diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f481cb6b9..f31f046de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "formik": "^0.10.4",
     "hast-util-sanitize": "^1.1.2",
     "keytar": "^4.2.1",
-    "lbry-redux": "lbryio/lbry-redux#543af2fcee7e4c45ccaf73af7b47d4b1a5d8ad44",
+    "lbry-redux": "lbryio/lbry-redux#7759bc6e8c482bed173d1f10aee6f6f9a439a15a",
     "localforage": "^1.7.1",
     "mixpanel-browser": "^2.17.1",
     "moment": "^2.22.0",
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/common/file-selector.jsx b/src/renderer/component/common/file-selector.jsx
index d5d12cfde..d07d52dbb 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/common/file-selector.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/common/file-selector.jsx
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ type Props = {
   type: string,
   currentPath: ?string,
   onFileChosen: (string, string) => void,
+  fileLabel: ?string,
+  directoryLabel?: string,
 };
 
 class FileSelector extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
@@ -47,15 +49,14 @@ class FileSelector extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   input: ?HTMLInputElement;
 
   render() {
-    const { type, currentPath } = this.props;
+    const { type, currentPath, fileLabel, directoryLabel } = this.props;
+
+    const label =
+      type === 'file' ? fileLabel || __('Choose File') : directoryLabel || __('Choose Directory');
 
     return (
       <FormRow verticallyCentered padded>
-        <Button
-          button="primary"
-          onClick={() => this.handleButtonClick()}
-          label={type === 'file' ? __('Choose File') : __('Choose Directory')}
-        />
+        <Button button="primary" onClick={() => this.handleButtonClick()} label={label} />
         <input
           webkitdirectory="true"
           className="input-copyable"
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/publishForm/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/publishForm/view.jsx
index 0b4b5bfb2..298bcc4f2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/publishForm/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/publishForm/view.jsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import ChannelSection from 'component/selectChannel';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import type { PublishParams, UpdatePublishFormData } from 'redux/reducers/publish';
 import FileSelector from 'component/common/file-selector';
+import SelectThumbnail from 'component/selectThumbnail';
 import { COPYRIGHT, OTHER } from 'constants/licenses';
 import { CHANNEL_NEW, CHANNEL_ANONYMOUS, MINIMUM_PUBLISH_BID } from 'constants/claim';
 import * as icons from 'constants/icons';
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ type Props = {
   editingURI: ?string,
   title: ?string,
   thumbnail: ?string,
+  uploadThumbnailStatus: ?string,
+  thumbnailPath: ?string,
   description: ?string,
   language: string,
   nsfw: boolean,
@@ -49,7 +52,8 @@ type Props = {
   clearPublish: () => void,
   resolveUri: string => void,
   scrollToTop: () => void,
-  prepareEdit: ({}, string) => void,
+  prepareEdit: ({}) => void,
+  resetThumbnailStatus: () => void,
 };
 
 class PublishForm extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
@@ -67,7 +71,10 @@ class PublishForm extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
     (this: any).getNewUri = this.getNewUri.bind(this);
   }
 
-  // Returns a new uri to be used in the form and begins to resolve that uri for bid help text
+  componentWillMount() {
+    this.props.resetThumbnailStatus();
+  }
+
   getNewUri(name: string, channel: string) {
     const { resolveUri } = this.props;
     // If they are midway through a channel creation, treat it as anonymous until it completes
@@ -267,6 +274,7 @@ class PublishForm extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
       editingURI,
       title,
       thumbnail,
+      uploadThumbnailStatus,
       description,
       language,
       nsfw,
@@ -289,6 +297,8 @@ class PublishForm extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
       bidError,
       publishing,
       clearPublish,
+      thumbnailPath,
+      resetThumbnailStatus,
     } = this.props;
 
