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Spines

spines.com
Summary

Spines is an online publishing platform designed to help authors publish their books. It provides a suite of tools for manuscript preparation, including AI-powered grammar and spell checking, cover design, and formatting. Spines also handles global distribution of books in various formats like softcover, hardcover, eBook, and audiobook, and offers different membership plans for authors.

Features
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Must Have

3 of 5

Rich Text Editor

Distribution & Recommendation Engine

Membership & Monetization

Reader Engagement Metrics

Community Feedback Tools

Other

3 of 8

Audio Story Playback

Social Sharing & Embedding

Search & Discovery

Publication Management

User Profiles & Following

Tags & Topics

Email Newsletter Integration

Mobile App Access

Pricing
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Essential (Fiction & Nonfiction)

$1,198.00 one time
  • AI-powered Grammar & spell checking tool
  • AI-powered Cover design tool
  • AI-powered Formatting tool
  • Softcover Print-on-Demand
  • Copyright protection
  • Distribution through Amazon
  • Genre and audience guidance
  • First year of Connect membership (Metadata optimization, POD distribution through Amazon, Marketing support and training, Monthly royalty reports and payments)
  • Softcover Print-on-Demand only
  • Distribution through Amazon only
  • Manuscript fewer than 50,000 words

Signature (Fiction & Nonfiction)

$2,298.00 one time
Popular
  • AI-powered Grammar & spell checking tool
  • AI-powered Cover design tool
  • AI-powered Formatting tool
  • Softcover, Hardcover, eBook, and Audiobook versions
  • Copyright protection
  • Distribution through dozens of channels
  • Genre and audience guidance
  • First year of Elite membership (Metadata optimization, POD, eBook and Audiobook distribution, Marketing support and training, Monthly royalty reports and payments)
  • Weekly live support

Paramount (Fiction & Nonfiction)

$4,498.00 one time
  • Expert Grammar & spell checking (Book + translation)
  • Custom cover designer
  • AI-powered Formatting tool
  • Softcover, Hardcover, eBook, and Audiobook - 8 versions
  • Copyright protection (Book + translation)
  • Distribution through dozens of channels (Book + translation)
  • Genre and audience guidance
  • First year of Elite membership ($499) included
  • First year of translation Elite membership ($249.5) included
  • Flexible live support

Essential (Children's books)

$1,198.00 one time
  • AI-powered Grammar & spell checking tool
  • AI-powered Cover design tool
  • Proof copy provided to author
  • Softcover Print-on-Demand
  • Copyright protection
  • Distribution through Amazon
  • First year of Connect membership ($299) included
  • Up to 25 pages
  • Up to 25 pages

Signature (Children's books)

$2,238.00 one time
  • AI-powered Grammar & spell checking tool
  • AI-powered Cover design tool
  • Proof copy provided to author
  • Softcover & Hardcover Print-on-Demand
  • Copyright protection
  • Distribution through Amazon & Ingram
  • First year of Elite membership ($499) included
  • Unlimited pages
  • Weekly live support
Rationale

Spines is an online publishing platform that helps authors publish their books. It offers tools for formatting, cover design, proofreading, and distribution. While it focuses on books rather than articles, it shares core functionalities with Medium, such as content creation tools, distribution, and monetization through membership. The platform also provides features like audiobook creation, which aligns with the idea of diverse content formats.

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