Sell direct
Sell every edition of your book
Add a book once and switch on its formats. A guide to each, with what readers get, what it costs and what’s still coming.
How selling direct works
Readers buy from your own store, pay you through your own Stripe account and get their books from Lanternbee.
One book page, every format
Each book has one page with all its formats, so a reader picks the ebook, the audiobook or the paperback without hunting for the right link. Each format starts at your default price, and you can change any of them. Series sit in reading order.
Ebooks and audiobooks
Download links arrive by email as soon as the reader pays. Ebooks open in the browser or go to their Kindle, and audiobooks play in the browser or download. Every book they buy stays in their reader library for later.
Paperbacks and hardbacks
Set up print editions for BookVault or Lulu and upload your files once, or post copies from your own shelf with your own shipping prices. Sending orders to the printer is being built now. Until then, you place those orders yourself.
Bundles and signed copies
On the Author plan, put a trilogy in a box set, and readers who already own one book pay less for the rest. Sell signed copies from your own stock: readers type the dedication they want, and a signing queue lists what to sign and post.
Keep your retailers
Selling direct sits beside Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo and the rest. Keep your books there. Your store is for the readers who would rather buy from you.
What it costs
Your plan, and Stripe’s card fee on each sale. Printing costs what the printer charges. See the plans.
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Save your place
We’re opening Lanternbee to authors a few at a time. Leave your email and we’ll write when your store is ready to set up.
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