Membership & Credits

Join the house.

Every plan includes the manuscript editor, book cover rendering, and the Quari imprint.

Monthly allotment · cancel anytime

A ghostwriter costs $5,000–$50,000. A cover designer costs $300–$1,500. A sales page copywriter costs $500–$3,000. A Stripe-connected storefront costs $2,000–$8,000 to build. Quari does all four. Starting at $19 a month.

The Reader

Free

to start

  • 50 credits on signup (~2 complete books)
  • Write a complete book
  • Manuscript editor + cover rendering
  • Preview your storefront
  • No credit card required
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The Imprint

$49/ month

600 credits / month

  • 600 credits every month (~24 complete books)
  • Everything in The Author
  • Editor's Pass — Opus-grade proof on every book
  • Priority Bindery — your books jump the queue
  • White-label ready — your imprint on the storefront

30-day guarantee.

If you do not publish your first book within 30 days of upgrading to The Author plan, we will extend your plan by one month, free. No questions asked.

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Typical projects

What a finished book actually costs.

Estimates for a typical 9–10 chapter project. Rewrites and extra panels add credits; editing and reading are always free.

Prose book

10 chapters + blueprint + storefront

28credits · Single Volume ($15)

Illustrated comic

~37 panels + 4 character refs + 9 chapters (pack-only rates)

238credits · Illustrated Edition ($79)

Illustrated comic

Same book on Author / Imprint member rates

142credits · Author sub + credits

The math

What a launch actually costs

Traditional author launch

$2,500–$5,000

Custom cover, sales funnel, mockups, promo assets — weeks of back-and-forth with freelancers.

  • Separate vendors for each piece
  • Revision rounds add time and cost
  • Launch timeline measured in weeks

Quari

$19/mo+ credits as you go

Cover, three-page funnel, social launch kit, and checkout — an afternoon, not a quarter.

  • One coherent design across every surface
  • Publish and sell at your own URL
  • Launch kit included with each storefront round
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Credit breakdown

What each action costs.

Credits are spent per generation. Prose: ~28 credits. Illustrated comic: ~140 credits (member) to ~240 (pack-only). A 15% platform fee applies only when you sell through a live storefront — not during creation.

ActionCredits

Commission a Blueprint

Full book structure — title, outline, voice, and palette

5credits

Write a Chapter

One complete chapter, edited and ready to publish

2credits

Illustrate a Panel

Members pay 3 credits per panel; pack-only accounts pay 6

3 (6 free)credits

Character Reference

Locked character design sheet — member rate 2, free tier 4

2 (4 free)credits

Build a Storefront

A complete custom storefront — designed, written, and illustrated from your book

3credits

FAQ

Questions about membership.

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Your first 50 credits are on us.

Enough to commission a complete volume and launch its storefront. No credit card. No commitment.

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