Stop giving away your royalties. Start selling direct.
We design and build custom online book stores for indie authors — right on your own website. You sell. You keep the money. You own the reader relationship.
Here's what marketplace-only selling actually costs you.
You're Splitting Every Sale
Every book you sell through a marketplace — you're handing over 30% to 65% of the revenue. On a $14.99 ebook, you might see $5. On a $19.99 paperback, maybe $4. That's not a royalty. That's a toll.
You Don't Know Your Readers
A marketplace doesn't give you the buyer's email. You can't follow up. You can't announce your next book. You can't build a relationship. Someone bought your book and you'll never know who they are. Gone.
You're Building Their Brand
Every sale on a marketplace trains readers to go back to the marketplace — not to you. Your book sits next to your competitor's. Their algorithm decides who gets seen. Your storefront? It doesn't exist.
What's Included
Your store. Fully built. Ready to sell.
Every store setup includes everything you need to start selling books directly to readers — no assembly required.
- Beautifully designed pages for every book
- Smooth, distraction-free purchase flow
- Instant, automatic file delivery
- Credit cards, debit, and digital wallets
- Orders, revenue, and best sellers at a glance
- Perfect on phones, tablets, and desktops
Everything a real book store needs. Nothing you have to figure out.
Ebooks. Paperbacks. Audiobooks. Signed editions. All of it.
Your store handles every format you publish. Set individual prices per format. Offer bundles — buy the ebook and paperback together at a discount. Sell signed first editions for a premium. Limited merch drops? Done. Subscription boxes? We can build that too.
Here's the thing — marketplaces decide what you can sell and how you sell it. Your own store? Your rules.
- Multiple product formats per title
- Bundle pricing and discount codes
- Digital + physical products in one store
- Pre-orders and coming-soon pages
- Inventory tracking for physical products
They buy. They get it. Instantly.
When a reader purchases a digital product — ebook, audiobook, bonus content — the file is delivered automatically. No manual emails. No "please check your spam folder." They complete checkout and the download link appears immediately.
You upload the file once. The system handles every delivery after that. You're not a fulfillment center. You're an author.
- Automatic file delivery on purchase
- Supports PDF, EPUB, MP3, and more
- Download link expiration controls
- Re-download access for buyers
- Secure file hosting — no unauthorized access
Every buyer becomes a reader you can reach again.
Let me be straight with you: this is the real reason to sell direct.
When someone buys from a marketplace, the marketplace owns that relationship. When someone buys from YOUR store? You get their name. You get their email. You can announce your next release directly to the people who already bought the last one.
That's not a mailing list you begged people to join. That's a list of proven buyers. The math doesn't work better than that.
- Full customer data — name, email, purchase history
- Export customer lists anytime
- Integrates with your email marketing
- Segment buyers by book or genre
- Build a direct relationship with every reader
Let's do the math. You'll want to sit down.
Marketplace Selling
You list. They take a cut. You get what's left.
You sell 500 ebooks at $9.99 each
Plus: no buyer emails. No customer data. No direct relationship. You can't even tell them about your next book.
Direct Selling
You sell. You keep it. You own the relationship.
You sell 500 ebooks at $9.99 each
Plus: 500 reader emails. Full purchase history. A direct line to announce your next book to people who already bought the last one.
That's the difference between keeping $3,497 and keeping $4,845 — on the same 500 books. And that's before you factor in what those 500 email addresses are worth over the next five years of your career.
This isn't about being cheap. It's about being smart.
Four steps. We handle three of them.
Tell Us What You Sell
Send us your book files, cover art, descriptions, and pricing. Ebooks, paperbacks, audiobooks, merch — whatever you've got. We'll organize the rest.
We Design Your Store
We build your store pages, product layouts, shopping cart, and checkout flow — all designed to match your existing website. Your brand. Your look. Completely integrated.
We Set Up the Backend
Payment processing, tax settings, shipping rules, digital delivery, email notifications — all the stuff you don't want to think about. Configured. Tested. Working.
You Start Selling
Your store goes live. Readers land on your site. They browse, they buy, and the money goes to you — not a middleman. Add new products anytime from your dashboard.
Questions? Good!
Do I need a separate website for my store?
No. Your store is built directly into your existing MIAS website. Same domain, same design, same login. Readers go to your site, browse your books, and buy — all in one place.
How do I get paid?
Payments go directly to your own account through secure payment processing that we set up for you. We never touch your money. You receive payments on your own schedule — typically within 2-3 business days of each sale.
Can I sell physical books and handle shipping?
Yes. Your store supports physical products with shipping rules, tracking, and inventory management. You set your shipping rates and regions. When an order comes in, you get a notification with the shipping details. You pack it. You ship it. For print-on-demand, we can integrate that too.
What about digital delivery? Is it automatic?
Completely automatic. When a reader buys an ebook, audiobook, or any digital file — they get an instant download link. No manual emails from you. Upload the file once, and the system delivers it every time someone buys.
Is it secure? Will readers trust it?
Yes. Your store runs on the same secure, encrypted connection as the rest of your website. Readers see the padlock in their browser. Payment information is processed through trusted, PCI-compliant systems — we never store credit card numbers on your site. It’s the same level of security readers expect from any online purchase.
What does this cost?
Store setup starts at $1,500 for a basic book store with digital products. Advanced stores with physical products, subscriptions, and custom features start at $2,500. Full e-commerce platforms start at $4,000. All custom design clients are on our Dedicated Novelist hosting plan at $59.98/mo, which includes everything your store needs to run.
Can I still sell on marketplaces too?
Absolutely — and you should. Selling direct doesn’t mean abandoning marketplaces. It means having BOTH. Use marketplaces for discovery. Use your own store for higher margins, reader data, and direct relationships. Send your biggest fans to your store. Let casual browsers find you on marketplaces. Best of both worlds.
Start keeping more of what you earn.
Your books. Your readers. Your revenue. Let's build the store that makes it happen.
Custom store setup starting at $1,500. Dedicated Novelist hosting included at $59.98/mo.