BookBaby

BookBaby is a comprehensive self-publishing service that assists authors with editing, design, printing, and global distribution of their books. They offer various packages and services to help authors bring their manuscripts to market, including print-on-demand, eBook conversion, and audiobook creation, with distribution to major retailers and their own BookBaby Bookshop.

BookBaby is a self-publishing service that helps authors publish and distribute their books. While it doesn't have a rich text editor or community feedback tools in the same way Medium does, it does offer comprehensive distribution services to major retailers, including Amazon Kindle, which acts as a recommendation engine. It also facilitates monetization through royalties and offers services like audiobook creation and eBook conversion, which can be accessed on mobile devices. The platform also has a Bookshop where authors can sell directly to readers, implying user profiles and search/discovery features. However, it's not a direct content publishing platform like Medium where writers directly create and publish articles on the site's interface for readers to consume within the platform's ecosystem. Instead, it's a service provider for authors to get their books published and distributed to other platforms.