Author subscriptions

Choose your Richman Author Business plan

Your author subscription pays for the business tools you use to publish, promote, grow and manage your book business. The reader subscription is separate: readers pay R99/month for the Reading Room.

Entitlement rule: Your Author Business subscription grants only the features listed in your selected plan. It does not automatically subscribe you to other Richman or Mbokodo products and services. Those services, where offered, require their own subscription, order or approval.
PayFast Sandbox: After choosing a plan and signing in to your Author Business account, continue from Subscription to PayFast Sandbox. The server determines the payable plan and amount; browser values are not trusted.
FREE

R0 /month

Start your author journey.

  • 1 book
  • Author profile
  • Reading Room: access to 1 book only
  • Invite readers
  • 3 social-media shares
  • 3D book mockups: 3
  • AI marketing tools: limited
  • AI marketing editing: limited
  • AI marketing translation: limited
  • English, Siswati, isiNdebele & Xitsonga
  • Website Builder: not included
  • Video Creator: not included
  • Advanced analytics: not included
Start Free
STARTER

R99 /month

Build your audience.

  • Up to 3 books
  • Author profile and Reading Room access
  • Reader invitations and attribution
  • 20 marketing assets/month
  • AI marketing editing & translation: limited allowance
  • English, Siswati, isiNdebele & Xitsonga
  • 3D book mockups
  • Website Builder
  • Limited Video Creator access
  • Basic analytics
Choose Starter
PRO

R199 /month

Grow your book business.

  • Up to 10 books
  • Advanced marketing tools
  • 75 marketing assets/month
  • AI marketing editing & translation: higher allowance
  • English, Siswati, isiNdebele & Xitsonga
  • 3D book mockups
  • Website Builder
  • Video Creator
  • Advanced analytics
  • Priority support
Choose Pro
BUSINESS

R399 /month

Build at scale.

  • Up to 25 books
  • Full author business toolkit
  • 200 marketing assets/month
  • AI marketing editing & translation: highest allowance
  • English, Siswati, isiNdebele & Xitsonga
  • 3D book mockups
  • Website Builder
  • Video Creator
  • Advanced analytics and audience insights
  • Priority support
Choose Business
Reader subscription

R99/month for readers

The reader subscription is separate from the author's plan. A reader subscribes to access the Reading Room. Reading activity is later used in the Reading Pool and author settlement calculation.

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Existing authors can sign in to their Author Business Portal, then continue to PayFast Sandbox from Subscription.

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