     const formDisabled = (!filePath && !editingURI) || publishing;
@@ -349,18 +359,6 @@ class PublishForm extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
                 onChange={e => updatePublishForm({ title: e.target.value })}
               />
             </FormRow>
-            <FormRow padded>
-              <FormField
-                stretch
-                type="text"
-                name="content_thumbnail"
-                label={__('Thumbnail')}
-                placeholder="http://spee.ch/mylogo"
-                value={thumbnail}
-                disabled={formDisabled}
-                onChange={e => updatePublishForm({ thumbnail: e.target.value })}
-              />
-            </FormRow>
             <FormRow padded>
               <FormField
                 stretch
@@ -375,6 +373,24 @@ class PublishForm extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
             </FormRow>
           </section>
 
+          <section className="card card--section">
+            <div className="card__title">{__('Thumbnail')}</div>
+            <div className="card__subtitle">
+              {__(
+                'Upload your thumbnail to spee.ch, or enter the url manually. Learn more about spee.ch '
+              )}
+              <Button button="link" label={__('here')} href="https://spee.ch/about" />.
+            </div>
+            <SelectThumbnail
+              thumbnailPath={thumbnailPath}
+              thumbnail={thumbnail}
+              uploadThumbnailStatus={uploadThumbnailStatus}
+              updatePublishForm={updatePublishForm}
+              formDisabled={formDisabled}
+              resetThumbnailStatus={resetThumbnailStatus}
+            />
+          </section>
+
           <section className="card card--section">
             <div className="card__title">{__('Price')}</div>
             <div className="card__subtitle">{__('How much will this content cost?')}</div>
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/selectThumbnail/index.js b/src/renderer/component/selectThumbnail/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66476399e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/component/selectThumbnail/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { doNotify } from 'lbry-redux';
+import SelectThumbnail from './view';
+
+const perform = dispatch => ({
+  openModal: (modal, props) => dispatch(doNotify(modal, props)),
+});
+
+export default connect(
+  null,
+  perform
+)(SelectThumbnail);
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/selectThumbnail/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/selectThumbnail/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b84fe277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/component/selectThumbnail/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// @flow
+import { STATUSES, MODALS } from 'lbry-redux';
+import React from 'react';
+import { FormField, FormRow } from 'component/common/form';
+import FileSelector from 'component/common/file-selector';
+import Button from 'component/button';
+
+type Props = {
+  thumbnail: ?string,
+  formDisabled: boolean,
+  uploadThumbnailStatus: string,
+  thumbnailPath: ?string,
+  openModal: ({ id: string }, {}) => void,
+  updatePublishForm: ({}) => void,
+  resetThumbnailStatus: () => void,
+};
+
+class SelectThumbnail extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
+  render() {
+    const {
+      thumbnail,
+      formDisabled,
+      uploadThumbnailStatus: status,
+      openModal,
+      updatePublishForm,
+      thumbnailPath,
+      resetThumbnailStatus,
+    } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <div>
+        {status === STATUSES.API_DOWN || status === STATUSES.MANUAL ? (
+          <FormRow padded>
+            <FormField
+              stretch
+              type="text"
+              name="content_thumbnail"
+              label={__('Url')}
+              placeholder="http://spee.ch/mylogo"
+              value={thumbnail}
+              disabled={formDisabled}
+              onChange={e => updatePublishForm({ thumbnail: e.target.value })}
+            />
+          </FormRow>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="form-row--padded">
+            {(status === STATUSES.READY || status === STATUSES.COMPLETE) && (
+              <FileSelector
+                currentPath={thumbnailPath}
+                fileLabel={__('Choose Thumbnail')}
+                onFileChosen={path => openModal({ id: MODALS.CONFIRM_THUMBNAIL_UPLOAD }, { path })}
+              />
+            )}
+            {status === STATUSES.COMPLETE && (
+              <div>
+                <p>
+                  Upload complete. View it{' '}
