Bookshop

On Thursday, June 11, the American Booksellers Association hosted a virtual version of its Town Hall, where booksellers were invited to share their thoughts about the association and the book industry at large.

Booksellers can join Bookshop as partners, which automatically receive 10 percent of the profit distribution pool from revenue generated by Bookshop, or as affiliates, where stores can earn up to 30 percent commission.

As part of Bookshop’s partner program, 10 percent of sales on Bookshop.org are allocated to an earnings pool that is evenly divided and distributed by check to participating partner stores every six months.

ABA hosted a Town Hall meeting at Winter Institute on Thursday, January 23, and invited booksellers to share their comments, questions, and concerns about the association and the book industry at large with the ABA Board and staff.

Online bookselling platform Bookshop will offer booksellers a preview at Winter Institute later this month and launch on January 28.

“I hope that Bookshop can help strengthen the fragile ecosystem and margins around bookselling by providing an alternative to Amazon for socially conscious online book-buyers,” writes Hunter.

Bookshop offers a simple, intuitive purchase process across platforms that eases the way for casual online book browsers to become indie customers.