Sell without Amazon’s platform tax.

5% fees on sales and rentals. Direct reader relationships. First-party analytics. Fan clubs built in.

Low commission: 5% on sales, 5% on rentals.

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ReaderPub vs Amazon (for authors and publishers)

Fees: ReaderPub 5% sales / 5% rentals vs higher marketplace fees.
Reader access: direct relationship with registered readers vs platform-owned audience.
Analytics: first-party sales + rentals + engagement vs limited reporting.
Community: fan clubs for each book vs no direct fan club layer.
Access control: web-only reading through verified reader accounts — no file downloads, no heavy DRM, no friction for your audience.
Security model: no downloadable primary book file is routinely delivered to the reader’s device.

Unlike Amazon, you build a direct relationship with registered readers on ReaderPub — keep your audience and your data.

You retain full flexibility: we can also provide a production-ready EPUB for external distribution, additional marketplaces, or archival use — without locking you into our platform.

Turn every title into a feedback loop: readers can share annotated copies with you, and communities can iterate on context across reading circles.

Monetize your catalog

Publish on the web — with optional EPUB output when you need it.

Direct sales
Time-limited rentals
Bundles and promotions (optional)
Fan clubs and memberships
Web edition plus optional production-ready EPUB delivery.

Save on 5% commission versus Amazon's 35%. Use your freed-up resources to promote your books on ReaderPub.

Sell and rent directly to your readers.

Keep your audience, keep your data, and keep more of each sale.

Sell web editions and ebooks directly on ReaderPub.
Offer rentals for courses, cohorts, and short-term access.
Low commission: 5% on sales, 5% on rentals, far below Amazon’s take.
See sales, rentals, and reader engagement analytics in one place.
Receive context-rich reader notes attached to exact passages — not generic comments.

Fan clubs for every book and author.

Build a member community around your work. Reward readers, announce releases, and turn buyers into loyal fans.

Members-only posts, updates, and behind-the-scenes notes.
Early access, bonus chapters, limited drops, and rentals.
Direct announcements to your registered audience.
Fan insights tied to sales and rentals — what converts and retains.

Protect your publication by not distributing the file

Your books are accessed through secure accounts in our in-browser reader — not distributed as downloadable files.

Most ebook piracy starts after a complete file reaches the user’s device and is extracted, converted, and redistributed. ReaderPub reduces that risk by avoiding the standard file-delivery workflow used by most platforms — while giving you full control over who can access your content and how it is distributed.

Learn more about our protection model

Sell ownership. Rent access.

ReaderPub lets you monetize the same book two ways — permanent purchase for long-term readers, and time-limited rentals for courses, cohorts, and short-term use.

Sale (Buy)

Permanent access in the reader’s library.
Readers can return anytime — ideal for fiction and long-form nonfiction.
Optional downloadable EPUB if you enable it.

Rental (Time-limited)

Full access for a defined window (7/14/30/90 days — you choose).
Web-only reading — no file delivery.
Access expires when the rental window ends.

How to price it

You set both prices — sale and rental.
A common rental pattern: 20–40% of the sale price for short windows.
Example: Sale $9.99 → 30-day rental $2.99; 90-day rental $4.99.

Author benefits

Everything you need to publish, manage, and grow your work.

Organize sources, annotations, and drafts in one place.
Publish to a public audience or private collaborators.
Build authority with transparent references and updates.
Keep work structured across projects and editions.

Make your research legible

Show readers where ideas come from and where they lead.

Show sources, references, and context alongside your texts.
Present evolving ideas transparently, not as static PDFs.
Invite readers, collaborators, and institutions into your work.
Turn research and writing into a readable public record.