I designed and developed Granth as a complete publishing system, covering manuscript creation, composition, media, print/PDF output, public publishing, and web reading while keeping the experience editorial rather than SaaS-heavy.
SELECTED PRODUCT AREAS
The main parts of the system.
Manuscript & Structure
Publishing Records
Composition & Proof
Cover & Media
PEOPLE & ACCESS
Who uses it.
Author / Workspace Owner
Creates and manages the complete book from manuscript through publishing and release.
Public Reader
Discovers and reads books that the author has explicitly published publicly.
KEY WORKFLOW
How the work moves.
Unified author workspaceReal book compositionPrint + web editionsPublic publishing layerGranth identity system
BUILDS / live / Platform / 2026
Granth
A complete publishing workspace for writing, composing, publishing, and reading books.
Granth began as an effort to bring writing, book structure, publishing records, proofing, and digital reading into one connected author workspace.
I designed and developed Granth as a complete publishing system, covering manuscript creation, composition, media, print/PDF output, public publishing, and web reading while keeping the experience editorial rather than SaaS-heavy.
BUILT BYKaran Soni / product, system & developmentIndependent product work designed and built under Karan Soni.
End-to-end publishingPrint + web editionsEditorial UXPublic readingCreator-owned platform
PRODUCT AREAS
The parts that make the whole.
Move across the areas to see the role each one plays.
Manuscript & Structure
Write chapters, organize parts and front/back matter, and shape the complete book structure in one connected workspace.
Publishing Records
Manage authors, series, publishers, edition details, genres, language, rights, and the publishing identity behind each book.
Composition & Proof
Turn manuscript content into composed 6×9 pages, inspect layout, review print output, and prepare the final edition.
Cover & Media
Manage covers, title-page artwork, chapter imagery, publisher marks, and other media used across print and digital editions.
Web Publishing
Read published editions in continuous or book-style views with chapter navigation, responsive layouts, and full-book loading.
Reading Experience
Read published editions in continuous or book-style views with chapter navigation, responsive layouts, and full-book loading.
ACTIVE AREA
Manuscript & Structure
Write chapters, organize parts and front/back matter, and shape the complete book structure in one connected workspace.
PEOPLE & ACCESS
Built around the people who use it.
Each role sees the information and actions relevant to its responsibility.
ACTIVE PERSPECTIVE
Author / Workspace Owner
Creates and manages the complete book from manuscript through publishing and release.
Write & structureManage metadataManage mediaCompose & proofExport PDF / print
KEY WORKFLOW
How the work moves.
Unified author workspaceReal book compositionPrint + web editionsPublic publishing layerGranth identity system
PRODUCT DECISIONS
The rules behind the experience.
The decisions that keep the system coherent as the work becomes more complex.
Book creation stays separate from book output
Writing and structuring remain focused authoring tasks, while proof, print, PDF, and public editions are handled as production outputs.
Print and web editions share one book source
Authors maintain one canonical book while Granth prepares the same work for 6×9 composition, PDF, continuous reading, and book-style web reading.
Published does not automatically mean public
A finished edition can remain private for review or distribution, while only explicitly public books enter the Granth library and public readers.
The book renderer is protected from platform UI changes
CMS, branding, and public-site evolution can continue without changing composition, typography, pagination, proof, or the final reading edition.
