We're self-publishing authors based outside the US. After building successful Amazon businesses, we faced the reality every author knows - platform dependence is risky. So when TikTok Shop opened to books, we saw something tremendously exciting, bigger than another sales channel: a chance to reach an entirely new audience of 170 million US readers discovering books differently: through short-form video instead of search algorithms. Then came the frustration - TikTok's compliance requirements are designed for US-based sellers, not international authors.
What followed was months of trial and error. We built US business entities, navigated compliance requirements, and faced rejections without clear explanations. Legal fees, registration costs, consultants who overpromised - the expenses mounted. Every rejection meant starting over and learning what TikTok actually accepts the hard way.
We finally succeeded. Then we realized: everything we'd built to solve our problem could help thousands of international authors reach US readers without repeating our expensive mistakes. That's why we built Alchemy Books - to open the door.
A world where geography never limits creativity, where authors can reach new readers and test opportunities without barriers.
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