Selling

Open the Publish page

Click `Publish` in the top menu, next to `My Books`. Before your first book is finished it shows the places a book can go; after that it shows your books. You can also open it for one book from My Books: the `Publish` button on the `Pick up where you left off` card, or the book menu, `Sell on`, `All places to publish`.

Books still being written do not show until they are finished.

Pick a book and see where it is

`Your books` at the top shows your finished books in a row. The four dots under each cover stand for the showcase, Gumroad, Etsy and Amazon KDP, green where the book is live (for Amazon, green once the KDP files are made or you have pasted the book's Amazon link) and amber where it needs you, such as an Etsy listing saved as a draft. A translated edition sits under its original as a small language tag (ES, DE); click the tag to open that edition. Filter by `Not published yet`, `Live` or `All`, and click a cover to switch book.

Below it, the book you picked: where it is live, where that kind of book usually sells best, and a button for the next step. Move the price slider to see what you keep from one sale on Gumroad, Etsy and Kindle after each store's fees (US store, before tax). The phone beside it shows an example of how a sale arrives as a notification; it is an illustration, not a forecast.

The four places a book can go

Under the panel, four cards show the book in each place, drawn with your own cover and title. `Inkfluence showcase` is a free public book page with chapter one to read. `Gumroad` and `Etsy` are listings in your own shops. `Amazon KDP` is the print interior and ebook file you upload to Amazon yourself, since Amazon does not let any app list a book for you.

Each card has one button: `Publish free`, `Sell on Gumroad`, `Sell on Etsy` or `Get Amazon files`. It opens the book with the right window already open. Once the book is live the card turns green with `View` and `Update`. An Etsy listing saved as a draft shows `Draft on Etsy` in amber with `Open on Etsy`: tick `With an AI generator` there and publish it on Etsy. `Good fit` marks the places that suit this kind of book.

Connect your shops

The `Your shops` row in the panel at the top shows whether Gumroad and Etsy are connected. `Connect Gumroad` or `Connect Etsy` opens the shop's sign-in in a new tab, so Inkfluence stays open. Approve it there and the tab closes by itself; the Publish page then shows the shop as connected. Amazon KDP needs no connection: you upload the files to KDP yourself.

One link for every store

Once a book is on the free showcase, its book page is the one link to share. When the book is also on Gumroad, Etsy or Amazon, the book page shows `Get the book` buttons for each of them, and the end of the free chapter points readers to them too. The showcase card shows the link with a `Copy` button.

Amazon does not tell other apps where your book is, so once it is live there, paste its Amazon link into the box on the `Amazon KDP` card and press `Save`. The book page then gets an Amazon button and the card turns green. `Change Amazon link` lets you update or remove it.

Listed a book on Etsy or Gumroad yourself, outside Inkfluence? Paste the listing link into the `Already on Etsy?` or `Already on Gumroad?` box on that card and press `Save`. Shop links such as yourshop.etsy.com/listing/... work too. The book page gets an Etsy or Gumroad button and the card turns green; `Change Etsy link` or `Change Gumroad link` updates or removes it.

More languages and an audiobook

`Sell it in more languages` shows any translated editions the book already has and a button to translate it into another language; each edition is a new book you can list on its own. Translation comes with Creator and Premium.

`Make it an audiobook` opens the audiobook studio for the book. If the audiobook is already made, the card says so and opens it.

Announce your book

`Announce it` writes three posts from your book, for X, LinkedIn and Instagram, in your voice, with the book's link when it has one. Each has a `Copy` button; `Write new posts` gives you another set. Next to them are two share images made from your cover: a square one for posts and a tall one for stories, each with a download button. This works on every plan.

See your sales

Inkfluence can show what your books earn in your own Gumroad and Etsy shops: money in and the number of sales over the last 30 or 90 days, for each shop and each book. To turn it on, click `Show my sales` next to the connected shop. The shop opens in a new tab and asks you to let Inkfluence read your sales totals; approve it and the figures appear. Only totals are kept, never buyer details.

Once there are sales, the amount earned in the last 30 days shows at the top of the page, and the full `Earned from your books` panel sits at the bottom with a 30 or 90 day switch. The panel also counts clicks on the `Get the book` buttons on your book pages. Amazon does not share sales with other apps, so KDP sales stay in your KDP reports.

Ready to sell

`Ready to sell`, under the cards, shows what is done for the book: cover, description, keywords and categories, book files, and live somewhere. Steps you have already done are ticked, and open steps have a link to do them.

