Publishing as an individual author? See the publica.now plan
Independent authors and creators
Publish your own catalog and sell direct to your readers, with your own store and app.
No fixed platform cost. You pay only when you sell.
Publish and sell from day one, with no entry fee.
35% commission per sale
+ $0.25 USD per transaction*
Includes:
A lower commission in exchange for a fixed platform cost.
Advanced features for growing publishers.
25% commission per sale
+ $0.25 USD per transaction*
Everything in Revenue Share, plus:
The lowest commission, with a platform cost that scales with your catalog.
15% commission per sale
+ $0.25 USD per transaction*
Everything in Growth, plus:
* $0.25 USD for every successful transaction processed with our e-commerce (publica Payments). If you use your own e-commerce, only the commission applies.
Is your catalog over 10,000 publications, or do you need custom terms?
Commissions and tools available in each plan. Independent authors have their own plans on publica.now.
| Features | Revenue Share | Growth | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissions and costs | |||
| Commission per sale | 35% | 25% | 15% |
| Transaction fee Only with our e-commerce (publica Payments) | $0.25 | $0.25 | $0.25 |
| Manual assignment / 100% coupons | $5.00 | $2.00 | $1.00 |
| Platform cost (monthly) | $0 | $249 | From $492, by catalog size |
| publica Reader | |||
| Web reader | Included | Included | Included |
| Mobile app (online and offline reading) | Included | Included | Included |
| Reading immersion and study tools | Included | Included | Included |
| Share notes, highlights and flashcards | Not included | Included | Included |
| Talk to the book | Not included | Talk to a representative | Talk to a representative |
| Retail sales and subscriptions | |||
| Retail content sales | Included | Included | Included |
| Recurring subscriptions | Included | Included | Included |
| Subscriber-only content | Included | Included | Included |
| Physical product subscriptions With recurring delivery | Included | Included | Included |
| Institutional sales | Not included | Included | Included |
| Printed book sales | |||
| Create and manage physical products | Included | Included | Included |
| Configure delivery cost | Included | Included | Included |
| Manage stock manually | Included | Included | Included |
| Manage stock via API | Not included | Included | Included |
| Content and catalog | |||
| Bulk content upload | Included | Included | Included |
| Catalog ingestion via ONIX | Not included | Included | Included |
| Content add-on PDFs and ePubs with enriched content | Not included | Included | Included |
| Marketplace | |||
| Upload content to the marketplace To be sold by publica.la's bookshop network | Included | Included | Included |
| Sell marketplace content | Not included | Included | Included |
| Store and customization | |||
| Basic customization | Included | Included | Included |
| Advanced customization with CSS | Not included | Included | Included |
| Coupons and promotions | |||
| Coupon creation | Included | Included | Included |
| Bulk coupon creation | Not included | Included | Included |
| Integrations and development | |||
| API usage | Not included | Included | Included |
| Google Analytics integration | Not included | Included | Included |
| SAML, LTI, EZproxy, IP and Referrer integrations | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Support and advisory | |||
| Chat support | Included | Included | Included |
| Prioritized 24/7 support | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Dedicated account manager | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Personalized sales advisory | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Add-ons | |||
| Branded app Optional add-on | Not available | $3,000/year | $3,000/year |
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