Selling Books Online: Step-by-Step Guide 📚

In this #StyleFactory video tutorial, we show you how to sell books online — using Shopify, Amazon and a variety of other online marketplaces. 👉 SPECIAL extended Shopify trial: https://shopify.pxf.io/QjxDAo *

Whether you’re selling used books online, or are interested in selling your own, self-published work, this video has you covered.

*Please note: our content is impartial but the description for this video includes affiliate links (these are highlighted as such). If after clicking one you buy a product, we may receive a commission. This is at no extra cost to you.

00:00 Introduction
00:10 How to sell books online
00:42 The two ways to sell your books
02:03 Using Shopify to sell books
02:55 Selling physical books on Shopify
04:15 Selling ebooks with Shopify
06:43 Selling books online with Amazon
08:25 Other online marketplaces for selling books
09:08 Getting the best of all worlds

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN VIDEO:

👉 Shopify extended trial: https://shopify.pxf.io/QjxDAo *

👉 Shopify Publisher theme: https://shopify.pxf.io/POqxme

👉 Shopify theme store: https://shopify.pxf.io/LKY6ga

👉 Shopify Digital Downloads app: https://shopify.pxf.io/e1xzag

👉 Shopify MarketPlace Connect app: https://shopify.pxf.io/VxjPgR

👉 Free ecommerce kit: https://www.stylefactoryproductions.com/free-ecommerce-kit?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=YouTube-How-To-Sell-Books-Online-2025

👉 Complete guide to setting up a Shopify store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZdvL-N6lyk

👉 Guide to selling ebooks with Shopify: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH3X1GHviIQ

👉 Guide to formatting books for Amazon KDP: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GKX2T59EVGFSMKQK

👉 Amazon Seller Central US: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/

👉 Amazon Seller Central UK: https://sell.amazon.co.uk/

ABOUT THIS VIDEO

When it comes to selling books online — whether that’s old books or your own work — you’ve basically got two options.

You can either:

- Build your own store using an ecommerce platform like Shopify.
- List your books on an online marketplace like Amazon, Etsy or eBay.

Each approach has pros and cons.

If you build your own Shopify store, you get lots of control — over branding, pricing, the customer experience, and customer data. And you won’t have to pay commission to somebody on every book you sell.

The challenge with this approach is that it’s up to you to generate traffic to your online bookstore — when you’re building a website entirely from scratch, you’ve also got to build an audience for it.

The benefit of selling books on online marketplaces is that you get instant access to large audiences — millions of people browse Amazon and Etsy every day looking for books. However, you’ll be competing with a lot of other sellers, and services like these usually take a cut of your sales.

But there’s nothing to stop you from using both approaches when selling your books, and in fact doing so can give you the best of both worlds. And in this video, we show you how to sell books online using either method.