Everything You Need to Know About Book Printing

If you go through a traditional publishing firm, the printing of your book will not be your concern. That's one of the main things that the publishing company does. However, if you are going to self publish your book, then book printing will be a major concern for you.

Here is how it works. There are MANY book printing companies out there. For our purposes here, we are going to differentiate between book printers and POD (Print on Demand) printers.

One of the most important things you need to know about book printing is that different printers have different specialties. That's why, if you request quotes from book printers, you will find some VERY different prices that come back at you.

There are a variety of factors that will affect prices that printers charge. These include, but is not limited to: types of binding, types of covers or the number of units that you print. This is why it is so vitally important for you to request a large number of requests for proposals.