About Vox9

// A free audiobook platform for listeners and independent authors

File 001 Founder D. McCarthy Est. 2026 Status OPERATIONAL

Chapter 01

The Story

Dennis McCarthy, founder of Vox9 Studios

I'm Dennis McCarthy. For three years I ran a YouTube channel called scifistories1977, narrating science fiction, HFY, fantasy and serialised stories from independent authors using ElevenLabs AI voices. It was a popular channel, and I knew early on that I wanted to share that success with the authors whose stories I posted. In total I shared 30% of every dollar of ad revenue across eleven authors over the course of three years. Other authors turned down the ad revenue, wanting recognition instead — and I respected that. Either way, the platform was mine, but the work was theirs.

Then YouTube demonetised the channel.

I had two choices: stop, or build something better.

So I stuck two fingers up to YouTube and built Vox9 — a platform I control, where the authors I'd been narrating for could publish their own work, keep the audience, and get paid. The first writers on Vox9 weren't strangers. They were the same authors whose stories I'd already been reading. They came across to test it. All of them stayed, and other new authors came and joined the platform.

That's still the mission: get independent authors in front of an audience, with a fair cut of whatever the platform earns, and production tools they couldn't have built themselves.

Chapter 02

What Vox9 Actually Is

100,000

ElevenLabs Characters / Free / Every Month

Roughly 1.5 hours of professional AI narration. No card on file. No caps creeping in once you're hooked. The platform covers the generation cost. Listeners stream the audio for free.

Authors earn three ways

Protocol 01

Subscriptions

50/50

Split between
author & platform

Protocol 02

Tips

80/20

Weighted
to the author

Protocol 03

Coming Soon

Currently in conversation with two ad networks. The author share will be published before any ad goes live.

The platform covers ElevenLabs credits, audio storage, CDN bandwidth, payment processing, moderation, and infrastructure. Those numbers are the deal. Everyone knows where they stand.

Chapter 03

Trust & Credentials

Vox9 isn't a basement experiment. It's a properly registered UK business. The IDs below are everything you need to verify each registration with its issuing authority.

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Vox9 Studios Ltd UK Limited Company, Companies House No. 16892001 — registered in England & Wales
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Information Commissioner's Office UK data protection registration No. ZC139577
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DMCA Designated Agent U.S. Copyright Office — DMCA-1072320 (effective 5 May 2026)
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Payments — Stripe Verified merchant under Stripe's full KYC. The same processor used by Substack, Shopify, and millions of others.
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Author Payouts — PayPal Payouts Direct PayPal transfers to author accounts.

Chapter 04

Recognition

UK StartUp Awards 2026

Rising Star Finalist

South East Region

View Shortlist →

Chapter 05

The Numbers — Public and Live

Live Telemetry · Updated Daily

~6,000 Listeners

1,400+ Subscribers & Tippers

// Snapshot at time of writing · live count on /public-stats

Monthly listening hours. Total plays. Active listeners right now. Country count. Top series. Free vs subscriber split.

All published live. Nothing hidden.

View Public Stats

Chapter 06

Get in Touch

contact --target founder

Authors, advertisers, press, or just to say hello:

dennis@vox9.io

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