Print on Demand vs Bulk Printing: An Author's Comprehensive Guide to a Smarter Book Publishing Strategy.
Printing your book, beyond finishing the writing, is one of the significant business decisions an author will face. Choosing whether to use Print on Demand or Bulk Printing can affect many things, from your publishing costs, to sales strategy and even stock control and profit. The world of publishing is constantly evolving, allowing authors more options to do publishing differently; whether it’s your first novel, or your tenth business book – we’ve got your strategy covered.
The Importance of your Printing Strategy
The strategy used by your books to reach the shelves (whether digital or physical) is as important as the writing itself, but is perhaps the area that authors overlook most when choosing to publish. Printing strategy, far more than just a production necessity, can:
Reduce financial risk for authors
Help open doors to global markets
Improve delivery times
Increase your publishing profit margins
Avoid unnecessary storage costs
Allow for efficient business growth
Make the wrong printing choice today and you'll be paying the price (financially) tomorrow.
Print on Demand: Your Ultimate, Modern Publishing Solution
One of the more popular methods for independent authors, the Print on Demand method, simply means that a book will only be printed after a customer purchases it, rather than needing to print hundreds of copies at one go.
By uploading your final written book and cover documents to a publishing platform your automatically trigger book printing, package and ship each order. You need no warehousing – simply make it available to order through online retailers globally.
As many POD providers are based with many regionally located printing presses throughout the world this actually results in faster delivery with significantly lower shipping costs.
Print on Demand benefits
The number one benefit of the POD system is, without a doubt, Print on Demand's reduction of financial risk for authors. No more spending money on printing stock before having any orders come in – and eliminating stock age and inventory costs.
Print on Demand is extremely versatile too - an update to a business book or other informative publication can simply be uploaded to be printed, without the need to discard any existing stock printed under the previous edition. This is a popular system for many business book authors, academic publications and training materials or any title that may be changed on an on-going basis.
Bulk Printing: Best For High Sales Volumes
Bulk Printing is still widely used today in commercial publishing. Bulk printing is where many copies of a book are created during a single run, which decreases manufacturing cost per unit more than in other print methods. Whilst requiring an initial investment, bulk printing often offers higher long-term profit.
Bulk printing is ideal for bookstore distribution, university orders, business purchases, and for books sold at conventions or conferences, and exhibitions.
Achieve a High Premium Quality with Bulk Printing to Build Credibility
Through the use of offset printing, book quality can be greatly increased: typography can appear sharper, colours have vibrant tones, and finishing options are very high quality. High quality options include hardcover printing, foil stamping, embossed covers, texture cover finishes, stitched bind options, and a variety of lux finishes. Coffee-table books, illustrated books and collectors items, when printed in bulk, are always a high premium, valuable print.
A final note:
There is no better or worse method when it comes to choosing between Print on Demand and Bulk Printing. Your choice should be dependent on the target market, the type of book you are creating, and how many copies of the book you expect to sell over a period of time. Print on demand gives flexibility and low risk. Bulk printing offers premium quality and a higher profit margin for mass circulation.
In fact, some authors opt for an integrated strategy, using bulk printing for sales through their website, booksellers and for targeted distributions, while still continuing Print on Demand for global sales and orders as they arise. A good strategy decision today can pay dividends tomorrow.
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