Print To Order
how we stay indie, stay lean, and prioritise our authors.
On Demand
Print-on-demand is a method for printing books (and an assortment of other products!) at the time of purchase.
Historically, products would be created hundreds or thousands of units at a time. This reduced production costs but created the need for storage. And even with the production cost reduced, buying a thousand books at a time is not cheap.
We print-on-demand to print your book when an order is placed. We print one, ten, or one hundred copies per order, based on how many you order.
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How it works
Here's how it works from when we set up a book, to when you receive a package in the mail.
The Set Up
We build out a print-ready formatted version of a book. This involves lots of boring back and forth and busy work you don't want to hear about - trust us, it's tedious and requires like twenty test-prints.
The Printers
When you click/tap (god we hope people still click on things) check out on a paperback or hardback, our website finds the closest and best book printer to your shipping address.
How does that work? Geo-stuff, API's, a few partner services. But we find one within a few minutes.
Distribution
Once the printer is selected, you'll receive a text message or email (depends on the printer) once the book(s) is manufactured and a shipping label is made.
From there it's like every other parcel, except we priortise freight shipping because the margins for the drivers are higher and they're quicker.