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Description

Overview​

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Any store can publish its own content on the marketplace or take content from other publishers to offer it in its own catalog. This approach expands the reach of the content and simplifies its commercialization.

Content Visibility Rules

What Content Appears in Marketplace​

For content to be visible and available in the marketplace, it must meet specific criteria:

Format Requirements​

  • Supported formats: EPUB, PDF, or Audio (MP3) files only
  • Processing status: Content must be fully processed and ready for distribution
  • File integrity: All content files must be complete and accessible

License Requirements​

  • Retail license: Content must have a retail license enabled, allowing it to be sold by other stores
  • Owner permission: Content owner must have explicitly made the content available for marketplace distribution
  • Active status: Content must not be deleted or permanently withdrawn by the owner

Quality Standards​

  • Complete metadata: Publications must have essential information (title, author, description)
  • Pricing information: Valid pricing must be set for the content
  • Rights clearance: Content must have proper distribution rights

When Content is NOT Available for Taking​

Stores may encounter content they cannot add to their inventory for several business reasons:

Ownership Restrictions​

  • Already owned: Stores cannot take content they already own or have created
  • Licensing conflicts: Content may not be available under retail licensing terms

Access Control​

  • Block lists: Content owners can restrict specific stores from accessing their content
  • Allow lists: When content owners use exclusive allow lists, only specified stores can access the content

Content Status​

  • Processing incomplete: Content that hasn't finished processing cannot be taken

Duplicate Content Management​

When multiple stores offer the same publication (identified by ISBN), our system implements automatic duplicate resolution:

Selection Criteria​

  • Best terms: When duplicates exist, the system displays the version offering the best discount terms for bookshops

Visibility Rules​

  • Single display: Only one version of duplicate content appears in marketplace listings
  • Hidden alternatives: Other versions remain in the system but are hidden from standard marketplace views
  • Administrative access: Our team can access hidden duplicate content for special cases

Content Requirements for Marketplace Sharing​

For Content Owners​

To share content in the marketplace, content owners must:

  • Contract agreement: Have a signed marketplace agreement with defined revenue sharing terms
  • Technical setup: Ensure content is properly formatted and processed
  • Metadata completeness: Provide complete and accurate publication information
  • Rights verification: Confirm they have distribution rights for the content

For Bookshops​

To access and sell marketplace content, bookshops must:

  • Feature enablement: Have the bookshop feature enabled in their plan
  • Payment gateway: Have a Publica.la payment gateway configured

Special Considerations​

Preview Access​

  • All marketplace content includes preview access by default
  • Bookshops can modify preview settings for content they've taken
  • Preview modifications don't affect the original content owner's settings

Content Updates​

  • When content owners update their publications, changes propagate to all bookshops that have taken the content

Main Actions

  • Publish own content on the marketplace: When a store acts as a Content Provider, it can add its own publications to the marketplace. This allows other stores to take these publications to include them in their catalogs.

  • Take publications from the marketplace: As a store, you can select available publications in the marketplace to add them to your inventory. This allows offering a variety of content to end users. This is the base of the bookshop revenue model.

  • Withdraw own publication from the marketplace: The store that owns the content (publisher) can decide to withdraw its publication from the marketplace. This affects all stores that have taken the publication:

    • If the content has been acquired by users: The publication will not be available for new sales, but users who have already purchased it will still have access.
    • If the content has not been acquired: It simply becomes unavailable for new sales.
    • In all cases: In the control panel, inventory section, the content will be marked as "Withdrawn from Marketplace." If the publication was acquired, the administrator can still access reading statistics.

  • Reincorporate content to the marketplace: The store that owns the content can re-enable a withdrawn publication, allowing other stores to take it again. This action does not reincorporate the content into the catalogs of the stores that had previously taken the publication.

  • Withdraw a marketplace publication from inventory: A store that has taken a publication from the marketplace can decide to withdraw it from its own inventory. This prevents new sales but does not affect users who have already acquired it.

  • Delete the content: The store owner can permanently delete the content, which means all associated metadata is lost and it cannot be reincorporated. In the control panel, the content will be marked as "Deleted" and will not be available for any future action. Stores that took this content from the marketplace are affected in the same way as if it were withdrawn from the marketplace.

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