The shelf
Basil Press is a global repository of semantic knowledge. Books, essays, and any text you want to share with the world. Each text is etched into a permanent public record — undeletable, uneditable, revocable by no one. Authors keep 98% of every sale.
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Publish
Paste or upload your manuscript. Basil Press typesets it — formats it into a clean EPUB, ready for digital download or reading in the Basil Press reader — then stores it permanently and etches it into the public record.
Library
Everything you've bought or published, in one place. Re-download any time.
Your account
Manage how you sign in and where your earnings go.
Sign-in credentials
Multiple emails and wallets can all belong to one account — your library and earnings follow you everywhere.
Receive your earnings
Card sales route to Stripe. Crypto sales land in author wallets attached to your account.
Required to receive card payments. 2-day bank transfer. Stripe handles identity verification — Basil Press never sees your banking details. Stripe's standard processing fee applies to card sales.
USDC sales go to the wallet that authored the book. Connected-wallet books pay that wallet directly. Email-account books use a Coinbase-powered author wallet with Coinbase cash-out.
Owner revenue
Platform revenue and held author obligations, kept separate.