Bookshop.org is partnering with Draft2Digital to bring self-published e-books to Bookshop.org. A large collection is already available for purchase, with many more to be added.
"This is a watershed moment for independent bookstores," said Bookshop.org CEO and founder Andy Hunter. "Our mission has always been to help local bookstores thrive in the digital age. Partnering with Draft2Digital means self-published authors, an essential and rapidly growing part of the publishing landscape, can now work with indie bookstores, and they can support each other."
Bookshop.org added its e-book platform in January 2025. Titles purchased through the platform can be read via web browser or through the Apple and Android Bookshop.org apps. So far, it has sold more than 200,000 e-books and generated more than $9.5 million in sales.
Launched in 2008, Draft2Digital is a digital publishing and distribution platform for independent authors and publishers. The company has generated more than $500 million in retail sales, with $283 million paid directly to authors. Today, Draft2Digital includes more than 300,000 authors and 1.1 million titles. Indie authors and publishers using Draft2Digital can opt-in to having their e-books distributed through Bookshop.org.
"Indie authors publish high-quality books that stand shoulder-to-shoulder with traditionally published works," saidDraft2Digital CEO Kris Austin. "Readers don't care whose logo is on the spine, they care about a great read. All the major e-book retailers carry indie titles because they sell. Our partnership with Bookshop.org ensures independent bookstores can now participate in that success by enabling self-published e-books to become a meaningful and permanent part of their inventory."
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In other Bookshop.org news, in March or April Spotify will begin linking to Bookshop.org to allow audiobook listeners to buy printed books, much as affiliate partners like the Atlantic, the New York Times, NPR, and others link to Bookshop.org. Spotify users on audiobook pages will be able to choose a bookstore to benefit from their purchase or make a purchase and have the profit shared among all indie bookstores via Bookshop.org's profit pool program.