What file formats does Studio accept?

Upload a CBZ archive, or add pages one at a time as individual images. Pages are reprocessed for the reader automatically — you don't need to prepare multiple sizes yourself.

Do I still own what I upload?

Uploading grants VerseDB a non-exclusive hosting license and nothing more. You can take a book down at any time. You remain free to publish or sell it anywhere else — VerseDB doesn't ask for exclusivity.

What happens after I submit an upload?

Every upload gets a quality and rights check before readers can open it. You'll see its status from your dashboard the whole way through.

Can I sell a book, or does it have to be free?

Set a price in US dollars, or leave it empty to give the issue away. A paid issue can open its first pages as a free preview, and readers can stream it in the VerseDB reader, download a CBZ, or both.

Does VerseDB host or fund crowdfunding campaigns?

No. List a campaign that's already running on Kickstarter or another platform and VerseDB shows a banner and a link on the matching series, issue, or publisher page. Pledges stay where the campaign lives.

My publisher isn't on VerseDB yet — what do I do?

With over 1M issues already cataloged, check first — most publishers are already here under an existing page. If yours genuinely is missing, contact support and we'll get it added and linked to your account.

For publishers and creators

Your comics, where collectors already are

VerseDB is where comic collectors track what they own and what they are reading. Studio is the publisher side of it: upload your books, sell them or release them free, and land on the pages those readers use.

Free, on your regular VerseDB account. You keep your rights and can take a book down whenever you want.

1,108,075

Issues

153,870

Series

9,882

Publishers

87,034

Creators

168,605

Characters

5,081

Shops

That's the catalog your book lands in. You don't have to build the audience first.

Uploads

Your book goes in the main catalog

An upload becomes a series and an issue in the main VerseDB catalog, filed beside the other 1,108,075 issues. Those are the pages collectors use to track and read what they own.

✓ A CBZ, or images one at a time pages are reprocessed for the reader, so you prepare one size
✓ Price it or give it away stream it in the reader, hand over a CBZ, or both
✓ Reviewed before it ships a quality and rights check runs before readers can open it

A CBZ uploading in Studio, its pages and quality checks filling in, and Atomic War! #1 going live with a Read now button on its public issue page

Campaigns

Put a live campaign in front of collectors

List a campaign that's running on Kickstarter or any other platform and we put a banner and a link on the matching series, issue and publisher pages. VerseDB doesn't run, host or fund campaigns.

✓ Kickstarter, Indiegogo, BackerKit or Zoop and anywhere else, under Other
✓ Shown on the series and its issues and on your publisher page
✓ Pledges stay on your platform this is promotion, not a pledge platform

A crowdfunding campaign being saved in Studio and its banner arriving on the public series page with a Back this project link

Access codes

Codes that unlock your issues

Generate codes that open an issue for free: press copies, giveaways, convention keys, backer rewards. Redeeming one takes a VerseDB account and nothing else.

✓ One code or thousands or import a backer list as CSV and mint a key per recipient
✓ Limit the uses and set an expiry or leave both open
✓ Redemptions counted per code so you can see which batch was used

A batch of access codes being generated in Studio, and one of them being redeemed to unlock the issue

Claiming

Find your publisher, then claim it

Studio has no create-a-publisher path. The catalog holds 9,882 publishers, so you search for yours and submit an ownership claim instead. A person reads every one.

✓ Company details and one document a registration, licence, trademark or signed contract naming your company
✓ A verified business email on the domain the company uses
✓ Reviewed by hand and we come back to you if something is missing

A publisher being found in the VerseDB catalog and claimed, and the five-step verification walking from company details to a verified business email

Also in Studio

Series and issues

Your catalog pages, managed from the dashboard

Analytics

Followers, reads, ratings and redemptions, counted from rows

Team seats

Add editors by username, no second login to hand out

Payouts

Where paid sales settle, and what you're owed

Free previews

Open the first one to three pages of a paid issue

Reading direction

Left-to-right or right-to-left, paged or vertical

You keep your rights

A non-exclusive hosting license and nothing more

Reader feedback

The reviews and discussions your books are getting

Questions creators ask

What file formats does Studio accept?: Upload a CBZ archive, or add pages one at a time as individual images. Pages are reprocessed for the reader automatically — you don't need to prepare multiple sizes yourself.
Do I still own what I upload?: Uploading grants VerseDB a non-exclusive hosting license and nothing more. You can take a book down at any time. You remain free to publish or sell it anywhere else — VerseDB doesn't ask for exclusivity.
What happens after I submit an upload?: Every upload gets a quality and rights check before readers can open it. You'll see its status from your dashboard the whole way through.
Can I sell a book, or does it have to be free?: Set a price in US dollars, or leave it empty to give the issue away. A paid issue can open its first pages as a free preview, and readers can stream it in the VerseDB reader, download a CBZ, or both.
Does VerseDB host or fund crowdfunding campaigns?: No. List a campaign that's already running on Kickstarter or another platform and VerseDB shows a banner and a link on the matching series, issue, or publisher page. Pledges stay where the campaign lives.
My publisher isn't on VerseDB yet — what do I do?: With over 1M issues already cataloged, check first — most publishers are already here under an existing page. If yours genuinely is missing, contact support and we'll get it added and linked to your account.

Claim your publisher

Your publisher page is in the catalog waiting for an owner. Take it over and put your books in front of the people who collect them.

Not listed yet? Contact support and we'll add it and link it to your account.