Your newsletter, with the conversation attached.
Newsbriefs gives every writer on LENDZ a real publication: a block editor, a schedule, a subscriber inbox and a price they set. And every issue arrives where your readers already talk.
Newsbriefs is the publishing side of LENDZ. Any account can open a publication, write issues in a block editor, and publish them at once or on a schedule. Each issue goes to its subscribers' SCIF inbox and posts an announcement to the writer's feed, where readers reply in Briefs. Writers enrolled as creators can also sell monthly or annual subscriptions at a price they set. A paid issue shows the public everything above a break the writer places.
A publication, not a post
A publication on LENDZ has a name, a tagline, a house typeface, an accent ink and a stated rhythm, from daily to "As the spirit moves". Those choices dress every issue you send and your Publisher Page, so the work looks like yours before anyone reads a word.
Issues are built from blocks. Type a slash and the menu offers text, two sizes of heading, a pullquote, a callout, an image, a YouTube embed, a link preview, a divider, a spacer and the teaser break. Around the body sit the parts a reader expects from a serious newsletter: kicker, headline, deck, byline, cover image, optional drop caps, an issue number and a sign-off.
From draft to inbox
One path, the same every time.
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Open your publication
Name it, then choose its typeface, ink, rhythm and category. Each account has one publication.
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Write in blocks
Draft in the editor and save as you go. Drafts wait in their own list until you are ready.
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Publish now, or pick a time
Choose a date and an hour and the issue publishes on its own, shortly after the time you set.
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It is delivered
Every active subscriber gets the issue in their SCIF, marked unread until they open it. An announcement with your headline and deck posts to your feed at the same moment.
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Readers answer
Replies to the issue are Briefs, written from the same accounts your readers use everywhere else on LENDZ.
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Fix it after
Spotted a typo once it is out? Published issues can be edited from your list of published work.
The SCIF: where issues land
Subscribers do not hunt for your work. Each new issue arrives in their SCIF, the private inbox for the publications they subscribe to, in your house typeface and ink. An orange count shows what is unread. Readers can see the latest issues across everything they subscribe to, or switch to one row per publication.
Free issues and paid issues
You choose per issue. A publication can mix both.
| Per issue | Free issue | Paid issue |
|---|---|---|
| Who can publish it | Any account with a publication | Writers enrolled as creators, with pricing switched on |
| Members reading in the app | Read the whole issue | Subscribers read it all; everyone else reads up to the teaser break |
| The text after the break | Not applicable | Kept apart from the public issue and served only to readers entitled to it |
| Delivered to subscribers | Yes | Yes |
| Narrow it further | Not applicable | Require a particular subscription tier |
Every shared link is a way in
LENDZ is invite-only, and a shared issue is one of the invitations. Someone without an account who opens the link sees the public page, with the teaser and a button to join for free. Joining from there signs them up with that issue waiting, and the writer is recorded as the person who invited them.
A member who does not subscribe can claim one shared issue from a publication as a gift. It stays theirs to read whenever they come back. One claim per publication, per reader, so a gift stays a gift and does not quietly replace the subscription.
How the money works
Paid publishing also needs a connected Stripe account for payouts.
What you control
The price
Offer a monthly subscription, an annual one, or both. The reader sees your price at checkout.
Tiers
Create subscription tiers and mark an issue as requiring one, for the work you keep closest.
Comp codes
Create codes that readers redeem on your Publisher Page for complimentary access.
Payouts
Earnings pay out through Stripe Connect once your balance reaches the threshold you chose.
Why it lives here
A standalone newsletter asks readers to meet you somewhere new. On LENDZ the publication is part of the same identity as everything else you do: the same handle, the same followers, the same feed. An issue announces itself where people already follow you, and the replies are the same kind of post as every other conversation you have here.
It also means one place for one voice. A writer can publish an issue on Monday and host a live room about it on Thursday with Briefings, and the audience is the same people both times.
Who it is for
Writers who already post here
Turn the long version of what you post into a publication, delivered to the people who asked for it.
Specialists and reporters
Keep the free issues open for reach and put the deep work behind a paid tier.
Readers
Your subscriptions arrive in one inbox, and every issue comes with a conversation you can join.
Questions on file
Q01Who can publish?
Any member can open a publication and publish free issues. Paid issues and paid subscriptions require creator enrollment and a connected Stripe account.
Q02How much does it cost to run a publication?
Free issues cost nothing to publish. Selling subscriptions needs creator enrollment, $10 once, and LENDZ keeps a 10% house share of each paid invoice.
Q03Can I schedule an issue?
Yes. Pick a date and an hour, and the issue publishes shortly after that time and goes to your subscribers on its own.
Q04What do non-subscribers see on a paid issue?
Everything above the teaser break you placed. The rest is stored separately and only served to readers who are entitled to it.
Q05Can people outside LENDZ read my work?
Anyone with the link sees an issue's public page. To keep reading they join for free from that page, with the issue waiting for them, and you are recorded as the person who invited them.
Q06Do subscribers get my issues by email?
Issues are delivered to the subscriber's SCIF, the inbox inside LENDZ, and announced in your feed.
Q07Can I edit an issue after it is published?
Yes. Published issues can be reopened and corrected from your list of published work.