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Readers
Scan shelves, search your library, create collections, join clubs, share books, request borrows, and discover through people you trust.
Free Platform
Everything is free.
PageSwipe is free for readers and free for authors. Readers can scan, catalogue, share, lend, create clubs, build collections, and discover books. Authors can publish book pages and gather readers without paying to be present.
The network grows because nobody hits a paywall.
PageSwipe’s relaunch model is simple: be generous, build trust, and let the reader graph compound. Every ordinary reader and author action that creates the network stays free.
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Authors
Publish a book page, create a launch club, invite early readers, and give people one place to gather and recommend the book onward.
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Publishers
Use PageSwipe as a growing reader network where book launches can become measurable campaigns once audience scale exists.
Revenue Model
Advertising funds the platform at scale.
We are not trying to tax readers for loving books or tax authors for showing up. PageSwipe makes money when the network is large enough for authors and publishing houses to pay for tasteful, clearly labelled book advertising inside a high-intent reading context.
This is not generic banner advertising. It is book-native promotion: launches, new releases, author campaigns, publisher catalogues, preorder pushes, club-ready titles, and sponsored discovery surfaces that belong in a reading product.
Future advertising products
Sponsored book launch tiles in discovery and club contexts
Author and publisher campaign pages
Genre and community-targeted book promotion
Aggregate reporting for impressions, clicks, saves, and downstream reader actions
Sales-led publishing house campaigns when PageSwipe reaches meaningful reader scale
No subscription math. No hidden reader tier.
Is PageSwipe free?
Yes. PageSwipe is free for readers and authors. The app is moving to a free App Store model with no reader subscription.
How does PageSwipe make money?
Through advertising from authors and publishing houses once PageSwipe has meaningful reader scale.
Can authors publish books for free?
Yes. Authors should be able to publish book pages and gather readers without paying for the basic presence.
Will ads be random banners?
No. The advertising model is book-native: sponsored books, launches, author campaigns, and publisher campaigns that fit the reading context.
North Star
Get to the 100M reader point.
The business logic is generosity first. Remove friction, grow the reader network, help authors gather real readers, and monetise attention only when that attention is valuable enough for book advertisers.