eBOOK DISTRIBUTION

Sell Your eBook in the World's Biggest Bookstores for $299

170 countries, 60+ stores, 1 BookBaby account.

Your eBook—on sale around the globe

With over 50 new stores added to our eBook retail network—including Amazon KDP Select Publishing—BookBaby introduces your book to more readers worldwide than anyone else. Our eBook distribution services are sure to connect your work to a wide network of readers. If your book is not in eBook format, do not fret– we also offer destructive book scanning to convert your writing to a digital format.

NEW BOOKBABY EXCLUSIVE! We’ve added an Amazon KDP Select Publishing option to your BookBaby distribution options! Take advantage of all the great free Kindle book promotion and sales ideas PLUS enjoy 50+ additional eBook online retail sales opportunities. Having an eBook distribution platform is a great way to expand your reach to new audiences, and grow your fanbase.

Every author knows that distribution to the major stores like Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple Books is important. But only BookBaby gives you added distribution to dozens of additional eBook retailers.

Your book will be made available in any territory in which a given bookstore operates
You can opt in or out of any of our partner stores
You can restrict your distribution service by country if you choose
Your book will be available to any third-party bookstore our partner provides digital content for

As BookBaby adds new stores to its retail lineup, every eBook is delivered to the new store – absolutely free of charge.

Amazon KDP Select Publishing

Publish, promote, and profit on Amazon with the convenience of your BookBaby account. Enjoy the benefits of Amazon’s KDP Select Publishing program and then expand your sales opportunities through BookBaby’s professional services and industry-leading global distribution network.

Amazon

Reach millions of readers by publishing in Amazon’s Kindle store. Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world and the Kindle is by far the most popular eReader on the market. Your eBook will be available for sale and able to be enjoyed on the Kindle and many other readers through the Kindle reader app.

Vearsa

Sell on eBooks.com, Libby & more when you publish on Vearsa

Bookshop

Bookshop is the free online storefront exclusive to BookBaby authors. Sell your printed book and eBook directly to your readers with Print-On-Demand and make more money on your retail sales.

Apple Books

Sell your eBook on Apple’s Apple Books, the premier eBook destination for iPad, iPhone, and iTouch owners in over 50 countries around the globe. Readers can purchase your eBook through the Apple Books app, available for free through iTunes.

Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble is the largest retail book retail chain in the United States, with hundreds of bookstores throughout the country. Your eBook will be available on their website BN.com and easily purchased by millions of NOOK owners around the world.

Kobo

Walmart.com has partnered with Kobo to deliver six million eBook titles to readers in 190 countries. Kobo owns about 20% of the worldwide eBook market, and is the leading eBook retailer in many countries, including Canada and Japan.

Libby

Authors looking to reach more students and share more knowledge can do so through Libby’s global network of 27,000+ libraries and schools.

Copia

Sell your book on Copia and its growing international eBook website. Copia allows customers to add comments to eBooks that can be read by the Copia community for a truly unique and social reading experience. Copia customers can also join or start group conversations about the books they’re reading.

Gardners Books

Want to find readers in the European Community? Sell your eBook on Gardners Books, Britain’s leading book, DVD, Blu-ray, and music CD wholesaler.

Baker & Taylor

Baker & Taylor is a leading distributor of books, videos, and music products to more than 36,000 libraries, institutions and retailers in more than 120 countries.

eSentral

Authors are finding great new audiences in emerging eBook markets and publishing on eSentral means your book will be available for sale in three of the largest eBook stores in Southeast Asia. eSentral has eBook stores in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, and will be expanding in more countries in Southeast Asia soon.

Scribd

Scribd has been called “the Netflix for books.” Their cloud-based catalog includes stories, essays, academic papers, and books from nearly 1,000 publishers, worldwide. Your book will be available to Scribd users through their new monthly subscription model.

Ciando

Ciando is one of the leading eBook retailers in Germany , now offering distribution through 5 websites, 60 regional libraries and direct relationship with over 1300 German bookstores. Ciando has been selling “books by download” since 2000, long before the eBook revolution — and they’ve remained at the forefront of digital book retail ever since. Ciando’s catalog consists of over 800,000 eBooks, from thousands of publishers worldwide.

hoopla Now with Vearsa

Hoopla is a digital on-demand service that makes your eBook accessible to North American public libraries. Hoopla makes your eBook accessible to library readers by download or streaming to their desktop browsers or mobile devices.

Keep 100% of your net eBook sales from online retailers.

We take ZERO commission.

As a writer I'm a hopeless geek, so I just love that BookBaby does all of the back room, button pushing stuff. Fill in ONE form and bam – your book is EVERYWHERE. Easy as can be.

Paul Ransom, Three Visions of Olympia

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I work with BookBaby AND Kindle Direct Publishing Select? And can BookBaby handle my KDP eBook conversion?

Yes! We’ve added an “Amazon KDP Select Publishing” option to your BookBaby distribution options. Take advantage of all the great free Kindle book promotion and sales ideas PLUS enjoy of 50+ additional eBook online retail sales opportunities.

How it works:

Select eBook Distribution at sign up. Choose the Kindle Select + BookBaby eBook distribution in your BookBaby account Project Center.
Your eBook will be available exclusively on Amazon for the first 90-days, where you can use promotional tools to help stimulate sales. Choose either Free eBook Promotion, so your readers can get your eBook free for a limited time, or Kindle Count Deals, where you can discount your book for a limited time while still earning royalties up to 70% on sales.
Your eBook is in the Kindle Select program in 90 day increments. You can opt out of the program in your BookBaby account Project Center at any time and your eBook will be removed from Kindle Select prior to the next 90 day cycle.
Once you have opted out of KDP Select on Amazon, your eBook is delivered to our 60+ store network – including Amazon Kindle.

Can I give my eBook away as a promotion?

All of the partner sites will allow free books except:
Amazon ($0.99 minimum)
Kobo ($0.99 minimum)
Gardners ($1.99 minimum)
Ebsco ($0.99 minimum)

Can BookBaby guarantee listings with these retailers?

No, inclusion in our print-on-demand program only guarantees that the title is available to these outlets. It is ultimately up to individual retailers and their own internal criteria whether they will carry a specific title on their site or in their stores.