EveryFormat Books
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Overview
EveryFormat Books is an online bookstore specializing in public-domain classics (works first published through 1930), where every title is available in all four formats: audiobook, paperback, hardcover, and e-reader. Buyers get a ready-to-clone storefront with a curated catalog and no copyright or licensing concerns. The MVP storefront is live with 10 titles and all four formats displayed per book, with Stripe checkout integration as the next step to start accepting orders.
Running this business means you'll manage catalog curation, format inventory coordination, and the storefront operations. The positioning is straightforward: "The classics, in every format."
Mission
EveryFormat Books
What we're building
An online bookstore where every title comes in all four formats — audiobook, paperback, hardcover, and e-reader — so customers buy each book the way they actually read it. The catalog is public-domain classics only: works first published through 1930 (the US public-domain line as of 2026, which rolls forward each January). No licensing costs, no copyright risk; curation and edition quality are the product. Positioning: "The classics, in every format."
Current focus (MVP)
The storefront is live with a starter catalog of 10 public-domain classics, each showing all four formats with prices and a clear buy path. Checkout is not open yet — Buy buttons show "Checkout coming soon" until Stripe payment links are wired (the next milestone). After that: grow the catalog and add per-book detail pages.