Murdoch Books want to make sure their customers know where to buy their books. An excellent idea for independent authors when setting up their own sites…
Booktopia Book Distributor -- an Opportunity for Authors?
The new incarnation of Booktopia has a service that may be of interest to authors. The information below is taken from their website, and may be accessed directly here. In a world of limited distribution opportunities, this service may work for some authors, but read the fine print…
New suppliers
Booktopia has been inundated with enquiries and books from authors wishing to supply to Booktopia directly.
Over many years of perfecting our multi-million dollar Distribution Centre we are now able to offer publishers representation in the Australian marketplace. In 2017 we established Booktopia Publisher Services (BPS).
If you wish to have your books distributed by BPS, then please email bps@booktopia.com.au and our BPS team will respond shortly.
For all bookstores or businesses that want to set up an account with Booktopia Publisher Services to access supply of the books we distribute then please contact us by emailing bps@booktopia.com.au
Key benefits of distributing your books through Booktopia Publisher Services:
Supply into bookstores and business - BPS supplies product direct to bookstores, resellers and businesses. We offer unparalleled fast delivery to ensure bookstores and businesses can supply their customers seamlessly and efficiently.
Sell more units - Publisher's stock will be listed as immediately available for purchase and dispatch on Australia's leading online bookstores' websites and popular online marketplaces, ready for fast delivery to retailers, resellers and direct customers. Prices are constantly monitored to ensure they are as competitive as possible.
Bestseller lists - Sales via Booktopia and its customers are lodged with Australia’s Nielsen Bookscan. By being price competitive, this ensures that sales to Australians stay within Australia. Hence a Publisher’s bestselling titles are recognised as a bestseller which in turn influences the purchasing pattern of consumers and resellers in the Australian market.
Unique marketing opportunities - Direct access to over 4 million customers who have purchased from Booktopia and Angus & Robertson in the past decade of which 1.8 million are repeat customers.
Smart stock placement - Comprehensive access to the Australian market by holding Publisher stock in one of Australia's most sophisticated book distribution centres.
Better data - Partner with Australia's leader in book data expertise including Bibliographic content, optimising content for increasing sales and B2B+B2C digital/EDI ordering.
You do great content. We'll get it out there.
Publisher Services and Distribution from Booktopia
“Booktopia Publisher Services, the company’s distribution arm, has “over 500 bookstores and businesses as its customer base”.”
Market leading online bookseller Booktopia offers warehouse space to publishers on this site. Though oriented towards publishers, authors or small press publishers with a particularly compelling offering may wish to approach them. Bookstores can order titles from Booktopia and the titles are also listed on other sales channels. A short article from Books and Publishing here.
Booktopia's Post-covid Woes
The Age newspaper has quite a long and interesting article on the post-covid slump in sales and earnings by Booktopia, Australia’s biggest online bookseller. A bookstore owner is quoted as gloating at Booktopia’s issues, but independent authors will be more ambivalent — Booktopia offers a real avenue for sales, and is much easier to get into than bookstores. There are very few viable options for distribution into bookstores for independent authors, post the demise of Dennis Jones.and Associates.