Smarter book trade services
Making the business of books work better
We help bookstores and publishers manage the financial side of their relationship with less effort, fewer complications, and lower costs.
Trusted by the book trade
What is Batch
Better invoice management and payment delivery
Batch for Books provides data and payment delivery services to remove friction and streamline invoice delivery, invoice management, and payment processes between booksellers and publishers.
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.
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.
One clear payment channel means more current accounts, fewer discrepancies, automated settlements, and healthier cash flow.
Automated invoice management, no data entry, and easy claims process eliminate hours of manual work.
See what is owed, claimed, and paid, across all your accounts in one secure, up-to-date location.
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 Use Batch?
Batch for Books gives publishers a single, secure channel for managing payments across hundreds of independent bookstores, resulting in faster, more accurate payments, more current accounts, less administrative work, and stronger relationships with booksellers.
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.
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Get in touch
Would you like to find out more?
Talk to our team about how Batch could support your business.