Smarter book trade services

Making the business of books simpler.

We support booksellers and book suppliers with smart digital services that simplify complex processes, reduce costs and remove administrative friction.

Trusted by the book trade

What is Batch

Trade more efficiently.

Batch for Books provides a suite of smart digital services to remove friction and streamline invoice delivery, invoice management, and payment processes for the book trade. 

Whether you are new to bookselling, an established retailer or a global publisher or wholesaler, our technology reduces the burden and costs of account administration so that you can focus on selling books and better serving your customers.

Search

How can we help?

Find services, guidance and resources for the book trade.

Core benefits

Keeping book retailers and book vendors on the same page

Batch for Books provides secure, real-time account visibility to facilitate more efficient and effective trade between retailers and vendors.

Fast accurate payments

One clear payment channel means more current accounts, fewer discrepancies, automated settlements, and healthier cash flow.

Easier account admin

Automated invoice management, no data entry, and easy claims process eliminate hours of manual work.

Account transparency

See what is owed, claimed, and paid, across all your accounts in one secure, up-to-date location.

Fewer errors

Eliminate discrepancies for more accurate account administration to maintain healthy, productive retailer-vendor relationships.

Booksellers

Built for bookshops of every size.

Why Join Batch?

Let Batch be your digital filing cabinet! Join hundreds of booksellers who use Batch for Books to centralize their invoices in one place to save hours every week on invoice management, publisher payments, claims for damages and shortages, and streamlined bookkeeping.

Current Batch Users

Already a Batch user? Access information on using your Batch portal, payment information, adding vendors, adding users, and other resources that will help you get the most out of using Batch.

Publishers

Frictionless bookseller account and payment management

Why Join Batch?

Batch for Books consolidates the payment process for hundred of bookstores through a single, secure channel which leads to faster, more accurate payments, streamlined payment processing, customers who stay current, and stronger relationships with your customers.

Current Publisher Partners

Get information on how to use and make the most of the Publisher Payments, adding new users to your Batch portal, and marketing materials and collateral for promoting Batch to your customers.

Articles

Our latest stories.

09.18.26
Publisher Payments Site: a new look
The Batch Publisher Payments site has been updated, improving our service for publishers and distributors.
09.18.26
Publisher Payments Site: a new look
The Batch Publisher Payments site has been updated, improving our service for publishers and distributors.
09.18.26
Connecting the future of the international book trade.
Batch joined publishers, wholesalers and booksellers in Verona to discuss how shared data and simpler settlement can speed up the whole supply chain.

See it in action

Book a Batch demonstration.

A member of the team will walk you through payments, claims and reporting using examples from shops and publishers like yours.

Batch payments

Next authorization date
October 27th, 2026