The online store Bookshop.org is launching a platform through which independent bookshops in the UK will be able to sell ebooks as an alternative to Amazon\u2019s Kindle offering.<\/p>\n
Independent bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales, and ebooks will be priced the same as they are on Amazon.<\/p>\n
\u201cBookshops now have an additional tool in their fight against Amazon,\u201d said Nicole Vanderbilt, managing director of Bookshop.org UK. \u201cDigital readers don\u2019t depend on Amazon\u2019s monopoly any more, now that they can find ebooks at the same price on Bookshop.org.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bookshop.org launched in the UK in November 2020 as a platform for independent bookshops to sell physical books. Bookshops receive 30% of the cover price from each sale they generate; so far, the UK site has generated \u00a34.5m for independent bookshops.<\/p>\n
Customers will also now be able to buy ebooks through a bookshop of their choice. Profits from orders without a specified bookshop will be added to a shared pool, which will be distributed among all participating bookshops on the platform.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur true love might be print, but ebooks are an important part of the lives of so many readers,\u201d said Nic Bottomley, co-owner of Mr B\u2019s Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath.<\/p>\n
Erin Kelly, author of The Poison Tree<\/a>, said: \u201cOne of the best things about the ebook revolution has been the ability to reach readers who can\u2019t access traditional books.\u201d She said she was thrilled that the \u201cultimate inclusive format\u201d would now be available on Bookshop.org. The site also plans to launch audiobooks in 2026.<\/p>\n Nearly a quarter of Britons now prefer ebooks over other formats, according to a YouGov poll conducted earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n The platform will launch with a catalogue of more than a million ebooks from all major publishers. It will be available online via a web browser and through the Bookshop.org apps on Apple and Android.<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n Discover new books and learn more about your favourite authors with our expert reviews, interviews and news stories. Literary delights delivered direct to you<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. If you do not have an account, we will create a guest account for you on theguardian.com<\/a> to send you this newsletter. You can complete full registration at any time. For more information about how we use your data see our Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n \u201cDue to Amazon\u2019s proprietary digital rights management [DRM] software and publishers\u2019 DRM requirements, it\u2019s not currently possible to buy DRM-protected ebooks from Bookshop.org or local bookshops and read them on your Kindle,\u201d said Bookshop.org. However, the site is working with the e-reader company Kobo to support Kobo devices \u201clater this year\u201d, and longer term would \u201clove to offer our own eInk device\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The online store Bookshop.org is launching a platform through which independent bookshops in the UK will be able…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[64,63,457,134],"class_list":["post-181266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-books","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}