How is PublisherKit different from Google Sheets for managing royalties?

PublisherKit automates royalty calculations based on contract terms, generates author statements, tracks payment history, and provides an audit trail. Spreadsheets require manual formulas, have no version control, and break at scale. PublisherKit eliminates formula errors and saves 10+ hours per month.

How much does PublisherKit cost?

Starter plan is $20/month for unlimited authors and up to 100 titles. Pro plan is $50/month for unlimited everything plus financial reports and analytics. Enterprise pricing is custom. All plans include a 14-day free trial.

Can PublisherKit track royalties across different contract types?

Yes. PublisherKit supports 5 contract types: distribution (5% royalty), standard (15%), full-service (25%), traditional (35%), and custom. Each contract auto-calculates royalties based on the agreed split.

Do my authors get their own portal?

Yes. Authors receive an invite link, accept with one click, and get access to their royalty dashboard. They can view revenue, download statements, and track their books across all formats. No account setup required.

Can I migrate from spreadsheets to PublisherKit?

Yes. PublisherKit supports importing author and book data. Add authors, set up contracts, and start tracking royalties within a day. No technical setup required.

Built for independent publishing houses · 10–500 titles

We run your independent publishing house.

Authors, contracts, royalties, catalog, branded bookstore — one dashboard. Push the same titles to KDP and BookStand without re-typing. Flat $20/mo, no cut of your sales.

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Flat $20/mo. We never take a cut of your sales — ever. Your ISBNs, your bank account, your terms.

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Meridian Press

Publisher

Overview

Authors

Books

Pipeline

Contracts

Royalties

Finances

Analytics

Authors

Books

127

Revenue

$48.2K

Pending

$6.1K

Recent salesView all →

The Glass ArchiveSarah Chen$12.99$4.55

Parallel LinesJames Okafor$9.99$3.50

Night Tide RisingMaria Santos$14.99$5.25

The Cartographer's…David Kim$11.99$4.20

One dashboard. Every platform.

Amazon KDPIngramSparkDraft2DigitalKoboApple BooksGoogle PlayFlipkartBookStand

By the numbers

Real outcomes, not vibes.

8 hrs → 15 min

Royalty close, monthly

Auto-calc replaces pivot tables.

Revenue share we take

Flat fee. Not a marketplace.

5 platforms

Aggregated in one report

KDP, IngramSpark, D2D, Kobo, Apple.

1 click

Manuscript → printed copy

Optional — bring your own printer.

The Problem

Publishing runs on WhatsApp, Sheets, and a prayer.

Every author asks “where's my money?” — and most of the time, nobody can give a straight answer. Vanity publishers hide royalty math. KDP delays payouts 60 days. Spreadsheets grow teeth. We built the alternative.

5 platforms, 5 dashboards

One unified report

KDP + IngramSpark + D2D + Kobo + Apple, aggregated and deduped.

Royalty close: 8 hours

Royalty close: 15 minutes

Auto-calc from contract type — distribution, standard, traditional.

Authors emailing for statements

Authors log in and see it

Self-serve portal. They stop asking. You stop replying.

60-day KDP wait, ₹15K–₹2L upfront packages

Flat $20/₹1,499 a month

No revenue share, no per-sale fees, no surprise upsells.

Catalog

Every title. Every format. Every author.

Search across paperback, hardcover, ebook, audiobook. Track ISBNs, status, and cover art from one screen. No more spreadsheet tabs taped together.

Search and filter by author, status, format
Cover thumbnails, ISBNs, genre tags
Status flow: draft → editing → reviewing → published

Catalog127 books

The Glass Archive

Sarah Chen

Published

Parallel Lines

James Okafor

Editing

Night Tide Rising

Maria Santos

Reviewing

The Cartographer's Daughter

David Kim

Published

After the Glass

Sarah Chen

Draft

Pipeline

Manuscript to marketplace in four steps.

Overview, files, editions, publish. Each book moves through your pipeline with clear status — and a kanban board view shows everything at a glance.

Drag-drop manuscripts, EPUBs, interior PDFs
Multiple editions per book with USD pricing + ISBN
Auto-publish to BookStand marketplace

Editorial pipeline

Draft

books

Editing

books

Review

books

Published

books

The Glass Archive · Edited by Anna L.

Parallel Lines · Returned to author

Night Tide Rising · Galley approved

Royalties

Every dollar accounted for. Every author paid.

Import sales from any platform. Revenue splits compute from the contract. Authors see their earnings in real time — no more month-end emails.

CSV import + manual entry, dedup by order ID
5 contract types: distribution, standard, full-service, traditional, custom
Printable statements, CSV export, P&L per book

This month

$48,210

Across 127 sales

Owed to authors

$12,520

Auto-payout June 1

Top earners

Sarah Chen

30%$4,820

James Okafor

25%$3,150

Maria Santos

30%$2,910

David Kim

20%$1,640

Honest comparison

ScribeCount aggregates sales.
MetaComet does royalty math (for $$$).
Nobody pays your authors but us.

