BookShop.org got its start during the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s a book-selling business designed to help small, independent bookstores compete with Amazon and profit from online book buyers. From their website’s about-page:

Bookshop.org began as an idea to help support bookstores and their communities as more and more people are buying their books online. We saw an opportunity to create an alternative to Amazon for socially-conscious online shoppers. Amazon sells over 60% of all books in the US and is growing. That shift threatens the future of bookstores and will hurt readers, authors, and publishers who rely on a diverse, healthy ecosystem for books. We had a better idea—give readers the convenience of online shopping while supporting independent bookstores at the same time.

That sounds terrific! But for a long time it didn’t have anything to do with me, because BookShop.org only dealt in traditionally published books—or so I thought. As it turns out, they’ve been carrying the print versions of my books that are in the Ingram catalog. And now, at last, they are able to sell ebooks by indie writers like me.

I think this is primarily a USA market, though that may change with time.

I know a lot of people are looking to move away from Amazon. So—if you’re in the USA—this is one more option, and it will also help community bookstores. And of course my books are still available through Apple, Kobo, and Amazon too.

Follow this link to see all my titles at BookShop.org.

Posted on: Monday, February 9th, 2026 at 7:55 am
Categories: My Books.