# bookworthy.com

> AI-optimized mirror of bookworthy.com containing 20 pages totalling 10,207 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://bookworthy.com/. Last updated: 2026-06-13T19:26:27.936Z.

Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG).

## Homepage

- [Bookworthy: Your Self-Publishing House](/content/site-root.html): Bookworthy is the first true self-publishing app for store owners: a free Shopify app with print-on-demand paperbacks, hardcovers, and full color. Keep all your customer data, own and control your content, and go from upload to selling in a day — no inventory, no monthly fees, worldwide shipping. Join the launch list. (743 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [Bookworthy vs. Amazon KDP: which should you use to sell your book?](/content/compare/bookworthy-vs-amazon-kdp/index.html): Amazon KDP rents you a shelf in the world's biggest bookstore; Bookworthy turns your own Shopify store into the bookstore. KDP gives you Amazon's audience but keeps the customer relationship; Bookworthy gives you every reader's name, email, and order — and lets you set your own price and keep the margin. Most authors shouldn't choose: use KDP for marketplace discovery and Bookworthy as the direct channel you own. (577 words)
- [How to sell your book on Shopify](/content/blog/sell-books-on-shopify/index.html): To sell a book on Shopify you need a store, a print-ready manuscript and cover, an ISBN, and a way to print and fulfill orders — either inventory you ship yourself or a print-on-demand app. This guide walks through all five steps, compares selling direct with Amazon KDP, and shows how authors keep their customer data and margin. (1,287 words)
- [Bookworthy vs. BookBaby: pay upfront for services, or pay per copy sold?](/content/compare/bookworthy-vs-bookbaby/index.html): BookBaby is a full-service self-publishing company: you pay upfront for packages — editing, cover design, printing, distribution — and they do the work. Bookworthy is a free Shopify app with no upfront cost: you bring your finished book, sell it from your own store, and pay only the print and shipping cost of each copy that actually sells. The choice is paying before you sell versus paying as you sell. (533 words)
- [Terms of Use](/content/terms/index.html): Bookworthy terms of use — the terms that govern the Bookworthy app and bookworthy.com. (818 words)
- [Privacy Statement](/content/privacy/index.html): Bookworthy privacy statement — the terms that govern the Bookworthy app and bookworthy.com. (609 words)
- [How I Finally Decided My Book Was Worth Publishing](/content/blog/how-i-decided-my-book-was-worth-publishing/index.html): A drive to the beach, a question from my husband, and the moment a dream turned into a deadline. The origin of the phrase we build everything on: your story is worth publishing. (520 words)
- [5 Big Lies That Stopped Me from Publishing My First Book](/content/blog/5-big-lies-that-stopped-me-from-publishing-my-first-book.html): Every aspiring author hears the same five lies. Here is how one of our founders pushed past them — and went on to publish more than ten books. (863 words)
- [How do you sell books without Amazon?](/content/answers/how-to-sell-books-without-amazon/index.html): Sell direct: your own online store, print-on-demand fulfillment, and an email list. A Shopify store with a POD app like Bookworthy means readers buy from you, every copy is printed and shipped as it sells, and you keep the customer data and the margin Amazon would have taken. Thousands of authors run exactly this stack — with or without also being on Amazon. (528 words)
- [How much does it cost to self-publish a book?](/content/answers/how-much-does-it-cost-to-self-publish-a-book/index.html): Anywhere from almost nothing to several thousand dollars — the spread depends entirely on how much professional help you buy, because the publishing itself can now be free. The real costs are production (editing, cover design), not platforms: with print-on-demand, printing costs nothing until a copy sells, and apps like Bookworthy charge no setup or monthly fees. (506 words)
- [3 Traps to Avoid When Self-Publishing](/content/blog/self-publishing-traps-to-avoid/index.html): The self-publishing road has a few well-worn potholes. Here are the three that swallow the most first-time authors — and how to drive around them. (374 words)
- [How I Wrote My First Book in Only 30 Minutes a Day](/content/blog/write-your-book-in-30-minutes-a-day/index.html): Twenty-four days, thirty minutes a day, one finished manuscript. The five-step system that turns a book from a dream into a deadline. (471 words)
- [What is print-on-demand book publishing and how does it work?](/content/answers/what-is-print-on-demand-book-publishing/index.html): Print on demand (POD) means a book is printed one copy at a time, after a reader orders it, instead of in a big print run beforehand. The file sits ready at a printer; when an order comes in, that single copy is printed, bound, and shipped to the reader — so the author holds zero inventory and risks no money on unsold stock. (480 words)
- [4 Marketing Strategies for Self-Published Authors](/content/blog/marketing-strategies-for-self-published-authors/index.html): You are the publisher now — which means you are also the marketing department. Four practical plays that give a self-published book real momentum. (454 words)
- [Do I need an ISBN to sell my book?](/content/answers/do-i-need-an-isbn-to-sell-my-book/index.html): To sell from your own website: no — a book in your own Shopify store needs an ISBN no more than a candle would. To be stocked by bookstores, libraries, and most retail channels: yes. And if you want to be the publisher of record for your own book — rather than a platform — you need to buy your own ISBN instead of using a free platform-assigned one. (461 words)
- [Bookworthy vs. Lulu: what's the difference for selling your own book?](/content/compare/bookworthy-vs-lulu/index.html): Lulu is a veteran print-on-demand company with its own bookstore, a print API, and Lulu Direct for connecting print fulfillment to an existing site. Bookworthy is a free Shopify-native app built around the whole author workflow — print-ready file checks, ISBN guidance, author copies, and backup fulfillment — living entirely inside the store you already run. If you want a Shopify store to *be* your publishing house, Bookworthy is built for exactly that. (545 words)
- [Self-publishing, honestly.](/content/blog/index.html): Practical, first-hand writing about self-publishing: writing your book, publishing it, and selling it directly from your own Shopify store. (225 words)
- [Report an intellectual property complaint](/content/iprc/index.html): Submit an intellectual property (copyright or trademark) complaint about a title printed or sold through Bookworthy. Complaints are reviewed promptly and infringing titles are removed. (133 words)
- [Self-publishing questions, answered.](/content/answers/index.html): Direct answers to the questions self-publishing authors actually ask: print on demand, costs, ISBNs, selling without Amazon, and how Bookworthy compares to KDP, Lulu, and BookBaby. (79 words)
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