Six tools, six narrow jobs. PublisherKit is the only one that does sales aggregation, royalty calc, contract pipeline, author portal, and print integration in one stack — at a price that ships on the homepage.

Feature	PublisherKit	KDP Reports	ScribeCount	Book Report	MetaComet	Familiar	Sheets
Multi-platform sales aggregation							Manual
Royalty auto-calc from contract
Author portal (self-serve)
Contract templates + e-sign
Editorial pipeline (kanban)
Print + ship integration
GST invoicing + UPI payouts (India)
Revenue share / per-sale fee	0%	30–70%	0%	0%	Custom	0%	0%
Self-serve pricing	$20–$50/mo	Free	Trial only	$19–$249/mo	Sales call	$1/book/mo	Free

Pricing accurate as of May 2026. KDP “30–70%” reflects Amazon's royalty share, not a tool fee. Vanity publishers (Notion Press, BlueRose, etc.) are a different category — see our breakdown.

For your authors

You send an invite. They click once.

No invoicing. No statement requests. No “hey, can you check my royalties” texts at midnight. Authors accept your invite and instantly see their books, earnings, and payout history.

Real-time revenue share, no more email pings
Download royalty statements as PDF or CSV
Track books across paperback, ebook, audiobook
Auto-payouts via UPI (India) or Stripe Connect

Author portal

Hey Sarah — here's May.

Earned this month

$4,820

Lifetime earned

$51,240

Your books

The Glass Archive

312 sales

$3,640

After the Glass

98 sales

$1,180

You manage. We print.

Hit publish. We print and ship.

Don't want to manage printers, paper stocks, or shipping? PublisherKit pipes published books straight into BookPrinter — our real press, with 100-copy minimums and direct-from-factory pricing. Already have a print partner? Use the white-label vendor portal to bring them in.

See BookPrinter Use your own printer

Part of the Snowlabs author suite · Same login as PublisherKit

Print on demand

100-copy minimum, no warehousing.

Direct-from-press

No middleman markup, real factory pricing.

Ship to readers

We pick, pack, and ship anywhere in 80+ countries.

White-label option

Your branding, our infrastructure. For printer-publishers.

Ecosystem

PublisherKit is the control center.

Your authors get the writing tool, cover designer, marketplace, and print partner — all on the same login.

Typewriter

Where authors write. Manuscripts feed straight into your pipeline.

BookCovers

AI-assisted cover design. Professional covers in minutes, not weeks.

BookStand

Marketplace + branded storefront. Published books appear automatically.

BookPrinter

Bulk printing, direct from the press. 100-copy minimum.

Pricing

Modular. Pay for what you use.

One platform fee. Add modules as your press grows — storefront, audience, distribution, press operations. No title limits. No author caps. Never a cut of your sales.

Founder pricing for our first 50 publishers — 30% off Platform and every module. Locked-in for life. Your price never goes up, even after our standard prices do.

Notion Press

Up to 60% revenue cut

MetaComet

$400–1.5k/mo · sales call only

Familiar

$1 per book/month

PublisherKit

Modular. 0% cut. Forever.

Always included

The Platform

The publishing operations layer.

The publishing operations layer. Always included. No title or author limits — ever.

Unlimited titles + unlimited authors
Author management + 5 contract templates
Royalty automation + printable statements
Editorial pipeline (kanban) + book hub
Author portal (multi-tenant, invite-based)
Orders dashboard, P&L per book + author
Stripe Connect (global) + Razorpay (India) payouts
0% cut of your sales — always

$55/mo

$79/moFounder price

Start free trial

14 days free · No card · Cancel anytime

Add modules as you grow.

Each module turns on a complete capability. Add or remove anytime. Modules below are à la carte; bundle all four for $139/mo.

Storefront & Sales

Your branded bookstore. Your domain. Your checkout.

$35/mo

$49/mo

Custom domain + branded design
Direct ebook + print sales
Multi-currency checkout (USD + INR)
Cart, checkout, order confirmation, tracking

vs Shopify Basic ($29) — without the book-specific gaps

Audience Tools

Blog + email broadcasts. Own the reader relationship.

$19/mo

$29/mo

Blog on your domain (SEO-indexed)
Email broadcasts to your reader list
List segments, campaign analytics
Powered by EmailMate (no extra signups)

vs Substack (10% cut) + Mailchimp ($45/mo)

Distribution

Push titles to KDP, IngramSpark, BookStand — automatically.

$29/mo

$39/mo

One-click publish to KDP + IngramSpark
Auto-list on BookStand marketplace
Per-platform sales sync back to royalties
Edition + ISBN management per channel

Saves the manual re-listing tax across 5 platforms

Press Operations

White-label vendor portal. Multi-store. API. For printer-publishers.

