Bookshop.org
Bookshop.org works to connect readers with independent booksellers all over the world.
We believe local bookstores are essential community hubs that foster culture, curiosity, and a love of reading, and we're committed to helping them thrive.
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08.02.26. Bookshop.org to sell Draft2Digital's indie author e-books
Draft2Digital and Bookshop.org announced a new partnership that makes hundreds of thousands of independent ebooks from indie authors distributed through Draft2Digital now available on Bookshop.org's rapidly growing ebook platform, with the partnership expected to grow to over a million titles as it expands. For the first time, the fastest-growing segment of publishing is directly providing a sustainable digital revenue stream for local bookstores. Draft2Digital supports over 330,000 authors worldwide and has helped generate over $500 million in ebook sales. Some experts believe this ecosystem is home to low-quality books (including those written by AI) that are impossible to publish with any major publisher and could significantly pollute Bookshop.org.
2025. Bookshop.org launched e-book section of their website
Bookshop.org is an online bookstore that has invented an interesting scheme to compete with Amazon, Kobo and B&N. It's promote by thousands of local (indie) book stores in the US via QR codes. Why? Because when user comes to this store's page on Bookshop.org, it places a cookie in users' browser that identifies him/her as that store's customer and the local store will get the full profit from all this users' purchases (30% of the book's list price). Until now Bookshop.org was selling only paper books (that can be delivered by local stores) but recently it launched e-book section. Empowering local bookstores to sell digital products and earn 100% of the profits from those sales highlights Bookshop.org’s ongoing commitment to supporting local bookstores in the digital age.
08.02.26. Bookshop.org to sell Draft2Digital's indie author e-books
Draft2Digital and Bookshop.org announced a new partnership that makes hundreds of thousands of independent ebooks from indie authors distributed through Draft2Digital now available on Bookshop.org's rapidly growing ebook platform, with the partnership expected to grow to over a million titles as it expands. For the first time, the fastest-growing segment of publishing is directly providing a sustainable digital revenue stream for local bookstores. Draft2Digital supports over 330,000 authors worldwide and has helped generate over $500 million in ebook sales. Some experts believe this ecosystem is home to low-quality books (including those written by AI) that are impossible to publish with any major publisher and could significantly pollute Bookshop.org.
2025. Bookshop.org launched e-book section of their website
Bookshop.org is an online bookstore that has invented an interesting scheme to compete with Amazon, Kobo and B&N. It's promote by thousands of local (indie) book stores in the US via QR codes. Why? Because when user comes to this store's page on Bookshop.org, it places a cookie in users' browser that identifies him/her as that store's customer and the local store will get the full profit from all this users' purchases (30% of the book's list price). Until now Bookshop.org was selling only paper books (that can be delivered by local stores) but recently it launched e-book section. Empowering local bookstores to sell digital products and earn 100% of the profits from those sales highlights Bookshop.org’s ongoing commitment to supporting local bookstores in the digital age.
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