diff --git a/ui/component/publishText/index.js b/ui/component/publishDescription/index.js
similarity index 75%
rename from ui/component/publishText/index.js
rename to ui/component/publishDescription/index.js
index da8902408..33db541b8 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishText/index.js
+++ b/ui/component/publishDescription/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { doUpdatePublishForm, makeSelectPublishFormValue } from 'lbry-redux';
 import PublishPage from './view';
 
 const select = state => ({
-  title: makeSelectPublishFormValue('title')(state),
   description: makeSelectPublishFormValue('description')(state),
 });
 
@@ -11,7 +10,4 @@ const perform = dispatch => ({
   updatePublishForm: value => dispatch(doUpdatePublishForm(value)),
 });
 
-export default connect(
-  select,
-  perform
-)(PublishPage);
+export default connect(select, perform)(PublishPage);
diff --git a/ui/component/publishText/view.jsx b/ui/component/publishDescription/view.jsx
similarity index 79%
rename from ui/component/publishText/view.jsx
rename to ui/component/publishDescription/view.jsx
index 180ab5e2d..98f8700e0 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishText/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/publishDescription/view.jsx
@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
 import Card from 'component/common/card';
 
 type Props = {
-  title: ?string,
   description: ?string,
   disabled: boolean,
   updatePublishForm: ({}) => void,
 };
 
 function PublishText(props: Props) {
-  const { title, description, updatePublishForm, disabled } = props;
+  const { description, updatePublishForm, disabled } = props;
   const [advancedEditor, setAdvancedEditor] = usePersistedState('publish-form-description-mode', false);
   function toggleMarkdown() {
     setAdvancedEditor(!advancedEditor);
@@ -24,16 +23,6 @@ function PublishText(props: Props) {
     <Card
       actions={
         <React.Fragment>
-          <FormField
-            type="text"
-            name="content_title"
-            label={__('Title')}
-            placeholder={__('Descriptive titles work best')}
-            disabled={disabled}
-            value={title}
-            onChange={e => updatePublishForm({ title: e.target.value })}
-          />
-
           <FormField
             type={!SIMPLE_SITE && advancedEditor ? 'markdown' : 'textarea'}
             name="content_description"
diff --git a/ui/component/publishFile/index.js b/ui/component/publishFile/index.js
index 27bf63322..83468df5e 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishFile/index.js
+++ b/ui/component/publishFile/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import PublishPage from './view';
 
 const select = state => ({
   name: makeSelectPublishFormValue('name')(state),
+  title: makeSelectPublishFormValue('title')(state),
   filePath: makeSelectPublishFormValue('filePath')(state),
   optimize: makeSelectPublishFormValue('optimize')(state),
   isStillEditing: selectIsStillEditing(state),
diff --git a/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx b/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx
index b735d27b1..7ea16715e 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { regexInvalidURI } from 'lbry-redux';
+import StoryEditor from 'component/storyEditor';
 import FileSelector from 'component/common/file-selector';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import Card from 'component/common/card';
@@ -9,9 +10,13 @@ import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
 import Spinner from 'component/spinner';
 import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
+import * as PUBLISH_MODES from 'constants/publish_types';
 
 type Props = {
+  uri: ?string,
+  mode: ?string,
   name: ?string,
+  title: ?string,
   filePath: string | WebFile,
   isStillEditing: boolean,
   balance: number,
@@ -26,11 +31,16 @@ type Props = {
   size: number,
   duration: number,
   isVid: boolean,
+  setPublishMode: string => void,
+  setPrevFileText: string => void,
 };
 
 function PublishFile(props: Props) {
   const {
+    uri,
+    mode,
     name,
+    title,
     balance,
     filePath,
     isStillEditing,
@@ -44,11 +54,14 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
     size,
     duration,
     isVid,
+    setPublishMode,
+    setPrevFileText,
   } = props;
 
   const ffmpegAvail = ffmpegStatus.available;
   const [oversized, setOversized] = useState(false);
   const [currentFile, setCurrentFile] = useState(null);
+  const [currentFileType, setCurrentFileType] = useState(null);
   const [optimizeAvail, setOptimizeAvail] = useState(false);
   const [userOptimize, setUserOptimize] = usePersistedState('publish-file-user-optimize', false);
 
