Direct sales & reader platforms
Selling direct changes the economics and the workload at the same time. You keep far more of each sale and inherit every job a retailer used to do, including delivery, tax and support.
These guides cover the platforms available, what each one really costs once fees and admin are counted, and the kinds of book the model suits.
8 articles
Kickstarter for Authors: How Book Campaigns Work
It funds an object and an event, not an unwritten manuscript.
Tax and VAT When Selling Books Direct
The obligation the retailer used to carry, and which platforms still carry it for you.
BookFunnel for Direct Sales and Delivery
The delivery layer that answers the reader so you do not have to.
Serial Fiction Platforms for Authors
Which platforms bring an audience, which only hold one, and what serialising costs in output.
Reader Subscriptions: Ream, Patreon, Substack
Monthly income from an audience you already have, and the monthly promise that comes with it.
How to Sell Books Direct to Readers
What you gain and what you inherit when the sale stops going through a retailer.
Best Platforms to Sell Ebooks Direct
Which tool covers the storefront, which covers delivery, and which takes the tax obligation off you.
Shopify for Authors: When It Is Worth It
Full control of the shop, and every job a hosted platform would have done for you.
Direct sales & reader platforms, on your own manuscript.
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