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Practical guides, what we learn selling books online and everything new on the platform.
Guides ·
A step-by-step guide for indie authors who want to sell books direct from their own storefront, with local LatAm payments and zero dependency on Amazon KDP.
Publishing insights ·
A clear-eyed look at the actual per-sale math for indie authors selling on Amazon KDP vs running their own direct-to-consumer store. Real numbers, real tradeoffs, no marketing fluff.
Guides ·
Most mid-size university presses have 10-50 employees and no dedicated IT team. The tech barrier is the top objection to launching D2C. This guide walks through how a press can go from zero to a live ebook store in 30-60 days — from catalog import to storefront launch to reader app branding.
Guides ·
Project MUSE serves institutional libraries. JSTOR archives scholarship and opens access paths. Neither serves individual readers who want to buy directly. D2C fills this gap — and it is complementary, not competitive, with your existing channels. Here is how the three-channel model works.
Product updates ·
Restrict any product — physical or digital — to users with an active subscription, and turn your catalog into a subscription driver.
Publishing insights ·
Amazon takes up to 65% of every sale, locks away your reader data, and controls your discoverability with algorithms you cannot influence. For university presses, the cost goes beyond margin erosion — it undermines your ability to build sustainable D2C revenue. This is not about leaving Amazon. It is about diversifying beyond it.
Product updates ·
The reader gets accessible fonts for EPUB, a unified panel layout that keeps you focused on the content, and a broad wave of stability and accessibility improvements.
Publishing insights ·
University presses sell only 1-3% of their titles direct to consumers. With Open Access mandates accelerating, Amazon margins shrinking, and reader data locked behind intermediaries, 2026 is the year to build a D2C channel. Here is the strategic case — and what moving from 1% to 5-10% D2C would mean for a typical press.
Product updates ·
Your readers in Chile and Mexico can now pay with MercadoPago — a fast, familiar checkout experience for millions of users.
Product updates ·
Replace text labels on ebook covers with a clean book icon. A new setting lets you choose between text and icon display for format badges.
Publishing insights ·
Digital lending programs that require constant internet access exclude the patrons who need library services most. This post examines why offline reading capability is essential for equitable digital library access, how it works technically, and what institutions should prioritize when evaluating platforms.
Publishing insights ·
University librarians know digital transformation is essential, but securing budget approval requires speaking the language of administrators and provosts. This guide provides the frameworks, metrics, and arguments academic librarians need to build a compelling business case for digital lending investment.
We’ll show you what your catalogue would look like on sale on your own site.
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