Implementation

Signed contract to live app in 18–22 weeks.

Publish360 is a production platform — not a build-from-scratch project. You configure and brand it as your own. The infrastructure is already live and serving readers.

Platform, not a bespoke project

Already live. Already serving readers. Ready for your brand.

Publish360 is a production platform that independent publishers configure and brand as their own. When you join, you benefit from the investment already made in the eBook reader, audiobook player, DRM integration, offline architecture, and analytics engine — rather than paying to build it from scratch.

The distinction matters: a bespoke build creates technical debt and requires ongoing maintenance funding. The Publish360 platform licence includes everything your platform needs to stay current, compliant, and performant.

18–22 weeks to launch

The platform is already built, tested, and serving publishers. Configuration, branding, and integration — not months of architecture work.

Fixed setup fee

One agreed cost covers everything from discovery to live app store submission. No day-rate overruns, no change order risk within scope.

Maintenance included

iOS and Android updates, security patching, DRM management, CDN and hosting — all covered in the platform licence. No developer retainer needed.

The four phases

A clear, fixed-scope implementation plan

The setup fee covers everything: discovery, branding, ecommerce integration, content ingestion, DRM, WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility review, cross-device QA, app store submission, and post-launch hypercare.

1Weeks 1–4

Discovery & configuration

Requirements confirmation, branding, ecommerce integration design, DRM registration, and developer account setup for Apple App Store and Google Play.

2Weeks 5–16

Core platform build & testing

eBook reader, audiobook player, library, authentication, ecommerce integration, DRM, offline access, and web reader. Internal QA across devices and OS versions.

3Weeks 17–22

UAT, app store submission & launch

Publisher User Acceptance Testing. App store submission under your developer accounts. Post-launch hypercare: elevated support, daily check-ins, and first usage report.

4Months 4–8

Fast-follow enhancements

Two structured enhancement rounds delivering features deferred to keep the launch timeline clean, and responding to real reader behaviour post-launch.

Who it is built for

Built for publishers of every kind

Trade & academic publishers

You have built a catalogue. Stop watching 30% disappear.

You sell through Amazon and other marketplaces and watch the margin vanish. You have no idea how your readers engage with your content. Publish360 gives you a direct channel, operational in under six months, with analytics that tell you more about your readers than any marketplace ever will.

Professional & specialist publishers

Fillable forms, institutional SSO, and chapter-level analytics.

Your catalogue includes clinical resources, academic textbooks, or professional training content. The standard marketplace experience is too generic. Publish360 is designed for this: DRM that works seamlessly for professionals, supplementary materials in the same app, SAML for institutional buyers.

Course creators & educational publishers

eBooks, audiobooks, video, and structured courses — one app.

Your content includes video, guided pathways, and quizzes alongside or instead of traditional books. Publish360 handles multiple formats, tracks learner progress, and integrates with your existing ecommerce or LMS infrastructure.

International publishers

Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Indonesian — and offline for variable connectivity.

Your content serves readers across languages and regions. Publish360 handles RTL scripts correctly, supports localised interfaces, works offline in markets with patchy connectivity, and allows regional availability control from the admin hub.

Publishers with a custom app nearing end of life

Migrate to a sustainable platform without losing your reader base.

Custom-built apps have a lifespan. Architecture becomes dated, agencies move on, and iOS/Android maintenance costs grow every year. Publish360 supports migration of existing user accounts, purchase history, and entitlements as part of implementation.

Charities & non-profits

Reach your audience directly with accessible, affordable distribution.

Charitable organisations with publications, training resources, or pastoral content can use Publish360 to distribute directly to their communities — with the same professional DRM, analytics, and accessibility compliance as any commercial publisher.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Amazon is working fine for Amazon. Amazon knows your readers, markets to them across its entire platform, and takes a substantial share of the revenue on every sale. You get a royalty report. Publish360 does not replace marketplace distribution — publishers can sell through both simultaneously. What it adds is a direct channel that you control: reader data, direct marketing capability, zero commission, and analytics that tell you what readers actually do with your content.

A custom build gives you exactly what you specify at the point of signing. Eighteen months later, when iOS releases a new version or Apple changes an app store policy, you need to go back to the agency. And again the following year. Publish360 includes ongoing maintenance, OS updates, DRM management, and security patching in the platform licence. The investment continues to be maintained and improved — not frozen at the point of launch.

Adobe Digital Editions was a bad experience. It frustrated legitimate customers and created support overhead. Readium LCP was built to solve exactly that problem — by the same open standards body that the publishing industry founded to replace ADE. LCP operates silently. Readers who have paid for content never encounter a DRM prompt. Files are protected without the protection being visible.

Yes. Publish360 integrates via a documented REST API and webhook schema. When a reader purchases on your website, your system communicates that entitlement to Publish360 via webhook. The content appears in their library within seconds. Eden provides API documentation, endpoint specifications, and a sandbox environment. Most integrations are straightforward for a developer familiar with REST APIs.

All data is exportable. User accounts, purchase history, entitlement mappings, and reading and listening progress are all available in standard formats. Eden Interactive will provide up to 30 days of transition cooperation. The platform is deliberately designed to avoid technical lock-in — we believe publishers should stay because the platform delivers value, not because leaving is painful.

No. Publish360's setup fee and monthly licence structure are designed to be accessible to independent publishers of any size. The platform scales from hundreds of users to hundreds of thousands without architectural change, so publishers can start small and grow without replatforming. The no-commitment guarantee means you can see a demo of your actual app before committing any budget.

Eden Interactive builds a working demo of your branded app — populated with a sample of your actual catalogue and applying your branding — before any commercial agreement is signed. You see your app, in your colours, with your content, on your phone. If it is not what you expected, you walk away without having paid anything. If it is, the implementation begins.

Ready to see how it works for your catalogue?

Request a free demo — Eden Interactive builds a working version of your branded app before any commercial commitment is made.

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