MLM software for Books Publishers

A book sells on a recommendation. Readers buy what a friend, a book club or a teacher told them to read, and a publisher or an author who sells through a marketplace pays a large share of each sale for that recommendation to happen on someone else's site. MLM software for books publishers is Daani's MLM software configured for publishers and authors who sell from their own site through a network of readers instead: the reader who recommends a book gets a commission on the copies sold through their link, and a smaller one on the sales of the readers they bring in. The software holds the catalogue, the member pages, the orders and downloads, the subscriptions and the compensation plan, and it pays the commissions every period. It is one of the configurations run by the more than 100 network marketing companies in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and other countries that use the software. This page covers what a book network needs from the software, the plans these companies run, the path from a recommendation to the payout and the cost.

What a book network needs from the software

• A catalogue for three formats. A title is sold as a printed book that is shipped, as an e-book that is downloaded and as an audiobook that is streamed or downloaded. The shop holds the three as variants of one title, with the price, the stock of the printed edition and the file of the digital ones, and delivers each the right way: the shipping address for print, a download link in the member's and the customer's account for the files.
• Series, imprints and authors. Titles are grouped by series, imprint and author so that a reader who liked one book is shown the next; the categories are set in the product management module and a member can link to a book, a series or the whole shop.
• Pre-orders and launches. A new title is listed before it ships; pre-orders are taken, the commission is reserved and paid when the order is fulfilled, and the launch is announced to the network from the admin panel by e-mail, SMS or WhatsApp.
• Book clubs and subscriptions. A book of the month, a reading box or an audiobook subscription is a recurring order: it renews every month, the customer's account shows the subscription status and the member who brought the customer is paid on every renewal.
• Member pages. Every reader who joins the network gets a replicated page with their own link and the publisher's catalogue; a book club gets one for the club. Orders through the link are credited to the member, and the member sees their sales, their team and their commissions in the back office and in the app.
• Commissions, royalties and payouts. The software calculates the network's commissions from the plan and pays them through the e-wallet, the mass payout or the gateways; author royalties stay in your own accounting, and the sales reports by title give the figures for them.

Plans book networks run

The unilevel plan is the usual choice: a reader earns a commission on their own referrals and a smaller percentage on a few levels of the readers they introduced, which suits a product that sells one copy at a time. A publisher that sells subscriptions adds the repurchase plan, which pays on every monthly renewal rather than once. A company that wants a reading programme with ranks, for school networks or home-education groups, uses the generation plan, which pays a leader on the volume of their whole group. The plans overview compares them, and the demo is configured with the plan you send.

From recommendation to payout

1. A reader joins the network from your site or from another reader's page and receives their link and their back office.
2. They recommend a title in their book club, their class or on their social pages with the link; a buyer orders the printed book, the e-book or the audiobook on your site.
3. The order is paid through the gateway, the printed copy is shipped, the file is delivered to the buyer's account; the sale is credited to the reader.
4. At the end of the period the software calculates the commissions from the plan, the admin approves the run and the payout goes to the readers' wallets or bank accounts.

Who uses it

Independent publishers and small presses that want to sell direct instead of through a marketplace; authors with a series and a reader base; educational publishers that sell through teachers and home-education networks; audiobook and e-book companies that sell subscriptions. Companies that also sell courses next to their books pair the book shop with the online education programme software, and companies that sell music or other digital files alongside use the same digital delivery as the music network configuration.

Cost

The ready-made 4G package costs $50 to $150 USD per month and the 5G and 6G packages up to $800 per month, hosting on the Daani server, updates and support for as long as you are our client included; it is enough for a publisher with a catalogue, a plan and a network. A customised edition, for instance with the digital delivery and the pre-order rules built the way your imprint works, is a one-time project: 3,000 for the 5G package and 6,999 for the 6G, with discounts of up to 70% from time to time. The pricing page has the full list.

Frequently asked questions

Can a reader earn on a book they did not buy? Yes. A member is paid on the sales through their link whether or not they bought the title; a plan can require a personal purchase or a minimum order if you want it to.

How are e-books protected? A digital file is delivered as a download in the buyer's account after payment; the number of downloads and the period in which they are allowed are set per product.

Can I sell on a marketplace as well? Yes. The network sells from your site; what you sell elsewhere is outside the plan and does not earn commissions.

Does the network pay in several currencies? Yes. The software is multi-currency and multi-language, and readers in the USA, Europe or Australia see prices and payouts in their own currency.

How do I see it? Request the free demo of our Books MLM software and send us a few titles and your plan; the demo is set up with them and with a reader's page and app.