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Global print-on-demand book publishing and distribution through our trusted partners. Get listed in over 40K retail stores and only print books when you make a sale.

A Global Publishing and Distribution Platform for Printed Books Packed with All the Right Features

Keep the investment to a minimum, and maximize your exposure by accessing print-on-demand book services through PublishDrive. Print-on-demand enables the efficient single-book printing process, allowing the production of individual copies as needed and reducing excess inventory.

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On-demand publishing

Print a book only when you make a sale. Self-published book printing works perfect for indie authors. On-demand book printing is highly profitable for small to medium-sized publishers, too.

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Print-on-demand publishers

Make your books available in thousands of physical stores by submitting them to our print-on-demand publishers. Books on demand simplify the logistics and cut costs.

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Global reach

Grow your visibility to a global audience where the demand for digital and printed books is at its highest. Print your book only when you make a sale, and pay the minimum printing cost.

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Financial reports

Handle all self-publishing matters like distribution, marketing, & sales in one dashboard. Manage all your print-on-demand books.

Print-on-Demand Converter

The Print-on-Demand (POD) Converter enhances the efficiency of authors and publishers in managing book inventory. The process involves uploading book files—PDF, docx, or epub—selecting manufacturing details like trim size and cover laminate and ensuring specific formatting requirements. The POD Converter also facilitates cover creation by guiding users through every step.  You can print your book on-demand once you have your print files ready

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Print-on-Demand Template Cover Generator

The POD Print Cover Template Generator simplifies the creation of print-on-demand covers. By entering details like book size, binding type, colors, and page count, the generator creates an illustration of the cover with spine width variations, offering a downloadable template. Once the cover and interior formatting are complete, users can upload these files on PublishDrive for distribution, enabling global availability of print-on-demand paperbacks to readers and libraries.

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Print-on-Demand Converter

With POD books, you don’t have to wonder where to print a book. You can use the on-demand book printing to simplify the process and cut costs. The costs depend on the length of your book.  Retailers have a minimum price to cover the costs of printing your book and the fees for selling it. Your profit margins are affected by how long your book is and its color type. When your book is sold through a retailer, you only need to cover the printing costs and the portion the retailer takes from the sale; there are no additional shipping costs for authors or publishers. If you want copies of your book for things like sending them out for reviews or fulfilling orders directly from your readers, you can order author copies. But in this case, you'll have to handle the shipping and taxation costs yourself.

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The Simple Way to Maximize Earnings

In an industry where everyone takes a piece of your sales, do you really want to give up another 10% of royalties? Instead of a percentage-based approach used by most platforms, PublishDrive uses a flat-fee model, taking zero commissions and giving you 100% of the net royalties you make. Calculate just how much you can earn.

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How to Publish Print-on-Demand Books with PublishDrive

Self-publishing and book printing can go hand in hand. It’s also easy for small to mid-size publishing companies who choose to print books on demand.

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Global reach

Grow your visibility to a global audience where the demand for digital and printed books is at its highest. Print your book only when you make a sale, and pay the minimum printing cost.

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Fill out your book metadata

After uploading your files, provide your book’s metadata. This is an essential step to ensure your book is discoverable in stores, so make the metadata informative.

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Choose your distribution channels

Select your preferred print-on-demand companies. Ingram has the widest distribution network, but we also cover hard-to-reach markets like China.

Books we are proud of

We help market and publish exceptional stories, for independent authors, established authors, and newbies alike.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Your royalties are paid directly into your bank account. We don’t take any of your royalties. Your royalties will be NET, and the royalty fee will be charged by the outlet that sold your book: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.

This depends on the publishing plan you sign up for. When you sign up for our most comprehensive plan, you will be plugged into one of the publishing industry’s largest global book distribution networks, including access to over 40+ top publishing platforms, independent bookstores, online stores, chain stores, eBook retailers, etc.

This depends on the publishing plan you sign up for. When you sign up for our most comprehensive plan, you will be plugged into one of the publishing industry’s largest global book distribution networks, including access to over 40+ top publishing platforms, independent bookstores, online stores, chain stores, eBook retailers, etc.

You keep 100% of your copyright, and you own your book and all associated rights entirely – that’s what separates our service apart from others. The sales and distribution accounts are set up in your name.

There are no hidden costs. All prices are quoted at the start of the publishing process.

You have complete control over setting the retail price of your book, so you are free to charge as little or as much as you like. We guide you on this aspect as part of our publishing service.

The average turnaround time is 4 to 8 weeks, but this is not guaranteed in all cases. Generally, the quicker you are in sharing your feedback and approval of our work, the quicker we can get your book published.

We use PDF proof copies of the book as they are faster and more cost-effective.

You can order as many copies of your book as you like, but they are charged at cost price. This means you are just charged purely for the printing and shipment cost of the books you order.

This is handled through the Print on Demand facility of the publishing platforms where we publish your book. For example, if someone orders a book on Amazon, Amazon’s Print-on-Demand facility prints and distributes the book to the customer and you are paid your royalty.