Next to the list is the `Amazon listing kit`. It has every field KDP asks for, each with a `Copy` button: title, subtitle, description, the seven keyword boxes and the categories to pick. If the book has no description yet, `Write one from my book` drafts one; `Use this` keeps it. `Write them from my book` drafts the keywords and categories and saves them with the book.

The kit also reminds you of the ebook price range that earns Amazon's 70% royalty in the US store, and of KDP's question about AI-generated text, images and translation.

A+ Content for your Amazon page

A+ Content is the images and text further down an Amazon book page. Step 7 of the Amazon listing kit, `Make my A+ Content`, writes the text from your book and makes five images in the style of your cover, in about a minute: a header image with a headline and paragraph, three square images with short captions, and a wide banner with a line about who the book is for.

The text follows Amazon's A+ rules: no prices, offers, reviews, links or time-sensitive words. The images contain no writing, are sized for Amazon's modules and are well under the 2 MB limit. Use `Copy` on each piece of text, `Download` on each image, or `Download images and text` for everything in one file with a note saying where each piece goes.

Once your book is live on Amazon, open KDP, go to `Marketing`, then `A+ Content Manager`, and start new A+ content for the book. Add the modules in this order: `Standard Image Header with Text`, `Standard Three Images & Text` and `Standard Image & Light Text Overlay`. Upload each image and paste its text. Amazon reviews A+ Content before it appears. A+ Content comes with Creator, Premium or any credit pack, up to ten packs a month; `Make it again` gives you a fresh set.

If you have more than one book, `Comparison chart with your other books` (under A+ Content) builds Amazon's comparison chart: pick up to five of your other books, series first, and download a cover image for each at the size the module asks for, with its title and a one-line summary. In KDP you add each book by its ASIN.

Which plans can do what

Publishing free on the showcase works on every plan. Selling on Gumroad and Etsy needs Creator or Premium. The KDP files and the listing kit work with Creator, Premium or a credit pack. A card your plan does not include shows the plan and price and an `Unlock` button.

You connect your Gumroad or Etsy shop the first time you sell there; the card says whether your shop is already connected.

Why sell on Gumroad

Gumroad is a creator storefront, not a marketplace. It works best when you have or are building your own audience: newsletter, social, podcast, blog. You share a link, buyers check out on Gumroad, and get an instant download (a printable PDF by default, or the EPUB).

You keep full control of the listing on Gumroad: edit price, copy, customize the product page, run sales, gate content for email subscribers. No exclusivity either, you can sell the same book on Etsy or your own site at the same time.

Who can publish

Gumroad publishing is included on Creator and Premium plans. Free users can connect Gumroad and explore the flow, but the publish step needs a paid plan. You also need a Gumroad account at gumroad.com (free to create) with a payout method set up.

What Gumroad charges (none of these are Inkfluence)

The full flow at a glance

From a finished book and a Gumroad account, publish takes well under a minute.

1. Sign up at gumroad.com if you do not have an account yet, and add a payout method.
2. In Inkfluence, click `Publish` in the top right of the editor.
3. Pick the Gumroad tab.
4. First time only: click `Connect to Gumroad` and authorize.
5. Review the auto-filled title, description, and price.
6. Click `Publish` to Gumroad. The product lands on your Gumroad dashboard, ready to share.

Before you connect

You need a Gumroad account. Sign up at gumroad.com if you do not have one (free). Add a payout method (bank or PayPal in most countries) on Gumroad so products can actually sell, otherwise they save as drafts.

Steps

One-time setup. You can start the connect flow from either the Publish dialog or your Profile page.

1. Open any book, click `Publish` in the top right of the editor, then pick the Gumroad tab. Or open Profile → `Connected accounts`.
2. Click `Connect to Gumroad`.
3. A new tab opens to gumroad.com. Sign in if you are not already.
4. Click `Authorize` on the Gumroad screen.
5. Gumroad redirects you back to Inkfluence. The Gumroad tab now shows the publish form, ready to use.

What Inkfluence can see and do

Inkfluence can create and update products on your Gumroad account. That is all. We never see your Gumroad password, payout details, customer list, or sales data.

Revoke access any time from your Gumroad account settings (Advanced → Authorized applications) or from your Profile page in Inkfluence under Connected accounts.

Before you publish

You need a Gumroad account with a payout method set up (bank or PayPal). Without payouts configured, Gumroad accepts the product but saves it as a draft until you add them.

• Chapters written and a title you are happy with
• Cover image set
• Gumroad account with payout method connected
• Paid plan: Gumroad publishing is Creator or Premium only

Steps

Inkfluence pre-fills the listing from your book content. Edit any field, then publish.

