Books on Shelves is not here to challenge the traditional publishing establishment — nor to
pretend we can replace it. Traditional publishers have built remarkable careers, launched
global bestsellers, and shaped the literary landscape for generations. Their role is essential,
and it always will be.
But alongside that world exists another: a vast, lively community of independent authors who
can write brilliantly, market boldly, and sell books in significant numbers — if only they are
provided with the right platform.
The truth is, the indie world is full of talented writers who never quite reach the shelves that
matter. Many businesses promise support, visibility, and “author success,” yet very few
deliver real outcomes. I know this because I’ve stood exactly where they stand now: hopeful,
determined, and ultimately disappointed by services that talked big but achieved very little.
Books on Shelves exists for a different purpose. We don’t sell dreams — we create pathways.
We concentrate on practical steps: quality production, local visibility, authentic bookstore
placement, and measurable royalties. We identify authors ready to take the next step and give
their books the physical presence they deserve. Not instead of traditional publishing, but a
pathway to it— a bridge between complete independence and professional marketplace
credibility.
Because sometimes all a significant book needs is a single chance to be seen. A spine facing
outward in a local store. A reader who picks it up on a whim. A conversation sparked at a
counter. A small beginning that becomes something extraordinary.
Imagine if your bookshelf — your ten or twenty book cartons, your local placement — was
the seed that set Freida McFadden's Housemaid alight… or Mariana Missakian’s That
Suburbia Lady or discovered a series novelist like Matt Rogers. The next global success
needs a place to start, as does any aspiring author who has something to say- a story to tell.
And this can be done whilst earning double the revenue- guaranteed and risk-free.
BOS is that place — the seedbed where indie authors grow, and where bookstores, rather than
publishers, plant the first seeds.
[Christopher Herbert- Co-Founder]
