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Sell Books Online
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Become part of India's largest books store

E-commerce in India has changed the buying habits of customers. 15 years ago, we used to regularly visit book shops and spend hours finding what we need. With online selling, buying books has become so easy that books are now one of the top selling categories in e-commerce.

If you are a books seller, here is your chance to reach out to crores of customers across India by selling on Amazon. Books are a tax exempted category (most books sellers should not be impacted by GST) so you can start selling your books in a jiffy on Amazon by just providing your PAN details and it’s done.

28M+

books sold on Amazon.in to customers across India

70,000+

book sold on average everyday on Amazon.in

+26%

increase in customers buying books

3,000+

books sold on average every hour on Amazon.in

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End-to-end guidance for onboarding on Amazon.in at NO additional cost by Amazon-engaged third-party service providers.

Step-wise Guide to Selling Books Online

Step 1

Register as an Amazon seller

You need the following details create your seller account on Amazon

Your PAN information

An active bank account for payments

Click here to register and provide the details mentioned above to create your Seller Central account

Step 2

Listing your products

To display your products on Amazon.in for customers to purchase, you need to list them from your Seller Central account by either:

Adding a new offer by matching or scan the product barcode or ISBN using the Seller App

(if the books is available on Amazon)

Create a new listing by uploading product images and fill in the details

(for new books not currently listed on Amazon)

Types of books you can sell on Amazon

Sell Business and economics books online

Step 3

Deliver to customer

Once your product receives an order, you will need to deliver it to the customer. There are many ways to do this:

Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA)

Amazon stores, packs & delivers your products. Products on FBA are Prime eligible.

Easy Ship (ES)

You store & pack your products, Amazon delivers

Self-Ship (SS)

You store, pack & deliver your products

Step 4

Get paid every 7 days

You will get paid for your delivered orders in 7-day payment cycles after deducting the Amazon fees, with funds deposited directly into your bank account.

Example

Here is the fees charged for a sell price of ₹ 350, assuming package weight is 400gms, shipped regionally by Easy Ship

Fees Charged

Closing Fee

₹ 9

Referral Fee at 4%*

₹ 14

Easy Ship Delivery fees

₹ 51

GST on total Amazon Fees

₹ 13.32

Total Amazon Fees including GST

₹ 87.32

Earnings sent to your account

₹ 262.68

Calculate the potential profit you can earn with Books

*2% for Books priced <INR 250; 4% for Books priced >INR 250 and <=INR 500;
9% for Books priced >INR 500 and <= INR 1000; 12.5% for Books >INR 1000

We do not have the knowledge or the manpower to reach even the remotest of areas where people would want to order from us. So we used to miss out on all those orders a lot. But Amazon has the expertise and infrastructure to do so
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