Stop Without the Grant: Guide to Making Money

The decision is whether you may post a novel clip today. You may post it only when you can open the page that grants you the right to use that excerpt, and when the post tells viewers the clip is a promotion. A student schedule is a different page. This page has no commission rate.

Updated October 14, 2026.

Stop without the grant

Before you record, open the authorization. It should name the book, what you may clip, where you may post, and whether you must show that you were paid or given a code. If that page is missing, stop. A bestseller list, a friend's copy, and a trailer you did not make are not a grant.

Save the URL or the screenshot of the terms with the date you read them. If the terms change, the old screenshot does not extend the grant.

Say it is a promotion before you publish

Use the disclosure the platform's current rules require. Do not invent a fixed sentence here. If you cannot find the platform's disclosure rule, do not post the clip as an ordinary review. Write the disclosure in the caption or the spoken first line, in the place the rule names.

A clip that hides the affiliate code, the gift, or the paid brief fails this test even when the grant exists.

One stop rule for the week

At the end of the week, stop a hook that you posted without a grant, or a hook that the platform marked for a missing disclosure. Do not "fix it next week" by posting the same opening again. A different book needs its own grant. It does not borrow this one.

The student page keeps semester limits and class-time boundaries. It is the student novel-promo playbook. This page is only the grant and the disclosure.

FAQ

Can I clip a book I bought?

Buying a copy is not the grant to publish an excerpt. Read the authorization page for promoters. If there is no such page, do not post the clip.

What if the app pays per install but shows no written terms?

Do not estimate a rate and do not post. The missing terms are the stop.

Should I post on several accounts to test hooks?

Not until each account's post has the same grant and the same disclosure. Extra accounts do not create a right you do not have.

Last reviewed

October 14, 2026.