+                  <Button button="link" href={thumbnail} label={__('here')} />.
+                </p>
+                <Button button="link" label={__('New thumbnail')} onClick={resetThumbnailStatus} />
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        )}
+        <div className="card__actions">
+          {status === STATUSES.READY && (
+            <Button
+              button="link"
+              label={__('Or enter a URL manually')}
+              onClick={() => updatePublishForm({ uploadThumbnailStatus: STATUSES.MANUAL })}
+            />
+          )}
+          {status === STATUSES.MANUAL && (
+            <Button
+              button="link"
+              label={__('Use thumbnail upload tool')}
+              onClick={() => updatePublishForm({ uploadThumbnailStatus: STATUSES.READY })}
+            />
+          )}
+        </div>
+
+        {status === STATUSES.IN_PROGRESS && <p>{__('Uploading thumbnail')}...</p>}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default SelectThumbnail;
diff --git a/src/renderer/constants/thumbnail_upload_statuses.js b/src/renderer/constants/thumbnail_upload_statuses.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b09845d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/constants/thumbnail_upload_statuses.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export const API_DOWN = 'apiDown';
+export const READY = 'ready';
+export const IN_PROGRESS = 'inProgress';
+export const COMPLETE = 'complete';
+export const MANUAL = 'manual';
diff --git a/src/renderer/modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload/index.js b/src/renderer/modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a0cf08f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { doHideNotification } from 'lbry-redux';
+import { doUploadThumbnail, doUpdatePublishForm } from 'redux/actions/publish';
+import { selectPublishFormValues } from 'redux/selectors/publish';
+import ModalConfirmThumbnailUpload from './view';
+
+const select = state => {
+  const publishState = selectPublishFormValues(state);
+  return { nsfw: publishState.nsfw };
+};
+
+const perform = dispatch => ({
+  closeModal: () => dispatch(doHideNotification()),
+  upload: (path, nsfw = false) => dispatch(doUploadThumbnail(path, nsfw)),
+  updatePublishForm: value => dispatch(doUpdatePublishForm(value)),
+});
+
+export default connect(
+  select,
+  perform
+)(ModalConfirmThumbnailUpload);
diff --git a/src/renderer/modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload/view.jsx b/src/renderer/modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25719326d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// @flow
+import React from 'react';
+import { Modal } from 'modal/modal';
+import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+
+type Props = {
+  upload: (string, boolean) => void,
+  path: string,
+  nsfw: boolean,
+  closeModal: () => void,
+  updatePublishForm: ({}) => void,
+};
+
+class ModalConfirmThumbnailUpload extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
+  upload() {
+    const { upload, updatePublishForm, closeModal, path, nsfw } = this.props;
+    upload(path, nsfw);
+    updatePublishForm({ thumbnailPath: path });
+    closeModal();
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { closeModal, path, updatePublishForm, nsfw } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <Modal
+        isOpen
+        contentLabel={__('Confirm Thumbnail Upload')}
+        type="confirm"
+        confirmButtonLabel={__('Upload')}
+        onConfirmed={() => this.upload()}
+        onAborted={closeModal}
+      >
+        <p>{__('Are you sure you want to upload this thumbnail to spee.ch')}?</p>
+        <blockquote>{path}</blockquote>
+        <FormField
+          type="checkbox"
+          name="content_is_mature"
+          postfix={__('Mature audiences only')}
+          checked={nsfw}
+          onChange={event => updatePublishForm({ nsfw: event.target.checked })}
+        />
+      </Modal>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default ModalConfirmThumbnailUpload;
diff --git a/src/renderer/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx b/src/renderer/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx
index 1e21495d7..13cbb1817 100644
--- a/src/renderer/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx
@@ -22,8 +22,13 @@ import ModalConfirmTransaction from 'modal/modalConfirmTransaction';
 import ModalSendTip from '../modalSendTip';
 import ModalPublish from '../modalPublish';
 import ModalOpenExternalLink from '../modalOpenExternalLink';
+import ModalConfirmThumbnailUpload from 'modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload';
 
