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
to start
- ✓50 credits on signup (~2 complete books)
- ✓Write a complete book
- ✓Manuscript editor + cover rendering
- ✓Preview your storefront
- ✓No credit card required
The Author
Most popular200 credits / month
- ✓200 credits every month (~8 complete books)
- ✓Publish your live storefront
- ✓Connect Stripe & start selling
- ✓Export any book as PDF
- ✓Keep 85% of every sale
The Imprint
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If you do not publish your first book within 30 days of upgrading to The Author plan, we will extend your plan by one month, free.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
Illustrated comic
~37 panels + 4 character refs + 9 chapters (pack-only rates)
Illustrated comic
Same book on Author / Imprint member rates
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
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.
FAQ
Questions about membership.
Start for free
Your first 50 credits are on us.
Enough to commission a complete volume and launch its storefront. No credit card. No commitment.