Orders, inventory, bookstore relationships, shipping batches, reader growth. One system that handles the operational side so you can stay in the creative side.
You spent a year writing, interviewing, designing, and printing. Now you're tracking orders in spreadsheets, emailing bookstores for restock updates, and losing track of who got their shipping confirmation.
The creative work deserves infrastructure that keeps up.
Every sale across direct, bookstore wholesale, and digital. One view. No more cross-referencing tabs.
Know exactly how many copies sit at MAGMA, Cahier Central, Magasin III, and your own stock. Reorder alerts built in.
Group orders into batches, generate tracking, notify buyers automatically. Ship once, not piecemeal.
Track consignment terms, restock requests, and payment status for every retail partner.
Connect Substack subscribers to zine buyers. See who reads, who buys, who does both.
Find new bookstores and zine fairs. AI-drafted pitches personalized to each venue.
"Ditch trends. Avoid playbooks. Reject boredom."
Polsia works every day. Not waiting for instructions. Monitoring orders, flagging low inventory, reaching out to new stockists, sending shipping updates. You check in when you want to.
The same care that goes into a sewn binding and a perfect typeface pairing should extend to how the business runs behind it.