Who is BooksOnline.Club (aka “BooksOnline”)? BooksOnline is an independent book publisher and retail distributor of audiobooks and eBooks. We recommend that authors still use KDP, ACX and Amazon, but adding BooksOnline creates an entirely new marketing and sales opportunity not available on Amazon for authors and affiliates. BooksOnline serves three primary clients: 1.) book readers as consumers, 2.) authors of eBooks and audiobooks, and 3.) affiliates who can earn a 30% affiliate fee for sales through their affiliate link.

The Elephant in The Room

When it comes to book sales, Amazon is the elephant in the room, and Amazon sells a majority of the books in the U.S. market. Amazon also sells nearly everything else under the sun. The total number of products in Amazon’s inventory is around 350 million products. No wonder their online site is extremely busy and full of links and ads and a million things you’re not interested in. Amazon does print and ship paperback books cheaper than anyone else, and this is the best place to host your paperback and hardcover books. For book buyers, Amazon is great. The restrictive rules and limitations of Amazon become problematic for vendors, associates (affiliates) and authors.

BooksOnline for Readers as Consumers

BooksOnline does have a number of great advantages for readers as customers. Here’s a short list of advantages or benefits readers love:

1. BooksOnline is a book site only, and this focus helps to make the online experience much simpler and more intuitive to navigate. We sell two types of products only: digital eBooks and audiobooks. We do include links for paperbacks and hardcovers to Amazon, so consumers never miss anything that is on Amazon.
2. BooksOnline has a very clean menu with clean submenus, and we give you the option to browse all books, browse categories, search by subject or title or author.
3. BooksOnline has the clearest instructions on everything about using the site, downloading books, and reading or listening to audiobooks. Our tools and apps are quite easy to use.
4. BooksOnline has a blog with relevant articles answering questions consumers have about all things related to books.
5. BooksOnline has the best “Book Detail Page” of any online retailer, because our book descriptions are wonderfully written by professionals and unlike Amazon, BooksOnline includes images, illustrations, and large videos that promote our books.
6. BooksOnline Book Detail Pages also include a book preview, links to other versions of the book, detailed descriptions, and shows the date each book was last updated so you can know whether you should download the latest update.
7. BooksOnline offers authors the ability to package books for consumers in bundles and to price those bundles any way they want.
8. BooksOnline includes a Gift Card option for readers who want to make a gift of a book to someone, and the gift card offers options for the amount of the gift for any book or book package or book series.
9. BooksOnline also makes the affiliate program available to consumers.

BooksOnline for Authors

1. Authors can host their eBooks and audiobooks at BooksOnline, and they can still host their books on Amazon.
2. BooksOnline is a strong proponent of freedom of speech and does not censor authors like Amazon, although we do have high standards of honesty and integritywhich are explained in our terms of service.
3. Authors can promote their books with an incredible Books Detail Page, like a great sales landing page, and include images and even one or more videos.
4. Authors can earn far more on BooksOnline per book. Amazon actually limits the royalty to authors to 35% for eBooks priced within $2.99 to $9.99, but BooksOnline has no such limit. Amazon limits the royalty on public domain books that are not annotated or illustrated to differentiate them to 35% no matter the price. BooksOnline has no such limitation. Authors at BooksOnline earn 60% on all books without limit (30% base royalty plus 30% through their affiliate link.
5. Authors who host their book(s) at BooksOnline who register as an affiliate also earn 30% from any and all books at BooksOnline purchased through their link.
6. Authors’ books become part of our affiliate program, which means that registered affiliates (anyone) can promote that book all over the Internet, on YouTube, podcasts and social media, and for each sale through their affiliate link, they earn 30%. Amazon has a similar program but participants have to qualifyto be “Amazon Associates,” build their own lead generation systems, and they only get paid about 5%.

BooksOnline for Affiliates

1. BooksOnline has an amazing affiliate program whereby anyone can register as an affiliate and promote that link to earn 30% from each sale. We even have a system set up with instructions to help people implement their affiliate marketing. It is the easiest way to build a passive income on the Internet, and it is especially effective for people with large YouTube channels.
2. Affiliates earn 30% from any book at BooksOnline that a consumer purchases.
3. Our affiliate program makes it possible for non-authors and non-techies to build a passive income on the Internet.

BooksOnline Mission Statement

All of this is what drives BooksOnline.Club to be a different kind of company, but our mission statement is real. Here’s our mission statement:

BooksOnline.Club is a digital and audio bookstore that sells books with a purpose, and that purpose is to improve people’s lives. It is our goal to help people find answers to their biggest questions, and to give our customers the practical applications to apply the knowledge and wisdom shared by our authors in these books. We seek to build this business on a foundation of truth, honesty, and integrity. That means all our technology, our web presence, our book inventory, and the processes that our buyers, authors, and affiliates experience are built and maintained with those values in mind. Evil is not welcome at BooksOnline.Club, and since so much of the entertainment and information services across America today promote all kinds of evil, our mission sets us apart from the vast majority. Our books span across a variety of interesting subjects: business and life success, real estate, politics, christian living, and even some so-called “conspiracy theory” books. We believe that honesty and integrity in our books in all categories without limiting freedom of speech or censoring true civil discourse, and our total commitment to the best possible customer experience will give our readers and authors and affiliates a pleasant experience with us, and hopefully we will build loyalty that will help us reach more people, so we can help them improve the quality of their lives, too.

The Founder of BooksOnline

I’ve authored over 60 books, and have published over 2,200 online articles. Since the Internet became widely used by the public in 1994, I’ve built over a hundred websites and blogs, created hundreds of videos under the tutelage of a Hollywood producer/director, and along the way I became an Internet marketing geek and an SEO expert (search engine optimization).

I have a degree in Economics and a Doctor of Jurisprudence in Law. I was a high school teacher for two years in Alaska before attending law school at Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane. During my 20-year career in law I was also a Registered Financial Advisor, a certified Estate Planner and an Asset Protection Specialist. I’m proud of my service in the USAF as a JAG (Judge Advocate General’s Office). After the USAF I worked for Chuck Colson and Prison Fellowship Ministries as the Area Director of Nevada and Utah.

I raised a family of four. My son, Jesse Marunde, became the 2nd strongest man in the world in Chengdu, China at the World’s Strongman Contest, and Bristol Marunde held two Championship MMA (mixed martial arts) belts. Bristol and his wife, Aubrey, also had a popular HGT

V show for three years titled “Flip or Flop Vegas.” My youngest son, Brady Marunde, is a commercial fisherman on the Aleutian Chain in Alaska, and my daughter is a brilliant accountant and statistician. I definitely count my blessings every day!

Now you know who we are and why BooksOnline.Club was founded. God bless, and we hope to do business with you.

Chuck Marunde, J.D.