Publishing simplified

The All-in-One Platform for Modern Publishers and Authors

Streamline your entire book publishing process—from manuscript to market—with our integrated suite of tools for managing workflows, tracking royalties, and promoting your work.

Plans from $15 a month. Royalty management is free for your first 10 books.

Built for the way you publish

Publishers and authors rely on Familiar for different tools, and they all work together, from manuscript to royalty statement.

  • Import statements from every channel you sell through, apply each contract’s terms, and send contributors statements they can check for themselves.

    • Statement imports from 26 sources, including KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, Kobo and ACX
    • Advances, reserves, splits, tiers and multi-currency
    • A portal where contributors see their earnings and statements
    • Agent statements, and year-end payment data for 1099s
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  • Start from one of 20 templates, then make it yours with fonts, chapter openers, scene breaks and front matter. Export a print-ready PDF and an EPUB from the same file.

    • 20 templates, from Fantasy and Romance to Large Print
    • 31 fonts, or upload your own
    • Scene-break ornaments and chapter openers you can tune
    • Print PDF, EPUB and a proofreading copy with line numbers
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Why Choose Familiar

From independent authors to publishing houses, our platform is designed to help you focus on what matters most— creating and sharing great stories.

E-Signature Contracts

Send contracts for signing in minutes. Reusable templates and bulk application save hours of administrative work.

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Built-In Submissions

Accept manuscript submissions through public windows. Authors track their status without emailing you.

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Hours to Minutes

Publishers report cutting royalty processing from 4-6 hours to 15 minutes per month.

Transparent & Trustworthy

Build trust with real-time contributor dashboards that eliminate "where's my money?" emails.

Built for Teams

Bring your whole team—no per-seat pricing. Authors access their own portal.

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Scalable Solutions

From independent authors to publishing houses, we scale with your needs.

Trusted by the Publishing Industry

Book Industry Study Group (BISG) memberCommunity of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) partner

Simple pricing, no seats

No plan charges per seat: everyone on your team gets their own login at no cost. AI tools run on a monthly credit allowance included with every plan.

Two separate subscriptions. Pick a platform plan for your publishing tools, and add royalty management if you pay royalties. Each works without the other.

Familiar platform

Formatting, author pages, ARCs, submissions and AI tools. A flat monthly price.

  • Imprint

    For small presses getting their list in order.

    $39/month

    or $390/year2 months free

    Start with Imprint
    • Unlimited team members
    • Formatting with one house template
    • Private ARC campaigns
    • 1 open submission window
    • 15 AI credits a month
    • 10 GB of storage
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    Press

    For growing presses publishing every season.

    $99/month

    or $990/year2 months free

    Start with Press
    • Everything in Imprint
    • Unlimited house templates
    • 5 author pages for your authors
    • 5 open submission windows
    • 40 AI credits a month
    • 100 GB of storage
  • House

    For established publishers with a full list.

    $249/month

    or $2,490/year2 months free

    Start with House
    • Everything in Press
    • 25 author pages for your authors
    • Unlimited submission windows
    • 100 AI credits a month
    • 250 GB of storage
    • Early access to new features

Royalty management

Royalty statements, contracts and author payments. Priced by the book.

First 10 books freethen $1 per book per month

Every format of a book counts as one book. You only pay for books you track royalties on.

  • Statements from 26 sales sources
  • Contracts and e-signature included
  • A portal for every author and agent
  • Unlimited team members

Running a large list? Contact us for custom enterprise pricing.

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    Author

    Everything you need to publish and promote your books.

    $15/month

    or $150/year2 months free

    Start with Author
    • Your author page, with reader signups and analytics
    • Unlimited ebook and print formatting
    • Private ARC campaigns
    • 5 AI credits a month, enough for one full manuscript analysis
    • 10 GB of storage
  • Author Pro

    For authors publishing often, with more room to work.

    $30/month

    or $300/year2 months free

    Start with Author Pro
    • Everything in Author
    • No Familiar referral links on your author page
    • 15 AI credits a month
    • 50 GB of storage
    • Priority email support

Accounts are always free for authors who want to view royalties from their publisher or submit their work to a publisher.

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How It Works

Get started in minutes, not days. Here is how publishers typically set up Familiar.

1

Add Your Books and Contributors

Set up your catalog by adding book titles, ISBNs, and formats. Then add your authors, co-authors, illustrators, and other contributors along with their royalty percentages. You can set up tiered royalty structures, advances, and per-format splits.

2

Import Sales Data from Distributors

Upload sales statements from Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, and other distributors. Familiar automatically parses the data and matches it to your books—no manual data entry required. Multi-currency sales are converted automatically.

3

Review and Send Statements

Familiar calculates each contributor's earnings across all distributors and formats, applies advances and deductions, and generates branded royalty statements. Review the numbers, then send statements directly to your contributors with one click.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Familiar and how it can help your publishing workflow.

What is Familiar?

Familiar is an all-in-one publishing management platform that helps publishers and authors manage book royalties, contracts, submissions, editorial analysis, and project management. It replaces the spreadsheets, email threads, and disconnected tools that slow publishing teams down.

How much does Familiar cost?

Authors choose Author at $15 a month or Author Pro at $30 a month. Publishers have two separate subscriptions: a platform plan (Imprint at $39, Press at $99 or House at $249 a month) and royalty management, priced by the book (the first 10 books are free, then $1 per book per month). Paying annually for any plan gets two months free. Every plan includes a monthly allowance of AI credits, and extra credits are $5 each. No plan charges per seat, and accounts are free for authors who only view royalties from their publisher or submit to publishers.

Which book distributors does Familiar support?

Familiar supports all major book distributors including Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, Asterism Books, IPG, Barnes & Noble Press, Kobo Writing Life, Google Play Books, ACX (audiobooks), Shopify, and more. You can also upload sales statements from any distributor in CSV or Excel format.

Is Familiar suitable for small presses?

Yes. Familiar is designed to scale from independent authors publishing a single title to publishing houses managing thousands of books. The Imprint plan is built for small presses, royalty management is free for your first 10 books, and there is no per-seat pricing, so your entire team can use the platform.

How does royalty tracking work?

You upload sales statements from your distributors (or import them automatically). Familiar parses the sales data, applies your custom royalty structures, calculates multi-contributor splits with support for advances and tiered rates, handles currency conversions, and generates detailed payment reports. The entire process takes minutes instead of hours of manual spreadsheet work.

Can contributors see their own royalty data?

Yes. Familiar provides a contributor portal where authors and agents can log in to view their real-time earnings, download royalty statements, and track sales data across distributors. This transparency eliminates the back-and-forth emails that publishers typically deal with.

What editorial tools does Familiar offer?

Familiar offers AI-powered manuscript evaluation with scoring across literary merit, pacing, dialogue, and more. Additional tools include story beat extraction and narrative structure analysis, N-gram analysis for identifying overused phrases, line-by-line editing, proofreading, and AI content detection.

Is my data secure?

Yes. Familiar encrypts all data in transit (TLS) and at rest, and encrypts tax IDs again inside our database. We never sell your data, and manuscripts sent to our AI model provider are not used to train its models. We share data only with the service providers that run Familiar, such as hosting, email, payments and the AI model behind our editorial tools, and our Privacy Policy lists each one. Your sales data, contributor information and manuscripts are visible only to the people you give access to, and to our support staff when they need access to support your account.