Your story is worth publishing
Sell your book from your own Shopify store.
Bookworthy is a free Shopify app that turns your store into a publishing house. Upload your manuscript, set your price — every copy prints and ships on demand, paperback, hardcover, or full color. You keep your customer data, your content, and your margin.
Free app · No monthly fees · No inventory · Ships worldwide
Bookworthy is a free Shopify app that turns any store into a self-publishing house: authors upload a manuscript, set their price, and every copy is printed and shipped on demand — while they keep their customer data, content rights, and margin.
Built for authors who think like owners
Marketplaces rent you a shelf. Service companies charge you for the privilege. Your own store gives everything back.
Own every reader
Every buyer’s name, email, and order history lives in your store — not Amazon’s. Build the mailing list marketplaces will never hand you.
Keep your margin
You set the retail price and pay only the print & fulfillment. No royalty tables, no platform cut deciding what your work is worth.
Zero inventory, ever
Nothing is printed until it’s sold — no garage full of boxes, no cash tied up in stock, and international orders ship as easily as domestic.
Never go out of stock
Already selling books you had printed? Keep Bookworthy as your backup fulfillment — if your book takes off and sells out faster than expected, print-on-demand fills every order until you’re restocked.
Paperback · Hardcover · Full color — Author copies at cost — Unlimited titles — The whole Shopify toolbox: discounts, bundles, email, analytics
Publish in three steps
If you can add a product to Shopify, you can publish a book.
Install the free app
Add Bookworthy to your Shopify store — or start a new store just for your books. No setup fees, no subscription.
Upload your book
Manuscript and cover as PDFs, verify your ISBN, pick your formats, and set your own retail price. Bookworthy checks your files are print-ready.
Sell — we print and ship
Every order is printed on demand and shipped straight to your reader, domestic or international. You stay the publisher of record; Bookworthy quietly handles the printing in the background.
Be among the first authors on the launch list.
From the team behind the BookWorthy course — helping authors tell their stories since 2017.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bookworthy really free?
Yes. The Shopify app is free to install and has no monthly fee. You only pay the print and shipping cost of each book when a copy actually sells — you set the retail price and keep the rest.
How much does it cost to print a book?
Exact print pricing will be published at launch — expect affordable per-copy costs across paperback, hardcover, and full color, with no setup fees and no minimums. You set your own retail price and keep the margin.
How fast can I start selling?
Within a day. Install the free app, upload your manuscript and cover, set your price, and publish — a motivated author can technically have their book live and selling in their own store the same day, while owning and controlling the content the entire way.
What book formats can I sell?
Paperback and hardcover, with black-and-white or full-color interiors, in standard trim sizes — printed one copy at a time as orders come in.
Do I need to hold inventory?
No. Every order is printed on demand and shipped directly to your reader. Your inventory stays at zero and nothing is printed until it is sold.
Can I use Bookworthy alongside books I've already printed?
Yes. Many authors keep a print run on hand for events and ship inventory themselves, with Bookworthy as backup fulfillment: if your book takes off and sells out faster than expected, print-on-demand fills every order until you're restocked — you never have to pause sales.
Can my readers order internationally?
Yes — international orders flow through the exact same process as domestic ones. Your book ships worldwide without you doing anything differently.
What about ISBNs?
Bookworthy guides you through buying your own ISBN, so you — not a platform — remain the publisher of record for your book.
How is this different from Amazon KDP, Lulu, or BookBaby?
Those platforms put a marketplace or a service company between you and your readers. With Bookworthy, the sale happens in your own Shopify store: you own the customer relationship, the email list, the pricing, and the brand. Many authors use Bookworthy as their direct channel alongside marketplaces.
How many books can I publish?
As many or as few as you want — one memoir or an entire catalog. There is no per-title fee.
When does Bookworthy launch?
Soon. Join the launch list and we'll email you the moment the app is live on Shopify.
Be first in line
Bookworthy launches soon. Join the list and we’ll email you the moment you can publish your first book on Shopify.