Pricing
Aggressive creator economics. Serious institutional publishing.
ReaderPub supports two paths:
- authors/publishers selling & renting directly to readers
- institutions publishing trusted collections for the public.
Sell and rent directly to your readers.
Keep your audience, keep your data, and keep more of each sale.
5% fee on sales
Low marketplace fee for direct sales.
5% fee on rentals
Time-limited access with the same low fee.
Direct reader access
No platform lock-in. Own your reader relationship.
- Sell web editions and EPUBs directly on ReaderPub.
- Offer rentals for courses, cohorts, and short-term access.
- First-party analytics: sales, rentals, cohorts, engagement.
- Fan clubs: memberships, drops, early access, and campaigns.
- Optional EPUB delivery for external distribution and archiving.
Sale vs Rental
Amazon-style retail is purchase-only. ReaderPub supports both purchase and time-limited access — you choose what fits each audience.
Sales are permanent access: the reader buys the title and keeps it in their library. They can open it anytime, on any device, and access the full WeRead experience.
Rentals are time-limited access: you set a duration and a price, and readers get instant access for a course, cohort, or limited window. Rentals convert hesitant readers and unlock institutional-style programs—without discounting the sale.
Sale (Buy)
- Permanent access in the reader’s library.
- Optional downloadable EPUB (when enabled).
- Best for long-term readers and collectors.
Rental (Time-limited)
- Web-only access for a defined window (7/14/30/90 days).
- Access expires at the end of the rental period.
- Best for courses, cohorts, training, and short-term reading.
You set both prices. Rentals are typically priced lower than purchase to support short-term use (often 20–40% of the sale price for shorter windows).
Example: Sale $9.99 → 30-day rental $2.99; 90-day rental $4.99.
Institution plans (subscription + storage)
For libraries, universities, government, and public organizations — publish trusted collections to the web with a modern reader.
Institutions publish collections, programs, archives, and public libraries. ReaderPub is the missing web layer: fast onboarding, clean discovery, and a real in-browser reading experience. Institutions budget annually and publish collections over time, so pricing is subscription-based with storage included — with predictable overage when needed.
Starter
for pilots and small collections
- $499 / month
- Up to 5,000 titles
- Up to 200 GB storage
- reader.pub subdomain
- Basic analytics
Standard
for libraries and departments
- $1,499 / month
- Up to 50,000 titles
- Up to 1 TB storage
- Custom subdomain option
- Program pages + cohorts
- Advanced analytics
Enterprise
for university systems and public agencies
- Talk to us
- 100,000+ titles
- SSO/SAML
- Dedicated onboarding
- Custom integrations
- SLA
What’s included
- Two deployment options: a reader.pub subdomain OR your own subdomain mapped to ReaderPub hosting.
- Bulk ingest and catalog import (metadata + covers).
- Collections, shelves, and public reading rooms.
- Institution-wide analytics and engagement reporting.
- Optional EPUB delivery package for archiving or external distribution.
Add-ons
- Additional storage and bandwidth (metered over included limits).
- Custom integrations (catalog, authentication, reporting).
- Migration support for legacy collections.
Onboarding process
From files or catalogs to a public web library — fast.
During the onboarding process, you specify your needs and requirements, and your pricing model will adjust accordingly.