$69/mo

$99/mo

White-label vendor portal (BookPrinter integration)
Multiple stores under one workspace
API access + webhooks
Audit logs + advanced permissions

vs MetaComet ($400+) + custom integrations

Full Press Bundle

All four modules — $139/mo (Save ~$95/mo vs à la carte)

Platform + Storefront + Audience + Distribution + Press Operations. The complete publishing house OS, one price.

Start bundle trial

Enterprise

500+ titles, university press, traditional publisher?

SSO, dedicated CSM, custom integrations (Bowker, IngramSpark direct), audit logs, custom contracts. We replace Bookwire / Klopotek at a fraction of the cost.

Talk to founders

14-day free trial · No credit card · Cancel anytime · 0% cut of your sales, on every module

Common questions

Quick answers. If we missed something, email hello@publisherkit.app — a real person replies.

Stop reconciling.
Start publishing.

One author and one book is enough to start. Scale to 500 without changing tools, paying per book, or losing a Sunday to royalty math.

Start 14-day free trial See pricing

No credit card · Pay your authors next Monday · GST invoices on day one

We run your independent publishing house.

Authors, contracts, royalties, catalog, branded bookstore — one dashboard. Push the same titles to KDP and BookStand without re-typing. Flat $20/mo, no cut of your sales.

Flat $20/mo. We never take a cut of your sales — ever. Your ISBNs, your bank account, your terms.

Every dollar accounted for. Every author paid.

Import sales from any platform. Revenue splits compute from the contract. Authors see their earnings in real time — no more month-end emails.

CSV import + manual entry, dedup by order ID

5 contract types: distribution, standard, full-service, traditional, custom

Printable statements, CSV export, P&L per book

Feature

PublisherKit

KDP Reports

ScribeCount

Book Report

MetaComet

Familiar

Sheets

Multi-platform sales aggregation

Manual

Royalty auto-calc from contract

Author portal (self-serve)

Contract templates + e-sign

Editorial pipeline (kanban)

Print + ship integration

GST invoicing + UPI payouts (India)

Revenue share / per-sale fee

30–70%

Custom

Self-serve pricing

$20–$50/mo

Free

Trial only

$19–$249/mo

Sales call

$1/book/mo

Free

You send an invite. They click once.

No invoicing. No statement requests. No “hey, can you check my royalties” texts at midnight. Authors accept your invite and instantly see their books, earnings, and payout history.

We run your independent publishing house.

Real outcomes, not vibes.

Publishing runs on WhatsApp, Sheets, and a prayer.

Every title. Every format. Every author.

Manuscript to marketplace in four steps.

Every dollar accounted for. Every author paid.

ScribeCount aggregates sales.MetaComet does royalty math (for $$$).Nobody pays your authors but us.

You send an invite. They click once.

Hit publish. We print and ship.

PublisherKit is the control center.

Modular. Pay for what you use.

The publishing operations layer.

Add modules as you grow.

Storefront & Sales

Audience Tools

Distribution

Press Operations

All four modules — $139/mo (Save ~$95/mo vs à la carte)

500+ titles, university press, traditional publisher?

Common questions

How is this different from Notion Press, BlueRose, or White Falcon?

How is this different from ScribeCount or Book Report?

How is this different from MetaComet or Familiar?

I'm a self-published author with one book. Is this overkill?

Why monthly payouts when traditional publishers pay biannually?

I run a printing + publishing business in India. GST? UPI?

Do my authors pay anything? Do they keep their ISBN and copyright?

Can I import existing data from Google Sheets?

Stop reconciling.Start publishing.

We run your independent publishing house.

Real outcomes, not vibes.

Publishing runs on WhatsApp, Sheets, and a prayer.

Every title. Every format. Every author.

Manuscript to marketplace in four steps.

Every dollar accounted for. Every author paid.

ScribeCount aggregates sales.MetaComet does royalty math (for $$$).Nobody pays your authors but us.

You send an invite. They click once.

Hit publish. We print and ship.

PublisherKit is the control center.

Modular. Pay for what you use.

The publishing operations layer.

Add modules as you grow.

Storefront & Sales

Audience Tools

Distribution

Press Operations

All four modules — $139/mo (Save ~$95/mo vs à la carte)

500+ titles, university press, traditional publisher?

Common questions

How is this different from Notion Press, BlueRose, or White Falcon?

How is this different from ScribeCount or Book Report?

How is this different from MetaComet or Familiar?

I'm a self-published author with one book. Is this overkill?

Why monthly payouts when traditional publishers pay biannually?

I run a printing + publishing business in India. GST? UPI?

Do my authors pay anything? Do they keep their ISBN and copyright?

Can I import existing data from Google Sheets?

Stop reconciling.Start publishing.

ScribeCount aggregates sales.
MetaComet does royalty math (for $$$).
Nobody pays your authors but us.

Stop reconciling.
Start publishing.

ScribeCount aggregates sales.
MetaComet does royalty math (for $$$).
Nobody pays your authors but us.

Stop reconciling.
Start publishing.