Instant local publishing for your writing. Paste in your text, pick a pocket format, and get a print-ready book in seconds — then find a local print shop or bind it yourself.
Type directly, paste your markdown, or drop in a .md file. The editor handles the rest.
Pick a pocket format — from A7 pocket to digest — and generate a typeset PDF in seconds.
Find a community print shop nearby, or download an imposition PDF and bind it at home.
From tiny zines that fit in your back pocket to digest-sized readers for longer works.
74 × 105 mm
Fits in your pocket. Perfect for poems, manifestos, and quick reads.
8–32 pages
4.25 × 5.5"
Classic zine size. Great for essays, short stories, and pamphlets.
16–64 pages
105 × 148 mm
Postcard-sized. Ideal for field guides, chapbooks, and handbooks.
24–96 pages
5.5 × 8.5"
Standard indie publishing size. For novellas, collections, and readers.
32–200+ pages
The more copies a community funds together, the cheaper each one gets. Group buys unlock better binding and lower per-copy costs.
25+
Saddle-stitch
Staple-bound booklet. Quick, lightweight, great for zines and short runs.
$8/copy
50+
Perfect-bind
Glued spine with cover wrap. Professional feel, sits on a shelf like a real book.
$6/copy
100+
Trade edition
Full trade paperback. Robust binding, printed cover, retail-ready quality.
$4.50/copy
Printer discounts are based on total volume at the press, not copies of a single book. When multiple titles route to the same local printer, everyone benefits from the combined run.
How cross-title batching unlocks tiers
J. Emmett
governance
35
pre-committed copies
M. Stamets
ecology
40
pre-committed copies
Collective
economics
30
pre-committed copies
105 copies
Trade edition tier unlocked — $4.50/copy for all three titles
No single title hit 100 alone, but together they clear the threshold
Every reading group, community, and network keeps a CRDT ledger in their {space}. When members signal intent to buy, those pre-commitments sync across clients — conflict-free, append-only, and auditable.
As pre-commitments accumulate across titles, genres, and networks that share a local printer, the combined volume triggers better pricing tiers. A poetry collective and a tech reading group in the same city don’t need to know each other — their orders batch automatically at the press.
Signal
Communities pre-commit in their {space} CRDT ledger — “I want 3 copies”
Aggregate
Pre-commitments across titles and networks flow into the fund, batched by printer region
Release
When volume hits a tier threshold, the print run triggers — everyone gets the bulk rate
rCart handles the commerce side of group buys — collecting orders, splitting payments, and coordinating delivery. When a title hits its funding goal, rCart automatically batches the order to the best local print shop.
Example group buy
25+
$8/copy
50+
$6/copy
100+
$4.50
Current tier: Saddle-stitch at $8/copy
14 more copies to unlock perfect-bind at $6/copy — everyone saves.
rPubs connects you to a cosmolocal network of independent print shops. Your writing is typeset in the cloud and printed close to where it’s needed — reducing shipping, supporting local makers, and keeping publishing accessible.
Try the demo or create a space to get started.