Stan Taylor

Stan Taylor

About this app

Read, listen, and execute.

The official app for The Black Book of Power and The Little Dictator, on Android phones and tablets. The opening chapters of both books are free to read and to hear. If you own the books, your full library unlocks the moment you sign in with the email from your order.

BUILT FOR THE WORK
Typography tuned for hours instead of minutes. Five typefaces including two designed for dyslexic readers, adjustable size, pages or scroll, dark with a light mode when you want it. Tablets get the full large-screen reading layout, not a stretched phone app.

THE COMPLETE AUDIOBOOKS
Every chapter narrated by Stan. Background play, lock screen and notification controls, speed control, a sleep timer, and a full chapter list.

LISTEN WHILE YOU READ
Tap the headphones inside the reader and the narration follows the chapter you are on. Move between the page and the voice without losing the sentence.

MARKS THAT TRAVEL
Press and hold a passage, drag to where it ends, add a note when the thought deserves one. Highlights, notes, and bookmarks are private to your account and synced across every device you sign into. Arrange the shelf by hand.

YOURS, OFFLINE
Download the books and every hour of audio to your device. Airplane mode changes nothing.

THE FORGE
Turn the line that rewired you into a wallpaper for your lock screen or a card worth posting.

IN YOUR LANGUAGE
The books are arriving in other languages. Open Extras, then Translations, and add an edition to your shelf: its opening chapters are free to read, and the rest comes with the book you already own.

THE READERS' ROOM
A members-only room for adults who read the books. Posts, comments, reactions and private messages, with every post screened before it appears. No algorithm, no ads, no strangers. You choose whether the Room shows your name or a pen name.

THE FEED AND THE EXTRAS
Stan's posts arrive with no algorithm deciding whether you see them. The printable companion journals, the FAQ and the wallpapers live beside the books.

ONE LIBRARY, EVERYWHERE
The same library opens on iPhone, iPad, and in any browser at my.stantaylor.com. Same account, same marks, same spot on the page.

PRIVATE BY PRINCIPLE
No ads, no tracking, no analytics, and no push notifications. No streaks, no badges, nothing engineered to pull you back in. Crash reports are the only thing the app sends home, and they carry no identity. You can delete your account and everything synced to it from inside the app, at any time.

IT SELLS YOU NOTHING
The app is a reader for books you already own. Sign in with the email you used at checkout and your shelf fills itself. Hardcover and gift claim codes redeem under Settings. No purchases, no subscriptions, no upsells, ever.

These books deal with power, manipulation, and psychological patterns, and they name them bluntly. They are written for adults. A content and mental health notice is included in the app.

What’s new

The Feed: Stan's posts, open to everyone, and behind them a community for adults who read the books, every post screened before it appears; choose your real name or a pen name on your first visit. The essays under Extras. The books and journals in thirteen languages. One sign-in code, sent only to the email a book was bought with. The reader and the player open offline at once. And the fixes since the last build.