Distribute your book in Pakistan. Free.
You published with a local press, or on Amazon, or on your own — and your readers still cannot buy the book. List it on Daastan for free: your ISBN, your price, your rights. E-books go on sale the day we approve them; print copies you hand us once and we sell, pack and deliver, cash on delivery, across Pakistan.
List your book freeWhy book distribution in Pakistan is broken
Google your book's title right now. If all you can find is your own Facebook post, your publisher has no distribution. Most local publishers have no website worth the name — the book sits in a storeroom in Urdu Bazaar, and a reader in Karachi searching for it by name finds nothing.
The Amazon version is no better. You published on KDP and the book is real — in Texas. Here there is no cash on delivery and shipping costs more than the book. List your e-book here this week; for print, send the files and we print the run in Pakistan ourselves.
What free book distribution gets you
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A listing that costs nothing, ever No fee, no subscription, no cut of your rights. We earn a share only when your book actually sells.
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A sales page built to be found Every book gets a real, Google-indexed page — 1,127 and counting. A reader searches your title and actually finds it.
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Your ISBN stays on your book We list under the number your book already carries — Amazon KDP numbers included. We never restamp your book with ours.
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E-book sales, 70% yours Upload your EPUB or type it into our editor. Set the price, or make it free, and keep 70% in 49 countries.
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Print consignment, cash on delivery Post us 5–10 copies once. We store, sell, pack and deliver them — cash on delivery — to 871 cities and towns.
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No copies in Pakistan? We print them Send print-ready files and our press produces the run in 10–15 working days. The calculator below prices it first.
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An author page and a real dashboard Your author page, plus the Bookfolio — sales like stock holdings, a ledger you can read, payouts twice a month.
Your books, like a portfolio
The Bookfolio: every book a holding — earnings, copies out, a nudge before stock runs dry.
Sales, month by month
The Sales Report: what readers paid each month, then the same months down to each copy.
Every rupee, on its own line
The Royalty page: your earnings curve, and a ledger where every sale is its own row.
How to distribute your book in Pakistan, in five steps
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Create a free account and list the book
Title, cover, blurb, genre, your ISBN and your price — ten minutes in one guided form.
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Hand over the book
Upload your EPUB or type it in. For print: post 5–10 copies, or send print-ready files for a run.
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We check it — two working days
A safety check, not a judgment of your prose. The file opens, the cover is yours, the details are sane.
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On sale
The store, your author page, search engines. Cash on delivery across Pakistan; online payment in 49 countries.
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You get paid
Every confirmed sale lands in your royalty ledger, and payouts run on the 1st and 15th of every month.
What this costs you: nothing, ever
Free means free
No listing fee, no exclusivity, no lock-in, no fine print. Delist whenever you like and nothing at all is owed.
Your rights and your ISBN stay yours
We sell your book; we do not own a word of it. The ISBN, the imprint and every right stay exactly where they are.
Unsold copies — the terms, up front
Nothing sold in six months? We email you once: Rs 1,000 brings the copies home, or tell us to let them go.
What would printing cost? Work it out now
Pages, size, paper, copies — a real price from the same rates we quote from. No form, no waiting for a call back.
Try the calculator — see your price
Estimates, not invoices — but they are the real rates we quote from. Anything unusual we price with you on a call.
Where should we send this quote?
Fill in whichever you prefer — we need at least one to reach you.
We use this to send your quote and follow up once. Nothing else.
Three things book distributors in Pakistan will not do
Take cash on delivery
It is how Pakistan actually buys books. Your reader pays the courier at the door; your share lands in your ledger.
Put your book on Google
A listing here is a real page with your book's name on it, built the way search engines expect to find it.
Show you the numbers
A ledger with every sale on its own line, a dashboard that reads like a portfolio, and payouts twice a month.
Authors who published with us
Their solid commitment to facilitate emerging writers in Pakistan is worth every ounce of praise. Immensely happy and grateful to have my first book published through this commendable publisher that is truly one-of-a-kind in the country.See the original post
Earlier Pakistani writers could only dream of getting published. Now it is easier with the more than supportive team of Daastan which is now more of a family to me. Amazing experience publishing my first book with Daastan.See the original post
A good online approach, where I could hand over my data without the fear that it would be stolen. A safe and secure platform.See the original post
Ready? List your book free
A free account, one guided form, and a decision from us within about two working days. Your ISBN, your price, your rights — and a country that can finally buy your book.
Questions people ask
Is book distribution on Daastan really free?
Yes. Listing costs nothing and there is no subscription. You keep 70% of every e-book sale and 70% of the net on every print copy — we earn only when you do.
My book was published by a local publisher. Can I list it?
That is exactly who this page is for. If you hold the right to sell your book, list it and post us 5–10 copies — it finally gets found online.
How do I sell my Amazon KDP book in Pakistan?
List the e-book free with the ISBN it already carries — we recognise KDP numbers. For print, send the print-ready files and order a run from our own press.
What file formats do you accept for e-books?
EPUB — the format our reader ships. No EPUB? Type or paste the book into our editor, and what you see is exactly what readers get.
How many print copies do you take?
Between 5 and 10 per title to start; when they sell down, you send more. The cap keeps our shelf honest and your risk small.
How and when do I get paid?
Every confirmed sale is credited to your royalty ledger, and payouts run on the 1st and 15th of every month once your balance passes Rs 1,000.
What happens if my copies do not sell?
After six months of no sales we email you once: Rs 1,000 shipping brings them back to your door, or tell us to dispose of them. Storage fees never exist here.
Do you offer book distribution services across Pakistan?
Yes — 871 cities and towns by courier, cash on delivery, from one shelf. That is the point: one free listing, national book distribution.
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