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Pencil
31 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
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Pencil is a platform that connects writers with mentors and opportunities for publishing, pitching stories, and participating in contests, while offering resources and masterclasses on writing and marketing practices.
Also known as Pencil · The Pencil App
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Pencil operates a web-based self-publishing platform positioned around removing intermediaries between writers and audiences. Its core offering provides the tools needed to write, publish and sell a book in both paperback and ebook formats for worldwide distribution.
Alongside publishing, Pencil runs a marketplace for screen adaptations. Authors who hold the rights to a completed book can submit a story concept for consideration by studios, while writers without a finished book can submit a logline and synopsis for a film or web series concept through the same marketplace.
Business model
Pencil provides writers with publishing tools for paperback and ebook production and sale, and operates a marketplace connecting authors and story concepts with studios seeking material for screen adaptation.
▸Full profile — market position, go-to-market, geography
Market position
The company positions the platform as operating without gatekeepers or intermediaries, and combines self-publishing tools with a direct pitching channel to studios for film and web-series adaptations.
Go-to-market
Writers and authors seeking to publish and sell books independently, and writers with story or film concepts seeking studio interest; studios looking for material to adapt for screen.
Geography
The platform states that books published through it can be sold worldwide in paperback and ebook formats.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Pencil do?
- Pencil is a self-publishing platform where writers publish books and pitch stories to studios for screen adaptation.
- Who are Pencil's investors?
- Pencil's investors include JITO Angel Network, SOSV, SucSEED Indovation.