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Print-on-Demand Printers
and POD Publishers

This page features a list of services which provide on-demand production (printing on demand) of books. Many of these companies can print, bind, and ship one book at a time, although most are more efficient and cost-effective at doing 10 to 100 copies. We try to be comprehensive in these listings, so we list anyone. A listing does not necessarily mean a recommendation by us. — John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books

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POD Printers: A - B - C - D - EF - GH - I - JK
L - MN - O - P - QR - S - T - UV - W - XYZ

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BeWrite. A oon-submission POD publisher that accepts about 20% of the submitted materials, charges nothing for the author to be published with them, appears to do great covers, and works well with authors.

Bhavish Graphics, Sree Kumar. Email: sreekumar@bhavishgraphics.com. An on-demand printer based in India. They have the largest digital printing facility in south India.

Blitzprint Inc., Pete Friebel, Vice President, Book Division, 1235 64th Avenue SE #3, Calgary AB Canada T2H 2J7; 866-479-3248; Fax: 403-253-5642. Email: pfriebel@blitzprint.com. “We are a no-nonsense POD manufacturer, with a focus on helping authors print top quality books, not collecting upfront fees.”

Blurb.com — Eileen Gittins, CEO. This San Francisco company raised $2 million in venture capital. It does not charge authors any up-front fees. Instead, it provides free software that allows people to design their own books. Prices start at $29.95 for books of 1 to 40 pages and rise to $79.95 for books of 301 to 440 pages. They just signed an agreement with Chronicle Books to get all their over-the-transom rejections for possible referrals. If authors sign up for Blurb's services, Chronicle gets a cut on any income.

BookBlocks, Kumar Persad, 71 Tenbroeck Avenue, Kingston NY 12401; 845-331-7581; 800-836-7581, ext. 111; Fax: 845-331-1571. Email: info@bookblocks.com. Offers low-cost digital books in B&W or color, quantities from 1 to 1,000.

BookMark Self Publishing, Colin Knecht and Paul Dalcanale, co-owners; 250-886-6978.

BookMobile.com, Nicole Baxter, 2402 University Avenue West #206, Saint Paul MN 55114; 800-752-3303; Fax: 612-677-3271. Email: nbaxter@bookmobile.com. A digital printer since 1996, they provide on-demand printing of books and bound galleys. Their Digital Print Overnight Distribute service promises Internet sales, instant printing, and overnight delivery. Customers include Oxford University Press, Graywolf Press, and Copper Canyon Press. They also provide a distribution and fulfillment service called Itasca Books; web: http://www.itascabooks.com.

The Book Pub, Sarah Shaffer. Email: contact@thebookpub.com. A new publishing house that publishes POD books at no charge to the author.

BookPublisher.com, Wheatmark, 610 East Delano Street #104, Tucson AZ 85705; 520-798-3321; 888-934-0888; Fax: 520-903-1135. Email: editor@bookpublisher.com. Wheatmark offers customized book design, editing, and publishing services for on-demand books. They offer regular discounts through Ingram to independent bookstores.

Books Just Books, Ron Pramschufer, RJ Communications, 51 East 42nd Street, New York City NY 10017; 800-621-2556; Fax: 212-681-8002. Email: Ron@rjc-lcc.com. Allows you to get book quotes online. Does color printing POD books.

BookSurge, 5341 Dorchester Road #16, North Charleston SC 29418; 843-853-8310; 866-308-6235; Email: monty@BookSurge.com. The parent company of Digitz.net (see below) and GreatUNpublished.com (also see below), it is attempting to build the world's largest ebookstore. It currently publishes 1500 titles via its own imprints and distributes another 5,000 titles from more than 250 other publishers. In June 2002, they announced a partnership with R.R. Bowker to provide POD books via BooksInPrint.com, BookWire.com, and other Bowker web sites. They now provide full-color POD printing in 8x5 and 7x10 print sizes (requires an initial fee of $499). For more information, see: http://www.imprintbooks.com/cmyk. Check out their rating with the Better Business Bureau.

Borders Personal Publishing — Now, in partnership with Lulu.com, Borders is offering personal publishing of books. Selected books within this program will also be distributed in some Borders stores. Costs: $299 to $499.

Business Graphics, 311 Main Street #1, Roseville CA 95678; 800-265-7269; Fax: 916-772-2332. Email: sales@busgrfx.com. In business since 1993, they provide offset and on-demand printing of books, journals, and software manuals. Also diskette duplication.

Buy Books On The Web, 1094 New Dehaven Street #100, West Conshohocken PA 19428; 610-941-9999; 877-BUY-BOOK; Fax: 610-941-9959. Email: info@buybooksontheweb.com. They take orders at their web site for books within their system and then print, bind, and ship them within two days. Their publishing division, Infinity Publishing, helps people publish their books in on-demand format. Good company with customer-centric focus.

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1001 Ways to Market Your Books, 6th Edition describes more than 1,000 ideas, tips, and suggestions for marketing books — all illustrated with real-life examples showing how other publishers and authors have marketed their books.

“Without glitzy idealism or funky hopelessness, Kremer does a sound job of talking about marketing, telling stories from his own and others' experiences. He knows his subject, imparting important information in a fast-paced, very open way. Extremely good stuff here.” — The Book Reader

May, 2006. ISBN: 0-912411-49-X. 704-page softcover. $27.95.

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John Kremer's Self-Publishing Hall of Fame — This book features the stories of hundreds of self-publishers who have gone on to great success. It also features tips from many of the hall of famers on how to do what they did. I publish this book as an ebook because I’m continually adding new heroes to it. A great motivational and educational tool! January 2008. 225-page ebook download. $20.00.

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