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Core Business Only
Variables
Number of books
200
Active titles in the system
Readers per book
1,000
Average readers entering each title
Sections per book
30
Total monetizable section transitions
Progression rate
60%
Avg. percent of sections completed per reader
Avg. CPT — Cost Per Threshold
$0.50
Average revenue per threshold event across all advertisers
Total Core Revenue
Annualized · Threshold advertising only
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Threshold advertising on section transitions only. No premium tiers, no world revenue, no ancillary.
Transitions / book
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Readers × sections × rate
Revenue / book
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Transitions × avg. CPT
Total transitions
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System-wide paid events
Rev. per reader
—
Across avg. sections completed
Formula
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Core business only. These figures model threshold advertising revenue on section transitions exclusively. They do not include premium advertising inventory, worldbuilding monetization, Gilded Bard ecosystem revenue, Sageflame merch or Full Book sales, referral mechanics, or any ancillary streams. Those represent upside that does not appear here.
While others compete for clicks, we track that rare thing: a decision.
That’s the opportunity.
And advertising is only one part of our model.
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