WePub:
No platform lock-ins.
You own your readers' activity—not Amazon.

Authors build audiences. Marketplaces own access to them and charge platform fees of up to 35%.

We build your direct, long-term relationships with readers...

...while charging just a 5% sales commission.

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The old publishing model creates files—not lasting reader relationships

Most publishing systems distribute files through marketplaces, surrendering the direct relationship between authors and readers.

Marketplace control

Books are packaged as files and handed to marketplaces that own discovery, customer access, and most of the data.

Why the old model fails

The author gets distribution, but the sale ends the relationship while the platform keeps the audience.

What authors lose today

The dominant publishing model gives authors distribution while taking away the direct reader relationship.

Audience ownership

You sell the books. The platform owns the customer.

Reader relationships

You rarely know who your readers are, what they finish, what they discuss, or what brings them back.

Community

Discussion happens elsewhere, disconnected from your book and your author presence.

Economics

High commissions and marketplace dependence reduce author control.

Context

Reader reactions disappear into reviews, star ratings, and external social feeds.

The solution:WePub builds a direct web presence

WePub treats each book as a web publication that can be read, found, discussed, and connected to the author over time.

Web-native book pages

Each title can live as a readable web asset—not only as a downloadable package.

Author-centered publishing

The author's presence stays connected to the work and the people reading it.

Reader connection

Discussion and reader activity remain attached to books and authors after publication.

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What changes when you publish with ReaderPub

Old publishing path

  • Prepare a book file
  • Upload it to a marketplace
  • Let the platform own discovery and customer access
  • Lose visibility into reader activity after purchase

ReaderPub publishing path

  • Create an active, browser-based publication
  • Build an author-centered web presence
  • Keep reader relationships connected
  • Support discussion and future work around the book
Four-step WePub workflow: upload, adjust, price, then sell and engage

What you get with WePub

Everything you need to publish, monetize, and grow a direct audience.

  • A fast web edition that readers can open instantly.
  • Direct sales to connected readers.
  • A low 5% commission on sales.
  • Fan clubs for every book and author.
  • Sales and engagement analytics.
  • Optional, production-ready EPUB output.

How publishing works

A simple workflow from manuscript to live web edition.

  1. Share your manuscript (Word or EPUB).
  2. We prepare your web edition and metadata.
  3. You define sales and fan-club options.
  4. Your book goes live—with analytics from day one.

Works with WeRead for web reading and BookTree for organizing sources.

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ReaderPub changes the author model

Marketplace publishing

  • High commissions
  • The platform owns the customer
  • Reviews replace conversation
  • Marketplace algorithms control discovery
  • Readers leave after purchase

ReaderPub publishing

  • 5% platform commission
  • An author-centered web presence
  • Reader relationships stay connected
  • Discussion stays attached to books and authors
  • Books remain active after publication

From a one-time sale to a living audience

ReaderPub turns every book into a long-term web asset—easy to read, easy to find, easy to discuss, and always connected to future work.

Monetize your catalog

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

  • Direct sales
  • Bundles and promotions (optional)
  • Fan clubs and memberships
  • A web edition plus optional, production-ready EPUB delivery.

Save with a 5% commission versus Amazon's 35%. Use the resources you keep to promote your books on ReaderPub.

Sell directly—and communicate with your readers.

Keep your audience, keep your data, and keep more from every sale.

  • Sell web editions and ebooks directly through ReaderPub.
  • Pay a 5% sales commission—far below Amazon's take.
  • See sales and reader-engagement analytics in one place.
  • Receive context-rich reader notes attached to exact passages—not generic comments.

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.

Scribe: Your writing and publishing companion

Scribe gives authors a focused AI companion for developing ideas, shaping drafts, comparing publishing options, planning launches, and clarifying ReaderPub workflows across writing, editing, publishing, and long-term audience development.

Better economics, stronger connections, and
longer-lasting value

Lower commission

ReaderPub charges a 5% platform commission on direct sales.

Better reader connection

Reader relationships stay connected to the author rather than disappearing into a marketplace account.

Longer book lifecycle

Books remain active as web assets through discovery, discussion, and future author activity.

Publishing infrastructure built for the web

WePub brings secure publishing, browser delivery, direct sales, and audience visibility into one publishing workflow.

Web-native publishing

Publish books as web destinations instead of isolated downloads.

Reader visibility

Maintain visibility into publication activity after release.

Anti-piracy

Protect access through obfuscated web delivery.

Direct sales

Build direct commercial relationships with readers.

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EPUB generation

Generate EPUB editions whenever external distribution requires them.

Long-term engagement

Keep publications connected to readers after launch.

From digital files to living web assets

A web-native publication keeps generating discovery, engagement, and discussion after release. It remains part of an ongoing relationship instead of becoming a completed transaction.

Visibility

Reader activity remains visible.

Engagement

Discussion continues after publication.

Discovery

New readers continue discovering the work.

Continuity

Publications stay active over time.

ReaderPub helps publishers turn books and knowledge publications into living web assets that stay active after release.

Readers

Keep engaging with the publication.

Authors

Maintain stronger relationships with readers.

Publishers

Gain visibility beyond the moment of sale.

Institutions

Publish knowledge that remains discoverable and useful over time.

Stop renting your audience.

Publish browser-readable books that remain discoverable, discussable, and connected to readers long after release.

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