The catalog where reading happens.
Instead of handing your title to a store's ranking, you take it to a reading group. Digital on BookGroup, print at the Empório, readers in Portuguese, Spanish and English — with no subscription for the reader.
Distribution is not the same as being read.
The store lists the title and dissolves the reader in the ranking. The publisher site shows the cover and does not open the book. BookGroup is the place where each work can have its own group, with conversation on the paragraph and, when there is paper, the Emporium in the same world.
You use the same tools as the independent author — Publishing Center, groups, public page — at the scale of your catalog. Paid plans are the ones for those who publish; current prices and limits are on the plans page. Readers don't pay the platform.
Why bring your catalog here
More than a distribution channel: the place where the title is read and discussed.
Each title can have a home
A reading group per work, subgroups when the conversation asks. The community is not lost in a generic brand feed.
The reader joins free
Joining groups and reading the catalog digitally is free for the reader. Plans belong to the publisher and the creator. A paid group, when it exists, belongs to that group.
Digital and print in the same world
The digital book lives in the group. The print volume lives at the Emporium, with a seller console. The public page can point to both paths.
What the catalog gains
The same tools readers use, at the scale of your catalog.
Groups per work
Each book can live in a reading group. Conversation stays in the text, not on an institutional wall.
Digital publishing
Send a manuscript or an EPUB. The Publishing Center generates or validates EPUB 3. MakePub converts originals into the platform format.
Emporium
Seller accounts offer the print book — offers, orders, and logistics — in the same world as the digital book.
Plans for people who publish
Paid plans for people who publish. Reading is free. Current limits are on the plans page.
Tools for people who publish
What you run from the publisher account.
Publishing Center
Word, preferably, or PDF. The platform generates EPUB 3 and follows the editorial approval flow.
Reading groups
Build the work’s group, invite readers, use subgroups when the conversation needs a smaller circle.
Emporium (seller)
For the print book: seller console, offers, and orders. Independent from digital reading in the group.
Public page and community
On paid plans, the brand’s public page and community tools — members, campaigns — live in the app.
From the work to the reader, without losing the group
Publish, gather, sell the object, reach other languages.
You're not renting a shelf. You're offering a place for reading to happen — in three languages, with print alongside when it makes sense.
Publish the work
Manuscript or EPUB in the Publishing Center. Editorial approval. The title enters to be read in the group.
Open the group
The community forms around the text. Notes on the paragraph. Subgroups when the talk tightens.
Offer print
If there is a physical volume, the Emporium handles offer and order. The public page links both paths.
Reach in three languages
English, Portuguese, and Spanish, kept apart. Books and groups in the language they were published in.
How a publisher starts
The same email invite that already works for independent authors.
Request access
Give a name and email. You receive a link to enter — no password.
Enter through the link
The link opens the BookGroup app and unlocks the publisher profile. Use the email, not the code screen.
Publish the work
Send the manuscript or the EPUB, set up the group, and follow approval.
Grow the catalog
When it makes sense, choose a plan. Readers still pay no platform fee.
Questions from people who publish
Do publishers and independent authors use the same platform?
Yes. The core is the same: publish the digital book, build groups, reach readers. The publisher works at catalog scale and, when selling print, at the Emporium. Paid plans exist for that volume — current details are on the plans page.
Does the reader pay to read the catalog?
No. Joining groups and reading the digital book is free for the reader. The publisher may have paid groups; that belongs to that group, not a BookGroup fee charged to readers.
How does the print book come in?
The Emporium is the print bookstore. The seller account handles offers and orders. The digital book stays in the group. The public page can point to both paths.
Which languages?
English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Books and groups exist in the language they were published in, kept apart from one another.
What does it cost to publish?
Publisher access starts with sign-up. There is a path for the first book with no subscription fee. Paid plans unlock more groups, storage, and community tools. See the plans page for current prices.
The catalog needs readers, not only a listing.
Publish on BookGroup. Each title can have the group where reading happens.