1. Click `Publish` in the top right of the editor.
2. Pick the `Gumroad` tab.
3. First time only: click Connect to Gumroad and authorize.
4. Review the auto-filled title, description, and price. Your cover is used as the product thumbnail.
5. Edit any field you want, then click `Publish` to Gumroad.
6. Click `Edit listing` on Gumroad to open the product in your seller dashboard.

Pricing and fees

Most non-fiction ebooks on Gumroad sell between $5 and $25. Lead magnets are often free or "pay what you want". Premium how-to guides reach $19 to $49. You can change the price anytime on Gumroad without re-uploading.

Gumroad takes a flat fee per sale (see gumroad.com/pricing for the current rate) plus payment processing. Payouts go to your linked bank or PayPal on Gumroad's standard schedule.

Edit price, description, photos

Open the book, click `Publish`, then `Edit listing` on Gumroad. All customer-facing fields (price, description, photos, custom sections) are edited directly on Gumroad.

Push a new file after editing the book

There is no in-place re-upload. To push a new file or cover to an existing Gumroad listing: Publish dialog → Gumroad tab → Unpublish, then Publish again. The fresh publish uploads the latest files and cover. Existing buyers keep access to what they already bought.

Unpublish (take it offline)

Publish dialog → Gumroad tab → `Unpublish` from Gumroad. The listing goes offline so no one new can buy it. Existing customers keep their downloads (handled by Gumroad). Re-publish anytime to bring it back.

Delete entirely

To remove a product for good, delete it on Gumroad directly. Deleting on Gumroad is permanent and cannot be undone, so unpublish first if you might want to revive it later.

Listing saved as draft, not live

Gumroad needs a payout method (bank or PayPal) before products can go on sale. If yours is not set, we save the product as a draft. On Gumroad, open `Settings` → `Payouts` and add it, then come back and click `Publish` again. The draft enables and goes live.

Gumroad says it needs identity or address verification

Gumroad uses Stripe to process payouts, and Stripe must verify your identity and address before sales can go live, even when a payout method is already added. If you receive a "needs updated identity information" email or your products will not sell, open Gumroad → Settings → Payouts and complete the verification it asks for (follow any Stripe email). Once Gumroad clears it, your products sell normally. This step happens entirely on Gumroad and Stripe, not in Inkfluence.

Cover not showing on Gumroad

Gumroad expects JPG or PNG covers. If the upload glitched, open the listing via Manage on Gumroad and upload the cover directly under the cover section. Grab the JPG from Export → Cover → Download in the Inkfluence editor.

Disconnect Gumroad

Profile → `Connected accounts` → Disconnect on the Gumroad row. Existing listings keep selling. Disconnecting only stops Inkfluence from pushing future updates.

Deleted product on Gumroad, but Inkfluence still shows it as published

Gumroad-side deletions do not sync back. Open the book → Publish dialog → Gumroad tab → Unpublish to clear the reference, then Publish again to create a fresh listing.

Publish to Gumroad is locked on Free

Gumroad publishing is Creator and Premium only. Upgrading unlocks it instantly. You can still connect Gumroad on Free to test the flow.

Why sell on Etsy

Etsy is a marketplace with built-in buyer traffic. You do not need your own email list or social following: buyers find your book through Etsy search.

Etsy handles checkout, instant delivery of your file to the buyer (a printable PDF by default, or the EPUB), payouts, and sales tax in most regions. No exclusivity either, you can sell the same book on Amazon, Gumroad, or your own site at the same time.

Who can publish

Etsy publishing is included on Creator and Premium plans. Free users can connect Etsy and explore the flow, but the publish step needs a paid plan. You also need an active Etsy shop, registered at etsy.com/sell.

What Etsy charges (none of these are Inkfluence)

A typical $10 ebook nets you around $8.50 after Etsy fees. You set your own price and can change it anytime without re-uploading.

The full flow at a glance

From a finished book and an active Etsy shop, publish takes about a minute.

1. Open an Etsy shop at `etsy.com/sell` if you do not have one yet.
2. In Inkfluence, click `Publish` in the top right of the editor.
3. Pick the Etsy tab.
4. First time only: click `Connect my Etsy shop` and authorize on Etsy.
5. Review the auto-filled title, description, tags, and price.
6. Click `Publish to Etsy`. Inkfluence creates the listing in your shop as a draft, with your files, cover, description, tags and price. Then click `Open on Etsy`, tick `With an AI generator` under How it's made (Etsy asks sellers to say when AI made an item, and only you can tick it), and publish it on Etsy. Etsy charges its $0.20 listing fee when it goes live.