@@ -58,11 +71,20 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
   const PROCESSING_MB_PER_SECOND = 0.5;
   const MINUTES_THRESHOLD = 30;
   const HOURS_THRESHOLD = MINUTES_THRESHOLD * 60;
+  const MARKDOWN_FILE_EXTENSIONS = ['txt', 'md', 'markdown'];
 
   const sizeInMB = Number(size) / 1000000;
   const secondsToProcess = sizeInMB / PROCESSING_MB_PER_SECOND;
 
-  // clear warnings
+  // Reset filePath if publish mode changed
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (mode === PUBLISH_MODES.STORY) {
+      if (currentFileType !== 'text/markdown') {
+        updatePublishForm({ filePath: '', name: '' });
+      }
+    }
+  }, [currentFileType, mode, updatePublishForm]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!filePath || filePath === '') {
       setCurrentFile('');
@@ -82,7 +104,7 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
 
     setOptimizeAvail(isOptimizeAvail);
     updatePublishForm({ optimize: finalOptimizeState });
-  }, [currentFile, filePath, isVid, ffmpegAvail, userOptimize]);
+  }, [currentFile, filePath, isVid, ffmpegAvail, userOptimize, updatePublishForm]);
 
   function updateFileInfo(duration, size, isvid) {
     updatePublishForm({ fileDur: duration, fileSize: size, fileVid: isvid });
@@ -201,6 +223,19 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
     const contentType = file.type && file.type.split('/');
     const isVideo = contentType && contentType[0] === 'video';
     const isMp4 = contentType && contentType[1] === 'mp4';
+
+    let isMarkdownText = false;
+
+    if (contentType) {
+      isMarkdownText = contentType[0] === 'text';
+      setCurrentFileType(contentType);
+    } else if (file.name) {
+      // If user's machine is missign a valid content type registration
+      // for markdown content: text/markdown, file extension will be used instead
+      const extension = file.name.split('.').pop();
+      isMarkdownText = MARKDOWN_FILE_EXTENSIONS.includes(extension);
+    }
+
     if (isVideo) {
       if (isMp4) {
         const video = document.createElement('video');
@@ -220,6 +255,22 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
       updateFileInfo(0, file.size, isVideo);
     }
 
+    if (isMarkdownText) {
+      // Create reader
+      const reader = new FileReader();
+      // Handler for file reader
+      reader.addEventListener('load', event => {
+        const text = event.target.result;
+        updatePublishForm({ fileText: text });
+        setPublishMode(PUBLISH_MODES.STORY);
+      });
+      // Read file contents
+      reader.readAsText(file);
+      setCurrentFileType('text/markdown');
+    } else {
+      setPublishMode(PUBLISH_MODES.FILE);
+    }
+
     // @if TARGET='web'
     // we only need to enforce file sizes on 'web'
     if (file.size && Number(file.size) > TV_PUBLISH_SIZE_LIMIT) {
@@ -247,43 +298,62 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
     updatePublishForm(publishFormParams);
   }
 
-  let title;
+  let cardTitle;
   if (publishing) {
-    title = (
+    cardTitle = (
       <span>
         {__('Uploading')}
         <Spinner type={'small'} />
       </span>
     );
   } else {
-    title = isStillEditing ? __('Edit') : __('Upload');
+    cardTitle = isStillEditing ? __('Edit') : __('Upload');
   }
 
