If you're planning a book or booklet, you're probably looking for the most economical option. For the best potential deal, it's important to understand how the characteristics of a book influence its printing price.
Even if it's exciting to consider "embracing the future" by publishing an eBook, keep in mind that, according to Pew Research, physical books still account for 74.7% of book sales.
The typical page sizes offered by book printers are all the same. Paper sizes and the printer's manufacturing machinery are the two main factors in establishing these norms. Your book's manufacturing costs can be kept to a minimum by designing the page size to match one of the common page sizes used by your printer.
eBooks, or electronic books, are exclusively available in digital format and are designed to be read on a portable electronic reading device such as an eReader, tablet computer, or smartphone. Hardcover and paperback books are examples of printed works.
In terms of submitting your book to a printing business or an online bookstore, there is no difference between the two self-publishing models. You may normally convert your files from a regular Word Doc or PDF, but some digital publishers have their own peculiar requirements.
Usually, black-and-white printing is more economical than colour. Because of this, many books only utilise colour for the cover and print the rest of the pages in black ink. Simply put, black-and-white printing is the most cost-effective option if the book consists mostly of text.
Naturally, promotional materials like product catalogues still benefit from colour printing. Photography books and recipes are two examples of publications that benefit greatly from full colour. If there is no compelling need to print the pages in colour, however, black and grayscale printing will save you the most money.
There is no prerequisite technology or internet access for the reader. If your reader loses power or their internet connection, they can still read your books!
Research has shown that printed books improve memory recall. Speeds on e-readers may be quicker, but the material doesn't stick as well. This is correct for people of all ages.
You should consider the book sold to a consumer as theirs. They should not worry about your book disappearing from any online bookstores.
That means readers may recommend your works to their friends. They may just give the book to another person without worrying about it being incompatible with their device or taking up too much space (extra points – you earn word-of-mouth advertising!).
There is minimal to no eye strain.
The more books you can order at once, the better.
When printing smaller quantities (200-300 volumes), digital printing is more cost-effective than offset printing each book. This is due to the low one-time investment required to get a digital printing machine up and running for a new production run. In contrast, an offset press has greater set-up expenses that are inefficiently spread across a limited number of prints.
When the number of volumes to be printed climbs to 500 or 1,000, however, offset printing becomes the more economical option. Offset printing has a greater initial setup cost, however this can be spread out across a larger number of copies if a large enough order is placed. Offset printing presses have a lower per-page cost after they are up and running compared to digital presses when ink is being applied to paper.
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