Proofs, runs, and delivery
Book Printing & Fulfilment
Print-on-demand suits most authors. Offset suits authors with a reason to hold inventory. Choosing wrongly either ties up your money or costs you margin on every copy.
The approach
The question is not which is better. It is how many copies you can actually sell.
Print-on-demand means no inventory, no upfront cost, and a higher cost per copy. Offset printing means a real investment and a garage full of books, but a unit cost low enough to make bulk sales and bookstore margins work.
Below roughly 250 copies, print-on-demand almost always wins. Above it, offset starts to pay — and if you are speaking at events or selling to corporate buyers, it pays considerably.
What is included
- Honest print-on-demand versus offset cost modelling
- Paper stock, weight and finish selection with physical samples
- A free physical proof before any run is authorised
- Special finishes: foil, emboss, spot gloss, deckle edge
- Hardcover with dust jacket, or case-laminate binding
- Direct fulfilment to events, bulk buyers or your door
- Reprint management as stock runs down
The process
How this
actually runs.
Five stages, each gated by your approval. You will always know what happens next and what it costs.
Start the conversationVolume modelling
We work out your realistic sales figure and price both routes against it honestly.
Specification
Trim, binding, paper, and any special finishes, with samples sent to you.
Proof
A physical copy in your hands. Nothing prints until you have signed it off.
Print run
Production managed and quality-checked on press.
Fulfilment
Delivered where you need it, with reprints triggered before you run out.
Questions
The things
authors ask first.
If your question is not here, ask it on the consultation call — we would rather answer it before you commit than after.
Under about 250 copies, print-on-demand. Over it, offset gets cheaper per unit — meaningfully so at 1,000+. We will run both numbers against your actual sales expectation rather than guessing.
Yes, both case-laminate and cloth-bound with a dust jacket. Hardcover suits gift editions, memoirs and corporate buyers.
Print-on-demand dispatches within about 48 hours of order. An offset run is typically three to five weeks from proof approval, plus shipping.
We can arrange warehousing and fulfilment, or ship the full run to you. Most authors doing events prefer to hold their own stock.
Foil stamping, embossing, spot gloss and deckle edges are all available on offset runs. They are not possible on print-on-demand, which is one reason authors choose offset.
Also available
Other services.
Most authors combine two or three. Bundled together they cost less than booking each one separately.
Book Ghostwriting
A professional writer captures your voice and delivers a finished manuscript, chapter by chapter.
Memoir & Life Story
We turn decades of memory into a structured, readable memoir your family will keep.
Business Books
Position yourself as the authority in your field with a book built from your own expertise.
Let’s talk about your book.
A free 30-minute consultation and a written quote within one business day.