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Real-press book printing

We print your book.
You keep every dollar.

A novel, a kids' book, a textbook, a catalog — printed on a real press, bound right, and shipped to your door or direct to your readers. Pricing . No royalty cut, ever.

$0 setup · Free shipping at 50+ · 100% royalties · 7–14 day delivery

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$2.54

Per copy at 1,000+

50

Copy minimum

80+

Countries shipped

100%

Royalties you keep

50→10,000+
Copies per run
$2.20
Per copy at 1,000+
100%
Royalties you keep

Beat any quote — or it's free. We own the press, so there's no middleman markup. If a single book arrives damaged, we reprint the whole order. No questions.

Why not just use the rest

Rivals all charge setup fees.
We charge per copy.

Three-day quote emails.

Quote in 10 seconds. No login. No “hop on a call.”

$399 publishing packages.

Pay per copy. That’s the whole bill.

60% royalty cuts.

We print. You sell. Keep every dollar.

Real numbers

Same book. Same spec.
Real numbers.

200pg paperback, 250 copies — here's the field, verified and updated monthly.

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Shipped worldwide.

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300+ books printed and shipped to authors around the world. Every single one, the author kept 100% of the royalties.

How it works

Four steps.
No sales call.

01

Get an instant quote

Specs in, price out — 10 seconds, no login. The number you see is the number you pay.

02

Upload your PDF

Or send specs and we'll match a printer-ready file. We never lose your manuscript.

03

We print on our press

Real offset machines, real ink, real binding. We own the press — no middleman markup.

04

Ships in 7–14 days

To 80+ countries, tracking included. Free shipping at 50+ copies, or direct to your readers.

No risk

Three reasons
not to worry.

Sample Pack — $99

Hold YOUR book in your hands before committing to a print run. A single proof of your manuscript, shipped globally with tracked delivery.

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Beat any quote — or it’s free

Send us a competitor’s quote on the same spec. We beat it by 5%, or you print your run free. No fine print.

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100% reprint guarantee

If a single book arrives damaged, we reprint and ship the whole order. No questions, no return shipping required.

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What we print

If it's a book,
we print it.

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  • PAPERBACK PRINTING

    Paperback book printing

    5×8 · 5.5×8.5 · 6×9

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  • HARDCOVER PRINTING

    Hardcover book printing

    5.5×8.5 · 6×9 · 7×10

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What authors say

What authors said
when they switched.

BookPrinter is in early access through 2026. These are our first cohort of authors and publishers — we'll switch to verified review pulls at 100+ public reviews.

“Got my novel in my hands six days after upload. The hardcover finish is genuinely better than what BookBaby sent me last year — and I paid a third of the price.”

Priya Khanna · Debut novelist · Toronto, CanadaThe Quiet Hours · 50 copies · Early user

“200 hardcovers for my poetry collection landed in 11 days. KDP quoted me $1,540 for the same run. BookPrinter did it for $920.”

Sofía Reyes · Self-published poet · Madrid, SpainSalt & Sky (2025) · 200 copies · Early user

“I run a coaching institute. We print 1,500 mock-test booklets every quarter. Switched from a local press because BookPrinter is 22% cheaper and doesn't lose files.”

Rajiv Menon · Education entrepreneur · Bengaluru, IndiaJEE Mock Series Vol. 7 · 1500 copies · Early user

“I sell my book direct from my own site. BookPrinter ships every order to the reader, I keep 100% of the price after print. KDP took 60%.”

Hannah Becker · Memoir writer · Berlin, Germany

Print is just the start

Everything else BookBaby
charges $1,400 for. Free.

PublisherKit

Run your own imprint

FAQ

Questions authors
actually ask.

What's the minimum order?

50 copies for every standard SKU — novels, hardcovers, textbooks, comics, and children's books. That's the floor where our press economics actually work; below 50 the per-book setup cost balloons and we'd lose money on every order. Need fewer? Order a Sample Pack (1, 5, 10, 25 copies) at flat retail with shipping bundled in. Page count is 49–248 pages on standard SKUs (matches our offset rate card). Premium / trade SKUs (coffee-table hardcover, real-estate portfolio, magazine) are quote-only because spec variation matters.

How much does it cost to print my book?

A 200-page paperback novel runs ~$4.20/copy at 100, ~$3.10/copy at 250, ~$2.35/copy at 500, and ~$2.20/copy at 1,000. Hardcovers run roughly 25% above paperback at the same tier. Children's full-color books add ~₹2.50/page on top. The live calculator on bookprinter.app gives you the exact number for your spec in 10 seconds — shipping is free at 50+, no surprise line items.