+  const isPublishFile = mode === PUBLISH_MODES.FILE;
+  const isPublishStory = mode === PUBLISH_MODES.STORY;
+
   return (
     <Card
       icon={ICONS.PUBLISH}
       disabled={disabled || balance === 0}
       title={
         <React.Fragment>
-          {title}{' '}
+          {cardTitle}{' '}
           {inProgress && <Button button="close" label={__('Cancel')} icon={ICONS.REMOVE} onClick={clearPublish} />}
         </React.Fragment>
       }
       subtitle={isStillEditing && __('You are currently editing your upload.')}
       actions={
         <React.Fragment>
-          <FileSelector disabled={disabled} currentPath={currentFile} onFileChosen={handleFileChange} />
-          {getMessage()}
-          {/* @if TARGET='app' */}
           <FormField
-            type="checkbox"
-            checked={userOptimize}
-            disabled={!optimizeAvail}
-            onChange={() => setUserOptimize(!userOptimize)}
-            label={__('Optimize and transcode video')}
-            name="optimize"
+            type="text"
+            name="content_title"
+            label={__('Title')}
+            placeholder={__('Descriptive titles work best')}
+            disabled={disabled}
+            value={title}
+            onChange={e => updatePublishForm({ title: e.target.value })}
           />
-          {!ffmpegAvail && (
+          {isPublishFile && (
+            <FileSelector disabled={disabled} currentPath={currentFile} onFileChosen={handleFileChange} />
+          )}
+          {isPublishStory && (
+            <StoryEditor label={__('Story content')} uri={uri} disabled={disabled} setPrevFileText={setPrevFileText} />
+          )}
+          {isPublishFile && getMessage()}
+          {/* @if TARGET='app' */}
+          {isPublishFile && (
+            <FormField
+              type="checkbox"
+              checked={userOptimize}
+              disabled={!optimizeAvail}
+              onChange={() => setUserOptimize(!userOptimize)}
+              label={__('Optimize and transcode video')}
+              name="optimize"
+            />
+          )}
+          {isPublishFile && !ffmpegAvail && (
             <p className="help">
               <I18nMessage
                 tokens={{
@@ -294,7 +364,7 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
               </I18nMessage>
             </p>
           )}
-          {Boolean(size) && ffmpegAvail && optimize && isVid && (
+          {isPublishFile && Boolean(size) && ffmpegAvail && optimize && isVid && (
             <p className="help">
               <I18nMessage
                 tokens={{
diff --git a/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx b/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
index 337c21502..a197036bf 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   On web, the Lbry publish method call is overridden in platform/web/api-setup, using a function in platform/web/publish.
   File upload is carried out in the background by that function.
  */
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { remote } from 'electron';
 import { SITE_NAME } from 'config';
 import { CHANNEL_NEW, CHANNEL_ANONYMOUS } from 'constants/claim';
 import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ import Button from 'component/button';
 import SelectChannel from 'component/selectChannel';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import TagsSelect from 'component/tagsSelect';
-import PublishText from 'component/publishText';
+import PublishDescription from 'component/publishDescription';
 import PublishPrice from 'component/publishPrice';
 import PublishFile from 'component/publishFile';
 import PublishName from 'component/publishName';
@@ -24,12 +26,18 @@ import PublishFormErrors from 'component/publishFormErrors';
 import SelectThumbnail from 'component/selectThumbnail';
 import Card from 'component/common/card';
 import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
+import * as PUBLISH_MODES from 'constants/publish_types';
+
+const { dialog } = remote;
+const currentWindow = remote.getCurrentWindow();
+const MODES = Object.values(PUBLISH_MODES);
 
 type Props = {
   disabled: boolean,
   tags: Array<Tag>,
   publish: (?string) => void,
   filePath: ?string,
+  fileText: ?string,
   bid: ?number,
   bidError: ?string,
   editingURI: ?string,
@@ -73,6 +81,13 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 function PublishForm(props: Props) {
+  const [mode, setMode] = React.useState(PUBLISH_MODES.FILE);
+  const [autoSwitchMode, setAutoSwitchMode] = React.useState(true);
+
+  // Used to checl if the file has been modified by user
+  const [fileEdited, setFileEdited] = React.useState(false);
+  const [prevFileText, setPrevFileText] = React.useState('');
+
   const {
     thumbnail,
     name,
@@ -87,6 +102,7 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
     resetThumbnailStatus,
     updatePublishForm,
     filePath,
+    fileText,
     publishing,
     clearPublish,
     isStillEditing,
@@ -97,6 +113,7 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
     onChannelChange,
     ytSignupPending,
   } = props;
+
   const TAGS_LIMIT = 5;
   const formDisabled = (!filePath && !editingURI) || publishing;
   const isInProgress = filePath || editingURI || name || title;
@@ -129,6 +146,15 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
     }
   }, [thumbnail, resetThumbnailStatus]);
 
+  // Check for content changes on the text editor
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!fileEdited && fileText !== prevFileText && fileText !== '') {
+      setFileEdited(true);
+    } else if (fileEdited && fileText === prevFileText) {
+      setFileEdited(false);
+    }
+  }, [fileText, prevFileText, fileEdited]);
+
   // Every time the channel or name changes, resolve the uris to find winning bid amounts
   useEffect(() => {
     // If they are midway through a channel creation, treat it as anonymous until it completes
@@ -161,14 +187,127 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
     updatePublishForm({ channel });
   }
 
