New York, NY â February 4, 2026 â Bookshop.org, the online platform championing independent bookstores, today announced a new partnership with Draft2Digital, the leading digital publishing and distribution platform for independent authors and publishers. Through this partnership, self-published ebooks will be sold by independent bookstores, marking a transformative milestone for indie authors and publishers, indie bookstores, and the ebook economy at large.
The partnership brings hundreds of thousands of self-published titles from Draft2Digital to Bookshop.orgâs fast-growing ebook platform, which launched in the U.S. in January 2025 and the UK in October 2025. The ebook platform has contributed towards record bookseller earnings on Bookshop.org in 2025, with independent bookstores earning over $9.5 million overall, including over 200,000 ebook sales through Bookshop.orgâs app. By adding Draft2Digitalâs catalog, Bookshop.org is expanding its offering for readers and opening a new, sustainable revenue stream for its network of 3,400+ indie bookstores in the US and UK. When a Draft2Digital-distributed ebook is sold on Bookshop.org, 100% of Bookshopâs ebook profit is passed directly to the affiliated bookstore.
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Read the full article here: https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/bookshop-org-and-draft2digital-partner-enabling-independent-bookstores-to-profit-from-self-published-ebooks/
| How to distribute your ebooks to Bookshop.org If you distribute ebooks through D2D, you can opt in to Bookshop.org today from your publishing dashboard. The next time you log into your account, youâll see a pop-up window notifying you that ebook distribution to Bookshop.org is now available. You will have the option to add all your eligible ebooks or add them one by one. You must manually opt-in to have your ebooks distributed to Bookshop.org. If you publish print-on-demand paperbacks through D2D Print, your print books are automatically purchasable through Bookshop.org. To learn more about what the Bookshop.org / D2D partnership means for you, your books and indie bookstores, be sure to catch D2Dâs Self Publishing Insiders show live with the CEOs of Bookshop.org and D2D on at Noon Central/1 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. Pacific on February 5 or watch the replay at your convenience using the same link. |
| About Draft2Digital: Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Oklahoma City, Draft2Digital is the worldâs leading publishing platform for self-published authors and independent presses. The companyâs tools and services streamline ebook and print publishing, distribution, metadata management, and other publishing business operations. Draft2Digital serves more than 330,000 authors worldwide who have collectively released over one million titles by utilizing its services. | About Bookshop: Bookshop.org is an online bookstore that financially supports local, independent bookstores. Since its launch in 2020, Bookshop.org has earned over $44 million for local bookstores. It is a certified B Corp, carbon-neutral, mission-based business that believes local bookstores serve their communities and the public good. The company has also won several awards; most recently Fast Companyâs 2023 Brands That Matter, Digidayâs 2023 Greater Good Awards for âBest Retail Modelâ and Fast Companyâs 2025 World Changing Ideas Award. |
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