eBookIt.com Print On Demand Services

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As great as ebooks are, as an author, there is nothing like seeing the result of perhaps years of work materialize in a physical book.  Holding your book in your hands is one of the greatest feelings of accomplishment any author can experience.  Besides the subjective feeling of accomplishment, printed books still account for about half of book sales, and serve many purposes such as giveaways, promotional copies, and back-of-room sales at events.  eBookIt.com is excited to announce that we are now offering print on demand for our ebook clients!

What is Print On Demand?

Just what the name implies -- your book, in paperback format, printed as needed.  What is great about print on demand, is that you as the author can have 10 or more copies printed and shipped to your home, to sell or give away as needed, then the major online retailers -- Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble will sell the printed version of your book, and the major distributor, Ingram, will make your book available to virtually every bookstore in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, both online and brick and mortar. Or, you can simply get books printed for your own distribution.

Here are a couple of examples of how the process works once your book is made available via print on demand:

Example #1: Online Shopper
	online shopper finds and orders your book in paperback format on Amazon.com just one copy of your book is printed and shipped directly to the customer you are paid your share, less the cost of the printing
Example #2: Physical Bookstore
	mom and pop books in Anytown, USA likes your book and orders a dozen copies for their book shelves a dozen copies are printed and shipped to mom and pop books you are paid your share, less the cost of the printing
	Example #3: Copies For You
	you order a case of 50 books for your own personal distribution 50 copies are printed and shipped directly to you you pay for the cost of the printing and shipping

The best part -- besides the production costs, there are no storage fees, nor any need to invest huge sums of money into large quantities of books.  Print on demand is a very inexpensive option thanks to technology in on-demand printing.

How to Proceed

Not all books are right for print on demand, and eBookIt.com has some limitations as well as we launch this new service.  To use this service,

• You must have your ebook formatted with eBookIt.com.  When we format ebooks, we create your book in a document format that we need to create the print on demand version.  Also, due to the demand, we can currently only offer this service to our clients.
• Currently we are working with black and white books only, paperback (full color cover, of course).  If you have a color book, you will have to wait a bit longer at some point in the future when we can handle color books -- sorry!
• Your book must be priced so it does not lose money.  This might sound like a no-brainer, but each book sold must be priced high enough so it makes money and does not lose money.  Our pricing tool will help you choose the best price for your print book.

To begin, use our print on demand pricing tool.

Costs

The costs depend on several factors, including the size of your book, the number of pages, what services you require, distribution, and shipping/handling.  Use our interactive tool to price your book.  If you are having us create your book for you, just estimate the number of pages.

Production Time

Please allow 4-6 weeks from the time your order is placed to the time the order is shipped.  If your book will require more time, we will let you know.  If your book is a rush and you need books for an event, let us know and depending on our schedule, we might be able to offer a rush service.