Why you need a shop

Etsy is a marketplace. Anyone can have an Etsy account, but only registered sellers have a "shop". The shop holds your listings, payment method, and policies. Inkfluence cannot create it for you, you sign up directly with Etsy.

Shop signup

Done in one sitting if you have bank details handy.

1. Go to `etsy.com/sell` and click Get started. Sign in or sign up (email, Google, Apple, or Facebook).
2. Pick shop language, country, and currency. Currency is what buyers see, so pick the one that matches your main audience (USD reaches the widest pool).
3. Pick a shop name. 4 to 20 characters, no spaces or special characters, must be unique. You get one free rename later, so do not over-think it.
4. Add at least one listing. Etsy needs this to finish setup. Upload a placeholder, or wait and let Inkfluence create your first real listing once you connect.
5. Add a payout method (bank account or PayPal). Required before any sale can complete.
6. Add a billing method (credit or debit card) so Etsy can charge listing and transaction fees.
7. Open shop. Etsy charges a one-time setup fee (varies by region, shown at the final step), runs a quick review, then your shop is live.

What it costs (all charged by Etsy, not Inkfluence)

A note on identity verification

Etsy may run identity verification in the background after you submit your bank info. Until it clears, your shop can show listings but cannot accept payments. This is between you and Etsy, Inkfluence has no control over it.

After your shop is open

Come back to Inkfluence, open any book, click `Publish`, pick the Etsy tab, and click `Connect my Etsy shop`. One authorization, then every book publishes in one click.

Before you connect

You need an active Etsy shop, not just an Etsy account. Finish the seller setup at etsy.com/sell (shop name, currency, payment method, payout). Connecting without a shop bounces back with a "no shop found" error.

Steps

One-time setup. You can start the connect flow from either the Publish dialog or your Profile page.

1. Open any book, click `Publish` in the top right of the editor, then pick the Etsy tab. Or open Profile → `Connected accounts`.
2. Click `Connect my Etsy shop`.
3. A new tab opens to etsy.com. Sign in if you are not already.
4. Click `Allow access` on the Etsy authorization screen.
5. Etsy redirects you back to Inkfluence. The Etsy tab now shows the publish form, ready to use.

What Inkfluence can see and do

Inkfluence can read your shop info, create new listings, and edit or remove the listings we created. We never see your Etsy password, customer list, sales data, or payout details.

Revoke access any time from your Etsy account settings (Apps and integrations) or from your Profile page in Inkfluence under Connected accounts.

Before you publish

You need an Etsy shop, not just an Etsy account. If you have not registered as a seller yet, do it at etsy.com/sell (shop name, currency, payment method, payout method). Then connect your shop to Inkfluence from the Publish dialog.

• Chapters written and a title you are happy with
• Cover image set
• Etsy shop open, with a billing method for Etsy's fees, and connected to Inkfluence
• Paid plan: Etsy publishing is Creator or Premium only

Steps

Inkfluence pre-fills the listing from your book content. Edit any field, then publish.

1. Click `Publish` in the top right of the editor.
2. Pick the `Etsy` tab.
3. Review the auto-filled title, description, tags (up to 10), and price. Your cover is used as the listing thumbnail.
4. Under `Files buyers get`, keep `PDF` (printable, the default) or choose `EPUB` or `PDF + EPUB`.
5. Edit any field you want, then click `Publish to Etsy`. The note under the button shows what Etsy charges.
6. When it says `Live on Etsy`, click `View listing on Etsy` to see it as buyers do, or `Edit it on Etsy` to change it in your shop.
7. Every new listing is saved as a draft (`Saved as a draft in your Etsy shop`). Click `Open on Etsy`, tick `With an AI generator` under How it's made, and publish it on Etsy. If Etsy refuses, its message says why (often a missing billing method).

What your buyers see

A published listing is active on Etsy straight away and shows up in Etsy search. Buyers check out on Etsy and get an automatic download link after payment for the files you chose (PDF, EPUB, or both), no manual fulfilment from you.

Etsy's AI disclosure cannot be set by apps: open the listing on Etsy, find `How it's made` and tick `With an AI generator`.

Pricing and fees

Most digital ebooks on Etsy sell for $5 to $15. Workbooks and study guides often go higher ($15 to $35) because buyers expect printable, fillable content. You can change the price anytime on Etsy without re-uploading. Etsy minimum price is $0.20.

Etsy fees: a $0.20 USD listing fee when the book goes live, charged again after each sale and every four months while the listing renews, plus 6.5% per sale and payment processing. A $10 sale nets around $8.50. Nothing is charged for a draft.

