How it works

Three steps from finished book to bookshop shelf

Take them in order or jump in anywhere. Your work saves in your browser as you go.

1

Build your trade sheet

Fill it in by hand, or start from your manuscript and cover. The tool suggests what booksellers look for. You decide what goes on it.

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2

Find shops near you

Enter your ZIP or postal code. See independent bookshops nearest first, with the ones we could verify up front.

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3

Send your pitch

Get a short, friendly email for any shop, filled in from your sheet. Edit it, attach your PDF, and send it from your own email.

How pitching works →
An example one-page trade sheet for The Keymaster Legacy, Volume One, showing the cover, pitch, details table, genre codes and ordering note Made with Face Out

What you walk away with

One clean page a bookseller can say yes to

A trade sheet puts everything a shop needs on one page: what the book is, who it's for, and how to order it.

  • Checks as you goISBN check digit, dates, missing discount or returns, and wording that oversells.
  • Works anywhereAny currency, US Letter or A4, BISAC and Thema genre codes, inches or millimetres.
  • Yours to shapeEvery section is optional. Suggestions only, never rules.
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Why a trade sheet?

Booksellers see a lot of pitches. A tidy one-pager with the ISBN, price, discount and returns up front answers their first questions before they have to ask.

Our promise

Plain, free, and on your side

Free

No sign-up, no ads, no paid tiers.

Your files stay home

Manuscripts and covers are read in your browser and never sent to us.

Checked shop list

Two open map sources, plus automatic website checks. Unverified shops sit on their own tab.

You stay in charge

We never contact shops for you. Every pitch goes from your own email.