Is there a setup fee?

$0 setup on every standard SKU at 50+ copies — that's the whole bill. Below 50, you'd order a Sample Pack at flat retail (Single Proof $99, 5-pack $159, 10-pack $249, 25-pack $399 — all paperback; hardcover variants ~60% higher) which bundles shipping and setup into the retail price. Premium SKUs carry transparent setup fees that match the prepress reality: trade-magazine $299, brand-catalog $399, real-estate portfolio $599, coffee-table hardcover $799, museum smyth-sewn $999. We show every fee up-front; nothing appears at checkout.

Real press. Real prices.
Real fast.

Price your book in 10 seconds, keep 100% of every dollar it earns, and never pay a royalty cut.

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BookPrinter

We print books. From 50 to 10,000+. Real press, real binding, shipped to your door — or direct to your readers. You keep every dollar.

Services

  • Paperback book printing
  • Hardcover book printing
  • Children's book printing
  • Textbook printing
  • Journal printing
  • Planner printing

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  • CHILDREN'S BOOKS

    Children's book printing

    8×10 · 8.5×11

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  • TEXTBOOKS

    Textbook printing

    7×10 · 8×10 · 8.5×11

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  • JOURNALS

    Journal printing

    5×8 · 5.5×8.5 · 6×9

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  • PLANNERS

    Planner printing

    5.5×8.5 · 6×9 · 8.5×11

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  • After the Wall · 1 copy · Early user

    BookStand

    Sell to readers, keep 85%

    AuthorPage

    Your author site, in 5 min

    CoAuthor

    Write the next one faster

    All four unlock from the BookPrinter dashboard switcher once you sign in. Print is the only thing you pay per copy for — everything else is included.

    Do you ship internationally?

    Yes. Free shipping at 50+ copies anywhere we deliver — we have direct freight relationships, so we absorb the cost rather than scare you with a $300 shipping line. Sample Packs include tracked international shipping in the flat retail price. Standard delivery: 5-8 business days for 50-100 copies, 8-12 business days for 100-500 copies, 15-21 days for 1,000+ offset runs.

    Do you take a royalty cut on my book sales?

    Never. You print with us, you keep 100% of every dollar your book earns. KDP takes 40-60% royalty. IngramSpark and BookBaby take 30-40%. We just print — we don't tax your sales, ever. If you also sell through our distribution platform BookStand, you pay a flat 15% per sale and keep the rest. If you self-host on AuthorPage / WebsiteKit, the 15% disappears too.

    Can you ship books direct to my readers?

    Yes. You can either order copies to yourself in bulk, OR set up direct-to-reader fulfillment — when a reader buys from your site, BookStand listing, or any storefront you connect, we print the book and ship it to their door. You set the price; you keep 100% of the price after print + ship cost. The reader pays the actual carrier rate at checkout (no hidden markup, unlike Amazon Prime where it's bundled into the membership).

    Can BookPrinter help me publish (not just print)?

    Yes. BookPrinter is part of the Snowlabs author suite, so you have one-click access to: PublisherKit (manage your imprint, distribution, ISBNs), BookStand (sell digital + paperback to readers, our 15%-per-sale marketplace), AuthorPage (your own author site), WebsiteKit (sell direct from your own domain), CoAuthor (writing assistant), and BookCovers (cover designer). Print with us, then upsell yourself into digital — same dashboard, same login, same author identity.

    How fast do you deliver?

    Sample Packs (1-25 copies): 5-8 business days. Standard runs (50-99 copies): 5-8 business days. Bulk (100-499 copies): 8-12 business days. Offset (500-1,000+ copies): 15-21 business days. Premium quote-only SKUs: 21-30 days including proof-approval cycle, then 14 days production.

    Why are you cheaper than KDP, IngramSpark, and BookBaby at bulk?

    At 250+ copies, we genuinely undercut all of them. KDP, IngramSpark, BookBaby, and Lulu are POD-only — every copy carries the same digital-press unit cost, so the per-book price barely moves with quantity. We run real offset on bulk (250+) which collapses unit cost as you scale. Below 250 we're competitive but not always the cheapest — at 100 copies we're slightly above KDP, and at <50 we don't quote. Pick the tier that matches your launch.

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  • Coaching institutes
  • Company

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