Alternatives

Products that do what Fairbooks – Uber for authors, Spotify for readers does

1
Groundera▲257
Indie books by entrepreneurs. 90% are free to download
2016
2
Safari ▲97
Spotify for Ebooks
2014
3
Inkshares▲101
Crowdfunded Book Publishing
2014
4AS
A site that makes Spotify playlists of bands coming to town▲346
2018 · nextweeksplaylist.com
5SF
Spotify for Independent Music▲114
2013 · musicfellas.com
6
We Need Diverse Books▲87
Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives
2014
7
Findaway Voices by Spotify▲180
ElevenLabs & Spotify make audiobook publishing effortless
2025
8
Outtloud▲208
Create unlimited audiobooks & podcasts from your documents!
2025
9
Rocket Reads▲147
A simpler alternative to Goodreads
2015
10
Rightspeed▲146
Listen to audiobooks at ridiculously fast speeds
2016
11
Muzify.ai▲223
Turn your book into an AI-generated music playlist
2023
12
Lean Out▲101
25 stories from the underrepresented in tech
2015
13RM
Reclist.me – Share your favorite books, podcasts, newsletters▲69
2021 · reclist.me
14SS
Stack – Save and explore books and book lists▲156
2019 · stack.app
15
Publitas▲128
Easily turn your PDFs into beautiful, online publications.
2014
16
Swappy Books▲102
Exchange books with people nearby.
2017
17
Bookmate▲104
$8.99 per month for access to 500 000 books
2015
18
Lean Pub▲81
Publish Early, Publish Often
2014
19
Shufflebook▲86
Exchange used books locally
2019
20EB
E-Book Site for Classics▲94
2017 · bookeyes.co
21
Commonplace Book App▲78
Digitally record quotes and book notes
2017
22AP
A platform where you can read books for free and authors get rewarded▲6
2019 · odeenbooks.com
23
Designbook▲88
A new type of crowdfunding platform
2015
24
Eary▲79
The easiest way to listen to audiobooks on Spotify.
2019

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