Publisher Partnership Brief — 2026

Your books deserve a better platform.

Lex is a rapidly growing reading platform that produces, distributes, and translates digital books — ebooks, audiobooks, and scanned works — at a fraction of industry cost. We're partnering with publishers who want to reach more readers without surrendering to platform monopolies.

6M+

Ebooks · Audiobooks · Scans

Platforms

iOS · Android · Windows

Services

Digitization · Audio Production · Translation

What We Offer

→Ebook production & digitization — AI-powered OCR and formatting turns your backlist into publish-ready EPUBs at a fraction of the $1,000+ industry standard per title.
→Audiobook production — Cutting-edge AI narration with word-level text synchronization at 1/10th the cost of traditional production.
→Translation — AI-powered translation into any major language, producing a complete localized ebook + audiobook package for each new market at 0.1% of the industry standard.
→Reader analytics — Engagement data, reading patterns, completion rates, and discovery metrics that traditional retail cannot provide.
→Distribution & featured placement — A new retail channel with competitive revenue share, transparent reporting, and premium visibility for early partners.

Why Now

◆AI is rewriting the playbook — Ebook production, audiobook narration, and translation at a fraction of traditional cost. Lex brings this technology to publishers as a turnkey partner.
◆Readership is in decline — 40% of Americans read zero books in 2025. The current pricing model is broken and needs disruption.
◆Piracy is accelerating — Shadow libraries distribute more books daily than most publishers sell in a year. AI labs are ingesting this pirated corpus to train their models, further eroding the value of original works.
◆Amazon and Spotify control the pipes — Two companies dominate ebook and audiobook distribution globally. Lex offers a reader-first alternative with more generous terms and no exclusivity requirements.
◆Audio is exploding, but only for big publishers — The audiobook market is projected to 4x by 2030, yet most backlists have zero audio coverage because traditional production is too expensive.

Partnership Models

Model A

Production Services

Lex handles digitization, audiobook production, and/or translation for your titles. You pay for the service, own all outputs, and distribute wherever you choose. Ideal for unlocking your backlist.

Model B

Production Exchange

Lex performs digitization, audiobook production, and/or translation in exchange for licensing rights to distribute the title on Lex. You retain ownership, get a new distribution channel, and unprecedented insight into readership data.

Model C

Pay-Per-Read

Lex pays a percentage of revenue for each book once a reader passes a meaningful completion threshold. No upfront costs for either side. Revenue grows as readership grows. Simple, aligned incentives.

Let's build the future of reading together.

Onboarding founding partners now. Early movers get preferred terms and platform input.

dm@lex-books.com

David Mainayar · Founder & CEO

What We Offer

→Ebook production & digitization — AI-powered OCR and formatting turns your backlist into publish-ready EPUBs at a fraction of the $1,000+ industry standard per title.

→Audiobook production — Cutting-edge AI narration with word-level text synchronization at 1/10th the cost of traditional production.

→Translation — AI-powered translation into any major language, producing a complete localized ebook + audiobook package for each new market at 0.1% of the industry standard.

→Reader analytics — Engagement data, reading patterns, completion rates, and discovery metrics that traditional retail cannot provide.

→Distribution & featured placement — A new retail channel with competitive revenue share, transparent reporting, and premium visibility for early partners.

Why Now

◆AI is rewriting the playbook — Ebook production, audiobook narration, and translation at a fraction of traditional cost. Lex brings this technology to publishers as a turnkey partner.

◆Readership is in decline — 40% of Americans read zero books in 2025. The current pricing model is broken and needs disruption.

◆Piracy is accelerating — Shadow libraries distribute more books daily than most publishers sell in a year. AI labs are ingesting this pirated corpus to train their models, further eroding the value of original works.

◆Amazon and Spotify control the pipes — Two companies dominate ebook and audiobook distribution globally. Lex offers a reader-first alternative with more generous terms and no exclusivity requirements.

◆Audio is exploding, but only for big publishers — The audiobook market is projected to 4x by 2030, yet most backlists have zero audio coverage because traditional production is too expensive.