-class ModalRouter extends React.PureComponent {
+type Props = {
+  modal: string,
+};
+
+class ModalRouter extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
 
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ class ModalRouter extends React.PureComponent {
 
     if (
       transitionModal &&
-      (transitionModal != this.state.lastTransitionModal || page != this.state.lastTransitionPage)
+      (transitionModal !== this.state.lastTransitionModal || page !== this.state.lastTransitionPage)
     ) {
       openModal({ id: transitionModal });
       this.setState({
@@ -158,6 +163,8 @@ class ModalRouter extends React.PureComponent {
         return <ModalOpenExternalLink {...notificationProps} />;
       case MODALS.CONFIRM_TRANSACTION:
         return <ModalConfirmTransaction {...notificationProps} />;
+      case MODALS.CONFIRM_THUMBNAIL_UPLOAD:
+        return <ModalConfirmThumbnailUpload {...notificationProps} />;
       default:
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/src/renderer/page/publish/index.js b/src/renderer/page/publish/index.js
index 3274041e3..5d57b8a30 100644
--- a/src/renderer/page/publish/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/page/publish/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { doNavigate } from 'redux/actions/navigation';
 import { selectPublishFormValues } from 'redux/selectors/publish';
 import {
+  doResetThumbnailStatus,
   doClearPublish,
   doUpdatePublishForm,
   doPublish,
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ const perform = dispatch => ({
   resolveUri: uri => dispatch(doResolveUri(uri)),
   publish: params => dispatch(doPublish(params)),
   navigate: path => dispatch(doNavigate(path)),
-  prepareEdit: (claim, uri) => dispatch(doPrepareEdit(claim, uri)),
+  prepareEdit: claim => dispatch(doPrepareEdit(claim)),
+  resetThumbnailStatus: () => dispatch(doResetThumbnailStatus()),
 });
 
 export default connect(select, perform)(PublishPage);
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/actions/publish.js b/src/renderer/redux/actions/publish.js
index 5163af6fc..0d4626811 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/actions/publish.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/actions/publish.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import {
   doNotify,
   MODALS,
   selectMyChannelClaims,
+  STATUSES,
+  batchActions,
 } from 'lbry-redux';
 import { selectPendingPublishes } from 'redux/selectors/publish';
 import type {
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ import type {
   UpdatePublishFormAction,
   PublishParams,
 } from 'redux/reducers/publish';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 
 type Action = UpdatePublishFormAction | { type: ACTIONS.CLEAR_PUBLISH };
 type PromiseAction = Promise<Action>;
@@ -30,6 +34,90 @@ export const doUpdatePublishForm = (publishFormValue: UpdatePublishFormData) =>
     data: { ...publishFormValue },
   });
 
