Personalise your Storefront
Customize your theme with your colors, bio, and customer messaging—so every sale feels personal.
Trusted by 10,000+ Authors Globally
Books.by is the #1 direct-to-reader selling platform, offering daily payouts, complete customer transparency, and 100% of your royalties from every sale.
100 Day Moneyback Guarantee
Of Your Royalties
1,000+ 5-Star Reviews
Average Time to Launch
Payouts to Authors
Why Books.by?
You've written the book. Why give away half your royalties—and every reader relationship—to a retailer? The best modern authors are selling directly to readers on their own print-on-demand bookstore, and taking back control of their books.
core features
Your Books.by store can run in parallel to your listings on Amazon or Ingram. You can even upload your existing assets. Our platform handles everything else–from printing and fulfilment, to daily compensation.
Customize your theme with your colors, bio, and customer messaging—so every sale feels personal.
Books.by is fully compatible with your existing internal and cover assets from Amazon, Ingram, D2D and more.
No cover? No worries. Upload and build your cover in the browser. We handle the bleeds, spine dimensons and more.
With printers in the USA, Europe, UK, Australia and beyond. Every order is fulfilled from the facility closest to your reader.
Track sales in real time and see exactly who your readers are—insights retailers never share.
Receive your funds daily–not quarterly–to a bank account of your choice.
Custom Domain
Your Instagram bio, your launch brochure, or simply remembered. Every author gets a personal URL at Books.by/you: a simple, searchable home for your books.
Simple Pricing
Others take a share of your sales. We don’t. With Books.by, one flat annual fee unlocks the platform—and 100% of the royalties stay with you.
Not for you? Receive a no-questions-asked refund.
Pause, cancel or upgrade you plan whenever you like.
With every plan, receive free Bowker ISBN's for your books.
If you, or your reader, receives a defective book, we'll replace it.
FAQ
Books.by authors are supported by real humans, Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm AEST via our support team in Australia.
Yes. If your book is already published with Amazon or another self-publisher, it is possible to also publish it with Books.by. There is no conflict or exclusivity. In fact, most Books.by authors are already publishing their books on Amazon, and choose to send customers to their Books.by link for higher earnings.
To calculate your exact earnings, use our Royalties Calculator.
You earn 100% of the sales proceeds after deducting the book printing and shipping costs. We show you a breakdown of costs when you select your retail price, so that you can forecast your earnings. The average Books.by author receives a 38% royalty.
We offer most standard book sizes and types. Here's a rundown:
Novels & Trade Books:
• 4.25" x 6.875"
• 5" x 8"
• 5.5" x 8.5" (most popular)
• 6" x 9"
• 6.14" x 9.21"
Larger & Landscape Books:
• 7" x 10"
• 8.27" x 11.69" (A4)
• 8.5" x 11" (US Letter)
• 7.5" x 7.5"
• 8.5" x 8.5"
• 9" x 7" (Small Landscape)
• 11" x 8.5" (US Letter Landscape)
• 11.69" x 8.27" (A4 Landscape)
Yes, we print in both black and white, and color, with options available to suit longer format cookbooks or comics, and shorter premium children's books with rich colour illustrations.
Color Options:
• Black & White
• Standard Color (For comics & cookbooks)
• Premium Color (For children's books)
Paper Types:
• White and Cream 50lb Novel Paper
• Standard White 50lb Color Paper
• Premium White 70lb Color Paper
Rather than take a commission on the sale of your book, we earn our income by charging a flat annual fee for the use of the Books.by platform. This allows us to invest in building more tools for authors, while affording you the margins to sell more books.
Books.by is available in the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. We have printing facilities all around the world (predominantly in the USA, Europe, UK and Australia), with international shipping options to provide global sales coverage.
Start today with Books.by and keep 100% of your sales, readers, and royalties.