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24 alternatives to Kindle Scout

Amazon’s Crowdsourced Publishing Platform

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kindle Scout launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Inkshares▲101

   Crowdfunded Book Publishing

   2014 · inkshares.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Blurb▲89

   Self publishing book platform

   2014 · blurb.co.uk · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Known▲70

   A publishing platform for everyone (pre-launch)

   2014 · withknown.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Glose▲241

   A next-generation social reading platform for ebooks

   2014 · glose.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Book Bot▲77

   Create a Twitter bot from your Kindle highlights

   2021 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   SE eBook▲152

   SE eBook

   2014 · gumroad.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Pipe▲196

   Product Hunt for eBooks

   2014 · thepipe.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Bookindy▲86

   Browse Amazon, buy from your local bookshop

   2015 · bookindy.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Amazon Giveaway▲114

   Easily setup and run promotional giveaways

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Slackzon▲81

    Simple Amazon product search in Slack

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Amazon Charts▲164

    The top 20 most sold & most read books of the week

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Booksrocket▲65

    The smart way to find the latest books published

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Riffle by CrowdRiff▲136

    Rapportive for Twitter

    2014 · crowdriff.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Kindle Unlimited▲160

    All-you-can-read ebooks for $9.99 a month

    2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Criticl ▲52

    Altruistic publishing platform & grassroots journalism app

    2014 · criticalthought.me · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Designbook▲88

    A new type of crowdfunding platform

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Librify▲76

    Reading with friends

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Readbug▲79

    Spotify for indie magazines

    2015 · readbug.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Query by UserTesting▲66

    Crowdsource Your Decisions

    2014 · usertesting.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Softcover▲76

    Frictionless self-publishing

    2014 · softcover.io · its alternatives →

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    Tablo▲115

    Medium for ebooks.

    2014 · tablo.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Booktrope▲81

    Reinventing the way books are published

    2015 · booktrope.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    #AmazonCart▲109

    Amazon + Twitter - Add it now. Buy it later.

    2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    WeWrite▲90

    Crowdsourced Storytelling

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →