Direct to Reader

Shelf Indulgence's exclusive way of helping you keep more of what you earn.

Sell directly to your audience

Unmatched royalty scheme to help you keep more of what you earn.

Ebooks
You keep
Infrastructure fees
Priced between $0.60 and $0.99 31% 69%
Priced between $1 and $1.99 65% 35%
Priced between $2 and $4.49 75% 25%
Priced over $4.50 82% 18%

Currently only available for ebooks priced $0.60 and over. Not available yet for audiobooks or print on demand.

Frequently Asked Questions

tl;dr: There is no reason not to start today and start earning more!

All ebooks are watermarked to the buyer with their name and email address, making it easy to identify the origin if the file is distributed.

Transmission and storage of ebooks is made with modern encryption.
We structured our fees to reflect the fees enforced by card payment processors, to incorporate the costs of keeping your files safe, anything beyond that we try to return to the author as much as we can while maintaining a viable business operation.

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Other ways we distribute

Get paid based on circulation

Libraries

Thousands of qualified library and schools around the world will have access to your title. Purchased titles are immediately available to readers via award-winning apps: Libby for public, academic and corporate libraries, and Sora for K-12 students

Showcase your work in famous stores

Retailers

Access billions of potential readers around the globe and have your book featured across major retailer stores.

Get paid per page read/time listening

Subscription services

Readers with a subscription can read your ebook or listen to your audiobook, and you get paid based a share

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