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Paid memberships have become the dominant independent publishing business model. The newsletter-plus-paywall combination pioneered by platforms like Substack has proven that readers will pay directly for content they value, without advertising as the intermediary. Building that …
The phrase “owned audience” appears often in publishing strategy conversations without always being defined clearly. It refers to an audience …
Ghost and WordPress serve overlapping audiences — independent publishers, bloggers, journalists, and small editorial operations — but they were built …
Email newsletters have become a primary publishing medium — not supplementary to a website but often the core product itself. The platform you build …
RSS was supposed to have died years ago. Google killed Google Reader in 2013 and the obituaries were written. Podcasting quietly kept RSS alive as its …
Listmonk is an open-source newsletter and mailing list manager — a self-hosted alternative to Mailchimp, ConvertKit, and similar services. It is …
Substack’s pitch is friction removal: sign up, start writing, collect subscribers, charge for access. No hosting to configure, no plugin to install, …
Every few years, a platform that indie publishers relied on changes the rules. Algorithm changes cut organic reach. Monetization programs introduce …