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PublishDrive
publishdrive.comSummary
PublishDrive is an online self-publishing platform that enables authors and publishers to distribute ebooks, audiobooks, and print-on-demand books to a global network of stores and libraries. It provides tools for book preparation, promotion, and sales tracking, operating on a flat-fee subscription model where authors retain 100% of their royalties.
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Must Have
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Rich Text Editor
Membership & Monetization
Reader Engagement Metrics
Distribution & Recommendation Engine
Community Feedback Tools
Other
3 of 8
Publication Management
Tags & Topics
Search & Discovery
User Profiles & Following
Email Newsletter Integration
Audio Story Playback
Mobile App Access
Social Sharing & Embedding
Rationale
PublishDrive is a self-publishing platform for authors and publishers, offering tools for distributing ebooks, audiobooks, and print-on-demand books globally. While it doesn't directly match Medium's focus on articles and community engagement, it provides core publishing functionalities. It offers an 'eBook Converter' which implies a rich text editor for preparing manuscripts, a subscription model for authors to keep 100% royalties (membership monetization), and sales analytics for tracking performance (reader engagement metrics). It also has 'Publisher solutions' and 'Imprint Management' which align with publication management. The platform uses metadata and keywords for discoverability, which is similar to tags and topics and search and discovery. However, it lacks direct community feedback tools like claps or highlights, and its 'recommendation engine' is more about distribution to stores rather than an algorithmic feed for readers within its own platform.
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