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BookStand vs Amazon
Amazon is a channel. BookStand is your store.
You don't own the customer
They remember the blue button. Not you. On BookStand the thank-you and access flow are yours.
Fees + account risk
Referral fees and suspension anxiety are features of their platform, not bugs. Your stand doesn't get 'reviewed' into oblivion overnight.
Used books are a different gauntlet
Seller central complexity for condition and shipping. BookStand: grade, list, ship or meetup.
Digital file leakage culture
We bias to signed reader delivery so your ebook isn't a Telegram pack by dinner.
Side by side
FeatureBookStandAmazon
Own storefrontyou.bookstand.appAmazon page
Customer relationshipYoursAmazon's
Account suspension riskNone of that gameReal
Used + digital togetherOne catalogSplit systems
Local meetupYesNo
Start costFreeFees on sale
The verdict
Keep Amazon as a channel if it prints money. Don't let it be your only bookstore. Open a stand you control.
Open your stand
Free core. Your stand. Your margin.
Free core · no card · you.bookstand.app