+export const doResetThumbnailStatus = () => (dispatch: Dispatch): PromiseAction => {
+  dispatch({
+    type: ACTIONS.UPDATE_PUBLISH_FORM,
+    data: {
+      thumbnailPath: '',
+    },
+  });
+
+  return fetch('https://spee.ch/api/channel/availability/@testing')
+    .then(() =>
+      dispatch({
+        type: ACTIONS.UPDATE_PUBLISH_FORM,
+        data: {
+          uploadThumbnailStatus: STATUSES.READY,
+          thumbnail: '',
+          nsfw: false,
+        },
+      })
+    )
+    .catch(() =>
+      dispatch({
+        type: ACTIONS.UPDATE_PUBLISH_FORM,
+        data: {
+          uploadThumbnailStatus: STATUSES.API_DOWN,
+          thumbnail: '',
+          nsfw: false,
+        },
+      })
+    );
+};
+
+export const doUploadThumbnail = (filePath: string, nsfw: boolean) => (dispatch: Dispatch) => {
+  const thumbnail = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
+  const fileExt = path.extname(filePath);
+
+  const makeid = () => {
+    let text = '';
+    const possible = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
+    for (let i = 0; i < 24; i += 1) text += possible.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * 62));
+    return text;
+  };
+
+  const uploadError = (error = '') =>
+    dispatch(
+      batchActions(
+        {
+          type: ACTIONS.UPDATE_PUBLISH_FORM,
+          data: { uploadThumbnailStatus: STATUSES.API_DOWN },
+        },
+        dispatch(doNotify({ id: MODALS.ERROR, error }))
+      )
+    );
+
+  dispatch({
+    type: ACTIONS.UPDATE_PUBLISH_FORM,
+    data: { uploadThumbnailStatus: STATUSES.IN_PROGRESS },
+  });
+
+  const data = new FormData();
+  const name = makeid();
+  const blob = new Blob([thumbnail], { type: `image/${fileExt.slice(1)}` });
+  data.append('name', name);
+  data.append('file', blob);
+  data.append('nsfw', nsfw.toString());
+  return fetch('https://spee.ch/api/claim/publish', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: data,
+  })
+    .then(response => response.json())
+    .then(
+      json =>
+        json.success
+          ? dispatch({
+              type: ACTIONS.UPDATE_PUBLISH_FORM,
+              data: {
+                uploadThumbnailStatus: STATUSES.COMPLETE,
+                thumbnail: `${json.data.url}${fileExt}`,
+              },
+            })
+          : uploadError('Upload failed')
+    )
+    .catch(err => uploadError(err.message));
+};
+
 export const doPrepareEdit = (claim: any, uri: string) => (dispatch: Dispatch) => {
   const {
     name,
@@ -39,6 +127,7 @@ export const doPrepareEdit = (claim: any, uri: string) => (dispatch: Dispatch) =
       stream: { metadata },
     },
   } = claim;
+
   const {
     author,
     description,
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/reducers/publish.js b/src/renderer/redux/reducers/publish.js
index 048ca4ac5..b6fcd014e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/reducers/publish.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/reducers/publish.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { handleActions } from 'util/redux-utils';
 import { buildURI } from 'lbry-redux';
 import * as ACTIONS from 'constants/action_types';
+import * as STATUSES from 'constants/thumbnail_upload_statuses';
 import { CHANNEL_ANONYMOUS } from 'constants/claim';
 
 type PublishState = {
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ type PublishState = {
   },
   title: string,
   thumbnail: string,
+  thumbnailPath: string,
+  uploadThumbnailStatus: string,
   description: string,
   language: string,
   tosAccepted: boolean,
@@ -38,6 +41,8 @@ export type UpdatePublishFormData = {
   },
   title?: string,
   thumbnail?: string,
+  uploadThumbnailStatus?: string,
+  thumbnailPath?: string,
   description?: string,
   language?: string,
   tosAccepted?: boolean,
@@ -96,6 +101,8 @@ const defaultState: PublishState = {
   },
   title: '',
   thumbnail: '',
+  thumbnailPath: '',
+  uploadThumbnailStatus: STATUSES.API_DOWN,
   description: '',
   language: 'en',
   nsfw: false,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bf6e3cc1c..d6936ae81 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5647,9 +5647,9 @@ lazy-val@^1.0.3:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lazy-val/-/lazy-val-1.0.3.tgz#bb97b200ef00801d94c317e29dc6ed39e31c5edc"
 
-lbry-redux@lbryio/lbry-redux#543af2fcee7e4c45ccaf73af7b47d4b1a5d8ad44:
+lbry-redux@lbryio/lbry-redux#7759bc6e8c482bed173d1f10aee6f6f9a439a15a:
   version "0.0.1"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/lbryio/lbry-redux/tar.gz/543af2fcee7e4c45ccaf73af7b47d4b1a5d8ad44"
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/lbryio/lbry-redux/tar.gz/7759bc6e8c482bed173d1f10aee6f6f9a439a15a"
   dependencies:
     proxy-polyfill "0.1.6"
     reselect "^3.0.0"