status: active
timestamp: 2026-06-21
tags: [decision, books, publishing, catalog, oriz-me, draft-order]
books.oriz.in shape — static catalog, Oriz Me drafts first, others outlines
books.oriz.in static catalog showing cover + price + buy-links per book. First book to draft fully: Oriz Me (PWYW $9, personal essays, biographical). Other 4 (Oriz Stack, Oriz Paisa, Oriz PDF, Oriz Janaushdhi) get chapter outlines initially. Per-book channels per book-publish-pipeline. Substack is the newsletter platform; free chapter drops via Substack.
Books publishing shape
The site shape
books.oriz.in = static catalog. Astro on CF Pages. One page per book.
Per-book page renders: cover image, title, subtitle, short blurb, price (per geo/format), buy-links per channel (Leanpub, Gumroad, LemonSqueezy, KDP, Google Play Books, D2D), sample chapter download, status badge (“draft” / “released” / “outline”), table of contents.
First book to draft fully
Oriz Me — PWYW $9, personal essays, biographical. Status: drafts fully across Q3 2026.
Why Oriz Me first:
- Lowest research overhead — it’s personal essays, the user is the source.
- PWYW from $0 — accessible reach, low conversion friction.
- Tests the publishing pipeline (Markua ? Pandoc ? EPUB/PDF/MOBI via [[decisions/content/book-publish-pipeline]]) on the lowest-stakes book.
Other 4: chapter outlines only initially
- Oriz Stack — Astro + CF + Firebase architecture, $19 / $39 Pro
- Oriz Paisa — Credit Cards India 2026, ?499 / ?999
- Oriz PDF — From Browser to Native (PWABuilder), $14
- Oriz Janaushdhi — Generic Medicines India, ?299
Each gets a 1-page chapter outline committed to its repo. Full drafting deferred to Q4 2026 once Oriz Me proves the pipeline.
Channels per book
Locked in [[decisions/content/book-publish-pipeline]]. Summary: each book ships to 5 channels (Leanpub + Gumroad + LemonSqueezy + D2D-aggregator + KDP). Google Play Books Partner Center is manual. Per-book book.json toggles channels.
Newsletter integration
Sample chapters drop via Substack — the family newsletter platform per [[decisions/stack/newsletter-substack]]. Free chapter PDF + “buy the full book” CTA per drop.
Cross-refs
- Pipeline tech (Markua + Pandoc + omni-publish) ? [[decisions/content/book-publish-pipeline]]
- Single newsletter at Substack ? [[decisions/stack/newsletter-substack]]
- Q3 priority (books drafted parallel to Wave 1) ? [[decisions/apps/ship-order-2026q3]]