作家出版社

What 作家出版社 does

作家出版社有限公司 (Writers Publishing House Co., Ltd.) is a Beijing-based publishing house headquartered in Chaoyang District at 农展馆南里10号. Operating as a private limited company with about 26 employees and a 2024 active status, the company publishes across a broad editorial range that includes contemporary Chinese novels, finance, horror, fantasy, classical literature, essays, children's literature, and humanities/social sciences. Its single proprietary digital property is the 作家在线 (Writers Online) platform hosted at haozuojia.com, which bundles four functional surfaces: a 图书出版 (book publishing) service, an 在线写作 (online writing) portal, an integrated 商城 (mall) for books, e-books, audiobooks, and cultural products, and a 古典小说库 (Classical Novel Library) digital archive. A 作家指数 (Author Index) feature overlays discovery and ranking on top of the catalog.

The platform is the company's primary go-to-market and revenue mechanism. It addresses two distinct customer segments simultaneously: authors seeking publishing and self-publishing services, and readers seeking Chinese literary content across multiple formats. No information is disclosed regarding pricing model (royalty splits, retail pricing, subscription tiers), distribution partners, or unit volumes, so the relative weight of publishing-service revenue versus direct retail revenue cannot be determined. There is no disclosed management team, no funding history, no M&A activity, and no partnerships or awards in the input data.

Geographically, the company operates as a domestic Chinese publisher with no disclosed international footprint or licensing activity. Technologically, the platform is a conventional web property: no mobile apps, no APIs, no AI/ML capabilities, and no social media presence are disclosed. The 2024 copyright notice and the scope of the platform suggest a recently consolidated or relaunched digital strategy, but the absence of operating metrics makes the scale and commercial trajectory of that strategy difficult to assess.

Name

作家出版社

Legal name

作家出版社有限公司

Website

https://haozuojia.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

作家出版社 is a Beijing-based Chinese publisher operating the 作家在线 platform, which combines publishing services, an online writing portal, an e-commerce mall for books/e-books/audiobooks/cultural products, a classical novel library, and an author index targeting authors and readers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Genre & Category Publishing (Romance, Mystery/Thriller, Sci‑Fi/Fantasy, etc.) (MPAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

E-book Retail & Reading Platforms (Stores, Apps, Devices) (MPAJAMAA), eBook & Digital Reading Platforms (BPAMAJAK)

Keywords

• Book publishing services
• Literary publishing house
• Online book retail
• Digital publishing platform
• Author community platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Sales of physical books across multiple categories including novels, literature, children's books, and humanities/social sciences titles. Products available in paperback format.
2. E-book Sales: Digital book sales through the online platform, offering electronic versions of published works for download or online reading.
3. Audio Book Sales: Sales of audio book versions of published content, referred to as 有声书 (audio books) in the product categories.
4. Cultural Products: Sales of cultural and creative products (文创产品) through the online mall, alongside traditional publishing products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

作家出版社 (Writers Publishing House) operates the 作家在线 integrated online platform that delivers book publishing services, online writing tools, an e-commerce marketplace for physical books, e-books, audiobooks, and cultural products, and a classical Chinese novel digital library. The company publishes across contemporary Chinese novels, classical literature, children's books, humanities, and social sciences, providing curated content, author profiles, best-seller rankings, and thematic collections for the Chinese reader and author community.

Product overview

作家在线 is a unified online publishing platform operated by 作家出版社 (Zuojia Publishing House). The platform integrates multiple services including book publishing, online writing tools, an e-commerce marketplace, and a classical literature database. The main product components are: 图书出版 (Book Publishing) for managing physical and digital book releases; 在线写作 (Online Writing) for manuscript creation; 商城 (E-commerce Store) for selling books, e-books, audiobooks and cultural products; and 古典小说库 (Classical Novel Library) for accessing historical literary works. Additional features include 作家指数 (Writer Index) for author ranking and comprehensive category systems for both works and publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Book Publishing Service (图书出版) A publishing service that allows authors to publish and manage their literary works, including both physical books and e-books, covering genres such as contemporary Chinese novels, finance novels, horror, fantasy, officialdom novels, classical literature, essays, poetry, and children's literature. Targeted at independent Chinese authors seeking formal publishing channels.
• Online Mall / Bookstore (商城) An integrated e-commerce platform for selling physical books (paperback), e-books, audiobooks, and cultural/creative products (文创产品). Features best-seller rankings for both physical books and e-books, with pricing displayed per item. Targeted at Chinese book consumers across multiple categories.
• Classical Chinese Novel Library (古典小说库) A digital content library providing access to historical Chinese novels and ancient literary works, including the Four Great Classical Novels. Functions as a curated archive of classic Chinese literature for academic researchers, scholars, and general readers with an interest in classical texts.
• 作家在线 Online Platform (Zuojia Online) An integrated online platform connecting Chinese writers with readers, offering publishing management services, online writing tools (在线写作), author profiles, author index (作家指数), book recommendations, news/资讯 sections, special topics, and a unified access point for the publisher's content and services.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• 人民文学出版社 (People's Literature Publishing House): One of China's oldest and most prestigious literary publishers, operating under the China Writers Association. Directly comparable to 作家出版社 in publishing trade fiction, literature, and classical Chinese works through an integrated author-reader ecosystem.
• 上海文艺出版社 (Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House): Another leading Chinese literary publisher with deep catalogs in fiction, essays, and academic humanities. Comparable to 作家出版社 in genre breadth and audience, serving overlapping reader segments.
• 接力出版社 (Jieli Publishing House): A leading Chinese children's book publisher. Directly comparable to the children's literature segment of 作家出版社's catalog and shares the same trade-publishing distribution channels.
• 长江文艺出版社 (Changjiang Literary and Art Publishing House): A major Chinese trade publisher of novels, literature, and arts titles. Overlaps directly with 作家出版社's fiction and literary criticism catalog and operates in the same Beijing-centered publishing ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• 当当 (Dangdang): One of China's largest online book retailers. Comparable to the 商城 (mall) component of 作家出版社's platform and competes for the same Chinese reader book-purchasing wallet, though Dangdang is purely a retailer rather than a publisher.
• 中信出版社 (CITIC Press): A large, diversified Chinese publisher spanning business, humanities, lifestyle, and children's books. Comparable in catalog breadth and digital marketplace presence, though it operates at significantly greater scale and is broader in scope.
• 京东图书 (JD Books): JD.com's book marketplace, a dominant online book retail channel in China. Comparable as a distribution and sales channel competing with 作家出版社's own mall, though operating at vastly greater scale.
• Kindle (Amazon China): A global e-book reading platform and device ecosystem. Comparable to 作家出版社's e-book and audiobook digital offerings, and represents a competitive digital reading standard against which the platform's digital UX is benchmarked.

Emerging players

• 阅文集团 (China Literature / Yuewen Group): China's largest digital literature platform, controlling major web-novel IPs and reader apps (QQ Reading, Qidian). An emerging competitive force that intersects with 作家出版社's online reading and digital publishing ambitions, though focused on serialized web fiction rather than trade books.

Others

• 学习强国 / 国家图书馆数字资源 (National Library of China Digital Resources): A state-affiliated digital cultural content and reading platform. Comparable to the 古典小说库 (classical novel library) component of 作家出版社's platform in curating and distributing classical Chinese literature to general audiences.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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