimism: leave feedback if you manage to read it.

@publisherinabox Why doesn't this click for people, bro

If 80% of the world is about to live on social media, the smartest thing you can build right now is digital assets. If you create and own the right digital assets - Facebook pages, audiences, content libraries, products - you are positioning yourself for a much more flexible and luxurious lifestyle in a world where almost everyone is online. Today, social media is essentially universal. More than 5 billion people used it in 2024, around 71% of the global population. Statista projects social media penetration to exceed roughly 80% of the world’s population by 2028 to 2029. This is not just people scrolling. It is a massive, always-on distribution network where content, audiences, and personal brands can turn into income, leverage, and optionality.

Here's a perfectly hideous but highly visible graphic announcing that the eARC for THE RILL LORD is available! This handy link is to the sign up page: forms.gle/4UXHhRom6qZWpP… Books (digital only) will be sent by the publisher. I tested it, so it should work. 🤞

@ground_ga Forget the burger publishers, brogod

A publisher once told me "Releasing your demo in this state was a mistake." We know some things definitely need improvement (we're still in dev!). But instead of letting it collect digital dust waiting for a publisher that might never come, we put it out there. No regrets.

Compare @Duotrope "the ultimate resource for writers and artists..." with us. We don't have 7,700 active publishers and agents, either, but: who's going to be a better agent of your work than yourself?

@Digiday how do you get 260k subscribers, 2M visitors per month on articles and paywalls like this? What has been the key to convert if the average reader has to pay $33/mth to read something based on this intro: "Over the past year, publishers have grappled with a volatile economic climate including persistent inflation and cautious consumer spending...." How Dow Jones, Forbes, The Guardian and other publisher revenue streams are shifting in 2026 digiday.com/media/digiday-…

@IAGuy06 @Notwokenow Criminals belong in prison. The end.

@tintaxis @Notwokenow Then maybe you should consider rethinking releasing multiple offender criminals back into the general population, and make the punishment fit the crime.

Guy at the bar is Gen X. No question.

@ElevenCreative @elevenreader Can any writer publish, is there a benchmark or process to publishing through Eleven?

Publish directly to @ElevenReader or download and distribute to any major platform. One workflow from creation to distribution, with analytics built in.

Great stories deserve to be heard. ElevenCreative Audiobooks lets you turn your manuscript into a studio-quality audiobook in minutes - not months. Upload, narrate, and publish from one platform.

@NickDiFabio1 Besides Amazon, any platforms worth looking at for digital publishing? I don't mean self-publishing. Appreciate your insight.

Day 4-5: Set up your Amazon KDP account & prep your listing. Write your book description, pick your categories & keywords. Get everything ready so the moment your manuscript comes back, you hit publish. Format for Kindle, paperback & hardcover. Three formats from one book. Three income streams. About 60-70% of my royalties come from paperbacks. Don't skip formats.

The average American pays $13,800 in federal income tax every year. That's how much 1 Ebook can make you on Amazon. What’s even better? You can use AI to create it. Here's how to self-publish your first book in 7 days:

@tomfgoodwin I can see the use of this within an important scene of a book. Writers would benefit from that tactile response and context to what they are reading. Almost a hologram.

The way spatial photos can come alive on your phone I find quite magical I tried to make this a seductive rich ad unit , but not a single digital media owner / publisher replied to me when I tried to bring it to life. Even with keen big advertiser !