+  function showSaveDialog() {
+    return dialog.showSaveDialog(currentWindow, {
+      filters: [{ name: 'Text', extensions: ['md', 'markdown', 'txt'] }],
+    });
+  }
+
+  function createWebFile() {
+    if (fileText) {
+      const fileName = name || title || 'story';
+      return new File([fileText], `${fileName}.md`, { type: 'text/markdown' });
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function saveFileChanges() {
+    let output = filePath;
+    if (!output || output === '') {
+      output = await showSaveDialog();
+    }
+    // User saved the file on a custom location
+    if (typeof output === 'string') {
+      // Save file changes
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        fs.writeFile(output, fileText, (error, data) => {
+          // Handle error, cant save changes or create file
+          error ? reject(error) : resolve(output);
+        });
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  function verifyStoryContent() {
+    const isEmpty = !fileText || fileText.length === 0 || fileText === '';
+    // TODO: Verify file size limit, and character size as well ?
+    return !isEmpty;
+  }
+
+  async function handlePublish() {
+    // Publish story:
+    // If here is no file selected yet on desktop, show file dialog and let the
+    // user choose a file path. On web a new File is created
+    if (mode === PUBLISH_MODES.STORY) {
+      let outputFile = filePath;
+      // If user modified content on the text editor:
+      // Save changes and updat file path
+      if (fileEdited) {
+        // @if TARGET='app'
+        outputFile = await saveFileChanges();
+        // @endif
+
+        // @if TARGET='web'
+        outputFile = createWebFile();
+        // @endif
+
+        // New content stored locally and is not empty
+        if (outputFile) {
+          updatePublishForm({ filePath: outputFile });
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Verify if story has a valid content and is not emoty
+      // On web file size limit will be verified as well
+      const verified = verifyStoryContent();
+
+      if (verified) {
+        publish(outputFile);
+      }
+    }
+    // Publish file
+    if (mode === PUBLISH_MODES.FILE) {
+      publish(filePath);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function changePublishMode(name) {
+    setMode(name);
+  }
+
+  // Update mode on editing
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (autoSwitchMode && editingURI && myClaimForUri) {
+      const { media_type: mediaType } = myClaimForUri.value.source;
+      // Change publish mode to "story" if editing content type is markdown
+      if (mediaType === 'text/markdown' && mode !== PUBLISH_MODES.STORY) {
+        setMode(PUBLISH_MODES.STORY);
+        // Prevent forced mode
+        setAutoSwitchMode(false);
+      }
+    }
+  }, [autoSwitchMode, editingURI, myClaimForUri, mode, setMode, setAutoSwitchMode]);
+
+  // Editing claim uri
+  const uri = myClaimForUri ? myClaimForUri.permanent_url : undefined;
+
   return (
     <div className="card-stack">
-      <PublishFile disabled={disabled || publishing} inProgress={isInProgress} />
+      <div className="button-tab-group">
+        {MODES.map((name, index) => (
+          <Button
+            key={index}
+            icon={name}
+            label={name}
+            button="alt"
+            onClick={() => {
+              changePublishMode(name);
+            }}
+            className={classnames('button-toggle', { 'button-toggle--active': mode === name })}
+          />
+        ))}
+      </div>
+      <PublishFile
+        uri={uri}
+        mode={mode}
+        disabled={disabled || publishing}
+        inProgress={isInProgress}
+        setPublishMode={setMode}
+        setPrevFileText={setPrevFileText}
+      />
       {!publishing && (
         <div className={classnames({ 'card--disabled': formDisabled })}>
-          <PublishText disabled={formDisabled} />
+          {mode === PUBLISH_MODES.FILE && <PublishDescription disabled={formDisabled} />}
           <Card actions={<SelectThumbnail />} />
-
           <TagsSelect
             suggestMature
             disableAutoFocus
@@ -217,7 +356,7 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
         <div className="card__actions">
           <Button
             button="primary"
-            onClick={() => publish(filePath)}
+            onClick={handlePublish}
             label={submitLabel}
             disabled={
               formDisabled || !formValid || uploadThumbnailStatus === THUMBNAIL_STATUSES.IN_PROGRESS || ytSignupPending
