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The Reading Experience Your Brand Deserves

Every title you sell opens in a reader that carries your brand: EPUB, PDF, and audiobooks in the browser and in native apps, packed with reading tools — and protected by streaming DRM.

Reads Everything You Publish

One interface for your whole catalog, tuned to each format.

EPUB

Reflowable text that adapts to any screen — and fixed-layout editions rendered pixel-faithful, with page numbering for search, navigation, and citations.

PDF

Faithful page rendering with zoom, spreads, and thumbnails — plus Smart Zoom to turn magazines and press into adaptive, article-aware interactive editions.

Audiobooks

A full streaming player: 0.5×–2× speed, 30-second skips, chapter list, sleep-friendly controls on the lock screen, and position saved as you listen.

Previews

Configurable samples of every format let visitors try before they buy — pages for ebooks, minutes for audio.

A Complete Toolbox for Readers

Study tools, AI assistance, and everything in between — each one can be enabled per store.

Full-Text Search

Search inside the book with contextual snippets, match highlighting, and jump-to-result — for EPUB and PDF alike.

Highlights & Notes

Color-tagged highlights and annotations, organized in a notebook panel with filters, citation copy, and plain-text export.

Shared Annotations

Readers can share a set of their highlights and notes by link — ideal for study groups, classrooms, and book clubs.

Flashcards

Turn any passage into front/back study cards with a dedicated study mode: flip, shuffle, and self-assessment.

Citations

Formatted references in APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Vancouver, ABNT, and ISO 690 — from the whole book or a selected passage, with the page included.

Dictionary & Translation

AI-powered definitions on selection, and translation of any passage into 112 languages with automatic language detection.

Listen

Text-to-speech reads pages or selections aloud with natural voices — a companion for commutes and an accessibility win.

Vito AI Assistant

An in-reader assistant that summarizes pages, generates self-assessment quizzes, and answers questions about what the reader is studying.

Reading, Adjusted to Every Reader

Preferences persist and follow the reader across devices.

Themes

Light, dark, system, and a high-contrast mode that exceeds WCAG AA contrast requirements.

Typography & Layout

Text size, line spacing, margins, and page layout — single page, spreads, or continuous scroll.

Synced Preferences

Theme, zoom, and layout choices are stored per account and applied on every device and every book.

Keyboard Friendly

Full keyboard navigation across pages, search, and the audio player — built with accessibility in mind.

On the Web, in Apps, and Offline

The same library, wherever your readers are.

In the Browser

No installs: the reader runs in any modern browser, and already-opened content stays readable even when the connection drops.

Native Apps

iOS, Android, and desktop apps with true offline reading and listening — content stays encrypted on the device and entitlements are re-checked automatically.

Continue Reading

Position is saved per title and restored anywhere — start on the web at the office, pick up on the phone at home.

My Library

A personal home for each reader: resume in one click, reading streaks and goals, and their whole collection in one place.

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Protected From Cover to Cover

Your content is monetizable because it stays yours.

Streaming DRM

The original file is never delivered: content streams encrypted with AES-256 through signed, time-limited requests.

Entitlements & Session Limits

Server-side access checks on every request, with configurable concurrent-session and device limits — revocable instantly.

Device Safeguards

Native apps block screenshots and refuse to run on compromised devices; offline content auto-expires.

Extraction Limits

Copying, quoting, and sharing are bounded by platform limits, and anomalous access patterns trigger anti-piracy defenses mid-session.

Your Reader, Your Rules

The reading experience is also a publisher tool.

Embed It Anywhere

Drop the reader into your own site with an iframe parameter — previews on landing pages, course platforms, or press kiosks.

Per-Store Toggles

Enable or disable tools per store: flashcards, sharing, text-to-speech, AI features, Smart Zoom, downloads, and more.

Your Marketing Inside

Run your own Google Tag Manager container inside the reader for analytics and campaigns, respecting cookie consent.

Reading Analytics

Session-level reading and listening metrics — including offline sessions synced back from apps — with exportable consumption reports.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the publica.la reader

No. The reader works entirely in the browser on desktop and mobile. Native apps for iOS, Android, and desktop are available for readers who want offline reading and listening.

EPUB (reflowable and fixed layout), PDF — including Smart Zoom interactive editions for magazines and press — and MP3 audiobooks with a full streaming player. All from the same interface.

Yes. In the browser, already-opened content stays readable when the connection drops. In the native apps, readers download books and audiobooks for full offline use — content is stored encrypted and expires according to your access rules.

Content streams encrypted with AES-256 and the original file is never delivered to the device. Access is checked server-side on every request, session and device limits are configurable, apps block screenshots, and anomalous extraction behavior triggers anti-piracy defenses.

Yes. Any reader URL can be embedded in an iframe with a single parameter, keeping analytics intact — useful for previews on landing pages, learning platforms, and kiosks.

Most reader tools are per-store toggles: flashcards, social sharing, text-to-speech, AI dictionary and translation, Vito AI, Smart Zoom, original-file downloads, and the onboarding tour, among others. You decide the experience your readers get.

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