Edit price, description, photos

Open the book, click `Publish`, then `Edit it on Etsy` (or `Open on Etsy` for a draft). All customer-facing fields (price, description, photos, SEO tags, shop sections) are edited directly on Etsy.

Push a new file after editing the book

There is no in-place re-upload. To push a new file or cover to an existing Etsy listing: Publish dialog → Etsy tab → Unpublish, then Publish again. The fresh publish creates a new listing with the latest files and cover (Etsy charges its $0.20 listing fee again when it goes live). Existing buyers keep access to their purchases.

Unpublish (take it offline)

Publish dialog → Etsy tab → `Unpublish` flips the listing to inactive. Existing customers keep their purchases (handled by Etsy). Inkfluence never turns a listing back on by itself: to sell it again, reactivate it on Etsy, or publish again from Inkfluence. A draft has nothing on sale, so `Remove from this book` only clears it from the book; the draft stays in your Etsy shop.

Delete entirely

To remove a listing for good, delete it on Etsy directly rather than from Inkfluence. Etsy keeps inactive listings around in case you want to revive them, which is usually preferable to deleting.

"No shop found" when connecting

Etsy accounts and shops are separate. Finish the seller signup at etsy.com/sell (shop name, currency, payment, payout), then click `Connect my Etsy shop` again.

Saved as a draft instead of going live

Inkfluence saves the listing as a draft in your shop with the files and cover in (no listing fee is charged for a draft). Etsy asks sellers to say when an item was made with AI, and that box can only be ticked on Etsy, so you finish it there: `Open on Etsy`, tick `With an AI generator` under How it's made, then Publish.

If Etsy will not let you publish it, the usual reasons are: the shop has no billing method for Etsy's fees ($0.20 per listing), the shop is not fully open yet, or it is in vacation mode. Fix that on Etsy, then publish the same draft there. Publishing on Etsy never makes a second listing.

Older Etsy listings from Inkfluence were saved as drafts set to made to order, so buyers would not get the file straight away. Open the book's Etsy window in Inkfluence first: if it shows `Fix instant download`, click it (it changes only how the item is made, never whether it is live), or set When was it made on Etsy yourself. Then tick `With an AI generator` and publish it on Etsy.

EPUB is too large (20 MB cap)

Etsy caps digital files at 20 MB. Try regenerating the cover at a lower resolution, removing oversized interior images, then re-export. For very long books, split into a multi-volume set and list each volume separately.

Cover not showing on Etsy

Etsy wants JPG or PNG at around 2000px on the longest side. Open the listing on Etsy and upload the cover directly under Photos. Grab the JPG from Export → Cover → Download in the Inkfluence editor.

Disconnect Etsy

Profile → `Connected accounts` → Disconnect on the Etsy row. Existing listings keep selling. Disconnecting only stops Inkfluence from pushing future updates.

Deleted listing on Etsy, but Inkfluence still shows it as published

Etsy-side deletions do not sync back. Open the book → Publish dialog → Etsy tab → Unpublish to clear the reference, then Publish again to create a fresh listing.

Publish to Etsy is locked on Free

Etsy publishing is Creator and Premium only. Upgrading unlocks it instantly. You can still connect Etsy on Free to test the flow.

What it does

The Book Description tool reads your book (the title, genre, and opening chapters) and writes three ready-to-publish descriptions. Use them as your back-cover blurb, your Amazon book description, or your Gumroad and Etsy listing copy.

• Hook: opens on intrigue and tension. Strongest for fiction.
• Benefit: leads with what the reader gains. Strongest for non-fiction and self-help.
• Short: a punchy version with a one-line tagline, for ads and storefront snippets.

How to use it

It starts writing as soon as you open it, so you land straight on three options.

1. Open your book in the editor.
2. Click `Tools` in the left sidebar, then `Book description`.
3. Switch between the Hook, Benefit, and Short tabs to compare styles.
4. Edit the text directly in the box. The character count updates as you type (Amazon allows up to 4,000).
5. Click `Use as description` to save it to your book, or Copy to paste it into Amazon KDP or anywhere else.
6. Want different options? Click `Regenerate` for three fresh blurbs.

Where your description is used

Saving with Use as description sets your book's description everywhere it matters:

• It appears as the blurb on your exported title page.
• It is written into your EPUB file's metadata, which Kindle and other stores read.
• It pre-fills the listing when you publish to Gumroad or Etsy.
• For Amazon KDP, copy the text and paste it into the description field when you set up your book.

Which plans include it

The Book Description tool is on the Creator and Premium plans, and available to anyone with chapter credits, the same access as Kindle EPUB export. You can generate up to 25 descriptions a day.