How It Works

Together we can support independent booksellers!

JewishBooks.com is an affiliate of three online merchants—Bookshop.org (new hardcovers, paperbacks, eBooks), Biblio.com (used, rare, out-of-print), and Libro.fm (audioBooks)—all of which share their earnings with networks of local, independent bookstores and booksellers rather than concentrating profits with a single retail Behemoth.

When you purchase a book through an outlink on this site, three things happen: our retail partner facilitates fulfillment of your order and then distributes a share of the proceeds to one local, independent bookseller of your choice—or into a shared pool—and we earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. That commission helps cover the cost of maintaining this site—the research, curation, hosting, and upkeep behind every list you see here.

In other words, it’s a win-win situation: each and every purchase supports independent booksellers and keeps this project going.

Bookshop.org benefits approximately 3,000 participating booksellers representing about 90% of all American Booksellers Association (ABA) members. Bookshop.org is the highest rated bookstore in the world (4.9/5). All of your purchases of new hardcovers, paperbacks, and eBooks support local booksellers with over $51,000,000 raised so far!

Biblio.com works with approximately 5,500 independent bookstores and booksellers worldwide, offering nearly 100 million used, rare, and out-of-print books on their platform. Biblio.com strives to be the very best marketplace for readers, sellers and collectors of printed books you will find nowhere else!

Libro.fm partners with over 4,000 independent bookstores globally with more than 20,000 booksellers in its network. The American Booksellers Association (ABA) lists 1,400 participating member-stores benefitting from their partnership with Libro.fm. Now you can join listeners worldwide and help support independents with your purchases of audiobooks too!

We very much appreciate your support of independent booksellers—and hope you enjoy visiting JewishBooks.com.