For authors, musicians, audiobook publishers & visual creators
Your work, on your own shelf.
Open a storefront and sell books, ebooks, audiobooks, music and visual art to a community that actually reads and listens. You keep your copyright, set your own prices, and see exactly what you earn.
Free to join·9% seller fee·6% buyer service fee
A storefront and a library — not a printing house.
We host your listings, take payment, deliver digital purchases and keep buyers' libraries working. Printing, shipping, pickup and physical returns stay with you. We don't edit, record or distribute to outside stores.
What you can sell
Each medium has its own delivery rules. Buyers see them on the listing before they buy.
Books & ebooks
Paperback and hardcover you fulfil yourself, plus ebooks delivered instantly.
Buyers read in the app and download the file you upload.
Audiobooks
A narrated edition of a work, with chapters and a free sample.
In-app listening with saved progress. No downloadable audio files.
Music
Singles and albums, with 60-second previews generated for you.
In-app playback plus downloadable purchased files.
Visual art
Artwork and photography, with the licence you choose per listing.
Downloads under your listed licence and formats.
Formats are separate purchases unless you bundle them. An audiobook edition sits alongside the print and ebook editions of the same work — no duplicate listing needed.
What it costs
No listing fee, no setup fee, no subscription. A 9% seller fee comes out of each sale and already includes ordinary payment processing and platform promotion. Buyers separately pay a 6% service fee that supports the platform, support and their library — that one isn't taken from you.
- Both fees are worked out on the actual discounted item price.
- Shipping and sales tax are never part of either fee.
- Free items cost nothing — no checkout fee, no platform cut.
- Any promotion that reduces your earnings needs your approval first.
- Payouts run monthly once your net eligible balance reaches $100; anything below rolls forward.
- Item price
- $20.00
- Seller fee (9%, includes processing)
- − $1.80
- You receive
- $18.20
- Item price
- $20.00
- Buyer service fee (6%)
- + $1.20
- Buyer pays before tax and shipping
- $21.20
Both fees are calculated on the actual discounted item price. Sales tax and shipping are never included in either fee base. You keep 91% of the discounted item price — that is not 91% of the buyer's total, because tax, shipping and the buyer service fee are not part of your price.
How it works
Say what you plan to sell
Books, music, art, audiobooks — one or a mix. You can add other product types later.
Name your storefront and agree to the terms
One short, plain-language agreement covering rights, fees, payouts and buyer access — then your storefront is created.
Add your story and look
Tagline, introduction, logo and banner, then finish. You don't need any products yet.
Add products and submit for review
Pick the product type, upload your files and set prices. We do a fit, rights and accuracy check, then your work goes live.
A curated community
Storefronts and new listings are reviewed before they go on sale. We look at fit, quality, accuracy, rights and safety. Whether a work fits this catalogue is our call, and we may decline a listing or ask for changes.
You can keep working on your other listings while a review is pending.
Prefer some help getting started?
Most people set up their own storefront directly — it's the fastest route and nothing about it requires a conversation with us. If you'd rather talk it through first, there's an optional assisted intake, or you can simply email us.
Questions? contact@uponthisrockpublishing.com
Common questions
Do I keep my copyright?
Yes. You keep ownership. You grant a non-exclusive licence to host, sell, deliver and promote your work, and to continue serving people who already purchased it after you unlist or leave. You can sell elsewhere, subject to any exclusivity commitments you have made. We take no AI training rights.
What happens if I unlist or leave?
New sales stop, but everyone who already paid keeps their purchase, their licence and their files — including re-downloading ebooks and music. You can still fulfil open orders, refund and reconcile after you stop selling.
Can buyers download my audiobook?
No. Audiobooks are listened to in the app, with chapters and saved progress. Audio files aren't downloadable or exportable. Protected offline listening may come later — it isn't available today and we don't promise it.
When do I get paid?
Payouts run monthly once your net eligible balance reaches $100. Digital sales become eligible automatically when payment is approved — there's no button to press. Physical sales become eligible when you mark them delivered or picked up and the funds have cleared.
Who handles shipping?
You do. We're a storefront and library platform: we host, sell and deliver digital files. Printing, packing, shipping, pickup and physical returns are yours.
What if a buyer wants a refund?
Genuine errors — duplicate purchase, unavailable item, broken file, access problem — are refunded in full including the buyer's service fee, and your 9% fee on that amount comes back to you. Change-of-mind returns of physical goods are yours to handle.
Ready to open your shelf?
Setup takes about ten minutes and your work saves as you go.