Early Access for authors and creators
Give your story its own phone number.
Publish it as a micro audio series: short episodes, released week by week, on a line people call to hear. Write something new, or turn the audiobook you already have into episodes.
From $7 a month. We read every application.
Our first series
13,500+
Listeners have spent over 13,500 minutes on the line with our first series, Misfortune.
What you get
- A phone number for your story
- Listeners call it to hear your series, and the line remembers where each caller left off.
- Your own dashboard
- Upload your hook and episodes from your own dashboard.
- The story canvas
- Map your characters, places, rules and plot, and keep building your world as the series grows.
- The marketing tool
- Turn any scene into a captioned video clip, ready to share with your audience.
- Control of your free episodes
- Your first episode is always free. Choose where the paywall starts, up to episode 6. If you don’t choose, it starts at episode 6.
- A share of every credit
- When a listener spends a credit on one of your paid episodes, you earn 60% of the price that credit sold for. No share is paid on credits we give away, refunded or disputed purchases, your own calls or calls the carrier can’t verify, and payouts are held until the dispute period has passed. Your creator agreement has the full terms.
Micro audio series
Already have a full audiobook? Release it in episodes.
A whole audiobook asks a listener for hours before they know they love it. Cut yours into short episodes and put out a new one each week. Every release gives listeners a reason to call back, and gives you something new to share.
The upload guidelines.
- 6 minutes
- The longest an episode can be.
- 1 minute
- The longest your hook can be.
- Your lines or ours
- Record your own prompt lines, or use our default lines. We review each recording, and our default lines play until we approve it.
What you earn
A bigger share than Amazon’s audiobook programs.
60%
DialTale
of what each credit sold for, every time a listener spends one on your paid episodes.
30–50%
Amazon ACX
of audiobook sales. The 50% rate is only for audiobooks sold on Audible alone.
40%
KDP Virtual Voice
of audiobook sales, for virtual voice editions of KDP ebooks. Invite-only, US only.
Amazon’s rates are from ACX’s and KDP’s help pages, November 2026. ACX rates are for new users and newly claimed titles since May 26, 2026. ACX, Audible and KDP are Amazon’s and aren’t connected with DialTale.
How Early Access works.
- 01
Apply
Tell us who you are, what your story is and where your audience follows you.
- 02
Get accepted
We choose a small group for Early Access and open a dashboard for each one.
- 03
Upload your story
Add your hook and episodes, and record your prompt lines or use ours.
- 04
Share your number
Once we’ve approved your episodes, your series is on its own line, ready for anyone to call.
What it costs.
$7/month
for your first story and its phone number.
+$3/month
for each additional story and phone number.
Every plan includes
Your own phone number
A line for your story that remembers where each caller left off.
Your dashboard
Upload your hook and episodes, all in one place.
The story canvas
Map your characters, places, rules and plot.
The clip maker
Turn any scene into a captioned video to share.
Your free episodes
Choose where the paywall starts, up to episode 6.
60% of credit sales
Your share of each credit a listener spends on your paid episodes.
Application
Apply for Early Access.
Early Access is open to US residents. Places are limited. Applying adds you to the waitlist, and we’ll email you with our decision.