Self-publishing and Reading platform

Challenge The Client is a publisher from Eastern Europe. Driven by the idea of switching from traditional to digital publishing, the customer commissioned the KW team to create an interactive digital experience to make their presence felt on the digital front and build a platform that allowed working with publishers and authors. Solutions After an in-depth analysis of the publishing industry, the KW team designed, developed and implemented an all-in-one immersive and interactive platform tailored both for authors and publishers that allowed the Client to build the whole workflow from submitting a manuscript to a paper/printed book appearance on the shelves of the bookstores. On top of that, the KW team built a subcontracting and partnership exchange to cover design providers, editors and proofreaders. Developed integrations with printers/printing houses, set up payment processes from publishers to authors. Provided real time analytics. Techs: PHP Laravel, Angular, Golang , Node.js , Cloud Based Flexible Infrastructure Results The Client owned the first on the market self-publishing platform for professionals with a comprehensive set of tools, streamlined interaction flow between an author, a reader and revenue. Today the platform hosts 5 000 authors and above 30 000 books