diff --git a/ui/component/storyEditor/index.js b/ui/component/storyEditor/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..242a01dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/component/storyEditor/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import {
+  selectIsStillEditing,
+  makeSelectPublishFormValue,
+  doUpdatePublishForm,
+  makeSelectFileInfoForUri,
+} from 'lbry-redux';
+import StoryEditor from './view';
+
+const select = (state, props) => ({
+  fileInfo: makeSelectFileInfoForUri(props.uri)(state),
+  filePath: makeSelectPublishFormValue('filePath')(state),
+  fileText: makeSelectPublishFormValue('fileText')(state),
+  isStillEditing: selectIsStillEditing(state),
+});
+
+const perform = dispatch => ({
+  updatePublishForm: value => dispatch(doUpdatePublishForm(value)),
+});
+
+export default connect(select, perform)(StoryEditor);
diff --git a/ui/component/storyEditor/view.jsx b/ui/component/storyEditor/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7289c3363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/component/storyEditor/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// @flow
+import fs from 'fs';
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { SIMPLE_SITE } from 'config';
+import { FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_DESCRIPTION } from 'constants/form-field';
+import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
+
+type Props = {
+  uri: ?string,
+  label: ?string,
+  disabled: ?boolean,
+  fileInfo: FileListItem,
+  filePath: string | WebFile,
+  fileText: ?string,
+  isStillEditing: boolean,
+  setPrevFileText: string => void,
+  updatePublishForm: ({}) => void,
+};
+
+function StoryEditor(props: Props) {
+  const {
+    uri,
+    label,
+    disabled,
+    fileInfo,
+    filePath,
+    fileText,
+    isStillEditing,
+    setPrevFileText,
+    updatePublishForm,
+  } = props;
+
+  const [advancedEditor, setAdvancedEditor] = usePersistedState('publish-form-story-mode', false);
+
+  function toggleMarkdown() {
+    setAdvancedEditor(!advancedEditor);
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // @if TARGET='app'
+    function readFile(path) {
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        fs.readFile(path, 'utf8', (error, data) => {
+          error ? reject(error) : resolve(data);
+        });
+      });
+    }
+
+    async function updateEditorText(path) {
+      const text = await readFile(path);
+      if (text) {
+        // Store original content
+        setPrevFileText(text);
+        // Update text editor form
+        updatePublishForm({ fileText: text });
+      }
+    }
+
+    const isEditingFile = isStillEditing && uri && fileInfo;
+
+    if (isEditingFile) {
+      const { mime_type: mimeType, download_path: downloadPath } = fileInfo;
+
+      // Editing same file (previously published)
+      // User can use a different file to replace the content
+      if (!filePath && mimeType === 'text/markdown') {
+        updateEditorText(downloadPath);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // @endif
+  }, [uri, isStillEditing, filePath, fileInfo, setPrevFileText, updatePublishForm]);
+
+  return (
+    <FormField
+      type={!SIMPLE_SITE && advancedEditor ? 'markdown' : 'textarea'}
+      name="content_story"
+      label={label}
+      placeholder={__('My content for this story...')}
+      value={fileText}
+      disabled={disabled}
+      onChange={value => updatePublishForm({ fileText: advancedEditor ? value : value.target.value })}
+      quickActionLabel={advancedEditor ? __('Simple Editor') : __('Advanced Editor')}
+      quickActionHandler={toggleMarkdown}
+      textAreaMaxLength={FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_DESCRIPTION}
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+export default StoryEditor;
diff --git a/ui/constants/publish_types.js b/ui/constants/publish_types.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d492ba32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/constants/publish_types.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const FILE = 'File';
+export const STORY = 'Story';
diff --git a/ui/scss/component/_button.scss b/ui/scss/component/_button.scss
index 3390e43e1..e6ac44e18 100644
--- a/ui/scss/component/_button.scss
+++ b/ui/scss/component/_button.scss
@@ -251,7 +251,12 @@ svg + .button__label,
   margin-top: -4px;
 }
 
-.button-group {
+.button-tab-group {
+  margin-bottom: var(--spacing-l);
+}
+
+.button-group,
+.button-tab-group {
   display: flex;
 
   .button:first-child:not(:only-child) {