The book, re-engineered
BOK
Every book, beautifully made.
BOK Studio and the .bok format let anyone design, publish and read long-form books and multi-volume knowledge in the browser, at print quality.
- Studio
- .bok format
- Reader
- Archive
- Identity ForgeCover and book identity design.
- Masterpiece CreatorLong-form layout engine.
- .bok containerPortable, structured book file.
- Scholarly ReaderSearch, notes and bookmarks offline.
- Print exportPrint-ready files for Amazon and local presses.
Every book, beautifully made.
BOKGuideline presentation
Construction, colour and type from the brand’s working identity. No full guideline is on file yet.
Working construction: x is one quarter of the logo height. The guideline governs wherever it sets its own value.
- 60%Paper
#F5F1E8 - 30%Royal Ink
#1F3864 - 10%Royal Ink
#1F3864
Working proportion from the brand’s own tokens: ground, ink, accent.
- Display · 72 pxEvery book, beautifully made.
- Heading · 40 pxEvery book, beautifully made.
- Subhead · 24 pxEvery book, beautifully made.
- Body · 17 pxBOK Studio and the .bok format let anyone design, publish and read long-form books and multi-volume knowledge in the browser, at print quality.
- Caption · 13 pxBOK Studio and the .bok format let anyone design, publish and read long-form books and multi-volume knowledge in the browser, at print quality.
- Zen minimalism
- Offline first
- The text comes first
The thesis
Making a beautiful book still needs expensive desktop software, and digital books still read like flat files.
The book deserves its own container: structured, offline, multilingual and designed.
BOK Studio designs covers, spines and layouts in the browser; the .bok container carries the book to readers offline.
Identity
Working identity: no full guideline is on file for this brand yet.
- DisplayCinzel
- TextNewsreader
- PersianVazirmatn
- Zen minimalism
- Offline first
- The text comes first
Strategy
The publishing studio and reading format for serious books.
Authors and publishers
Design and publish without desktop tools.
Institutions
Digitise encyclopedias and archives.
Readers and scholars
Read, search and annotate offline.
Studio
Covers, spines and page layouts.
.bok format
A proprietary book container.
Reader
High-DPI scholarly reading, offline.
Archive
Multi-volume knowledge at scale.
Product suite
Identity Forge
Cover and book identity design.
Masterpiece Creator
Long-form layout engine.
.bok container
Portable, structured book file.
Scholarly Reader
Search, notes and bookmarks offline.
Print export
Print-ready files for Amazon and local presses.
RTL typography
Persian, Kurdish and Arabic done right.
| Category | The book, re-engineered |
|---|---|
| For | Authors and publishers, Institutions, Readers and scholars |
| Markets | Y Combinator and global creators, Arab and Gulf publishers, Kurdish and Persian publishing |
| Stage | Standalone application in the monorepo (Identity Forge and Masterpiece Creator), with the eBOK reader architecture. |
Business model
Working draft for review: no figures are claimed.
- Publish Kamiloo's books 1 and 100 with BOK as the showcase
- Reach Arab and Gulf publishers
- Apply to Y Combinator
- .bok format standard
- RTL excellence
- Offline zero-token reading
- Books produced
- Active creators
- Institutional catalogues
- Recurring revenue
Roadmap
- Now
01 Studio
- Standalone app in the monorepo
- eBOK reader architecture
- Next
02 Showcase
- Books 1 and 100 made with BOK
- Creator beta
- Then
03 Launch
- Public studio
- Publisher plans
- Later
04 Standard
- .bok ecosystem
- Institutional archives
Standalone application in the monorepo (Identity Forge and Masterpiece Creator), with the eBOK reader architecture.
Every book, beautifully made.