📋 E-book Platforms
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🔧 Tools in E-book Platforms
BookFunnel
A service for authors to securely deliver ebooks to readers, manage ARCs, and run group promotions.
PublishDrive
An all-in-one, subscription-based platform for distributing ebooks, audiobooks, and print books worldwide.
Draft2Digital
An ebook aggregator that simplifies publishing to multiple online retailers through a single platform.
Gumroad
An e-commerce platform for creators to sell digital products, including ebooks, directly to their audience.
Payhip
An e-commerce platform that allows creators to sell digital products, courses, and memberships directly from their own website.
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
Amazon's self-publishing platform to publish and sell books on the world's largest ebook marketplace.
Leanpub
A platform for publishing in-progress ebooks, courses, and tutorials using a 'Lean Publishing' methodology.
Scribd
A digital library subscription service offering ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and documents.
BookBaby
A full-service self-publishing company offering editing, design, distribution, and printing services.
Kobo Writing Life
Kobo's direct self-publishing platform for reaching a global audience, particularly strong outside the US.
Lulu
A self-publishing platform known for high-quality print-on-demand services and direct-to-consumer sales options.
Wattpad
A social storytelling platform connecting a global community of readers and writers, primarily for serialized fiction.
Apple Books for Authors
Apple's platform for self-publishing ebooks directly to the Apple Books store on iOS and Mac devices.
Smashwords
One of the original ebook aggregators, now part of Draft2Digital, offering wide distribution and a direct-to-reader store.
IngramSpark
A self-publishing platform offering global print-on-demand and ebook distribution for independent authors.
Barnes & Noble Press
The official self-publishing platform for Barnes & Noble, targeting readers on BN.com and NOOK devices.
Google Play Books Partner Center
Google's platform for authors and publishers to sell ebooks and audiobooks on the Google Play Store.
StreetLib
A global ebook, audiobook, and print-on-demand distribution platform with a focus on international markets.
Inkitt
A free reading and writing platform that uses data to identify and publish promising new authors.
Radish Fiction
A mobile app for reading serialized fiction, offering a 'freemium' model where readers can pay to access new chapters early.