Alternatives

Products that do what Softcover does

Frictionless self-publishing

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   Blurb▲89

   Self publishing book platform

   2014

2. 2
   Inkshares▲101

   Crowdfunded Book Publishing

   2014

3. 3
   LinkedIn Publishing▲198

   A brand new, sleek and intuitive editor

   2016

4. 4
   Lean Pub▲81

   Publish Early, Publish Often

   2014

5. 5WM
   WriteFreely – minimalist, federated blogging platform▲337

   2018 · writefreely.org

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   IndiePaper – An easy way to write and sell self-published books▲146

   2021 · indiepaper.me

7. 7
   Ghost▲123

   Blogging and Publishing. Free. Open. Simple.

   2014

8. 8
   Marquee▲81

   Easier, Faster, more Beautiful Publishing (pre-launch)

   2014

9. 9
   Stacker▲95

   Easy way to publish & reply on social media

   2014

10. 10AN
    A new decentralized microblogging platform▲364

    2016 · github.com

11. 11
    Uninkd▲67

    Beautiful Newsstand Publishing for Everybody

    2014

12. 12
    Prss▲16

    The future of publishing

    2014

13. 13
    Penflip▲119

    A social writing platform

    2013

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    Vitriol – distributed, serverless publishing platform▲37

    2018 · vitriol.co

15. 15
    Ultravisual▲68

    Beautiful visual publishing.

    2014

16. 16
    Microcosm▲72

    A modern forum platform

    2014

17. 17
    Developer Ipsum▲110

    Lorem for nerds

    2021

18. 18
    BetaPage 2.0▲224

    Community of Hackers and Makers

    2017

19. 19
    Ginkgotree▲73

    A Tumblr for making your own textbooks

    2014

20. 20
    Tiny Docs▲121

    Simple place to write

    2015

21. 21
    Peggsite▲103

    A one-page board to express yourself

    2014

22. 22LS
    LinkAce – Self-hosted, FOSS bookmark archive▲227

    2020 · linkace.org

23. 23
    Voten▲73

    Social bookmarking for the 21st Century

    2017

24. 24
    Irregardless.ly▲85

    A crowdsourced style guide for writers

    2016

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