Bronze: Print on Demand – an alternative to advertised basic offers from companies such as American PoD printers Trafford and UK-based Grosvenor House Publishing at £795, our prices start at just £695 – PoD with Pen Press is not only less costly, but gives you much more than a simple ISBN registration and print-on-order service, including an actual stock of 50 books in circulation. Compare our offer. (see details below)

Silver: PoD – heads above any others including; 100 books, a full copy editing service, blurb writing and a press release to kick-start marketing, our prices start at just £1,295 – our Silver package gives you more than any other PoD service on offer, guaranteed! By using the Pen Press PoD alternative services and ISBN, you don’t have to become a bookseller and handle sales and distribution yourself!

 Our fantastic Print on Demand Bronze option includes:

• Full typesetting of your manuscript
Using the text you provide on disc, professional typesetters will lay out your book and send a proof to you for approval.

• Bespoke full-colour cover design
We can design you a unique cover. We have a full picture library to design from, with royalty free images we can use without any further cost. Or you can design your own cover by sending us one of your own images and we will add text over the image and make up print ready files. Choose gloss or matt laminate finish.

• A full proof copy of your book sent or e-mailed to you prior to final printing
Once we have finished typesetting your book and designing your cover, we will post or email you a proof of your book for approval prior to going to print.

• An ISBN Bar coded ready for sale
Essential for sale in retail and online shops.

• A reasonable retail price
Not a standard high POD retail price making a book unattractive to the buyer. With our offer, a typical 2-300 page novel will retail at a standard £7.99 to £8.99.

• 50 printed copies of your new book
3 weeks after your approval to print, you will be sent 10 copies of your book. We require a further 10 for deposit and registration, 30 will be held for retail sales.

• Benefits of our established trade network
Your book will be available through all the usual PoD outlets online, but with our PoD options we keep a physical stock that can be ordered through our long standing wholesale and retail channels in many cases 24 hours after receiving the order!

• Ability to re-order your book at anytime - At a pre-agreed price according to the final page extent of your book, at a minimum of 50% of the retail price, allowing you to make a clear 50% profit through your own sales. Once the initial 50 copies are depleted, you can also order stock in batches of 25 for us to hold for trade sales on your behalf.

• Internet distribution via Amazon.co.uk and online booksellers
Your book will be available for anyone to purchase via numerous online outlets including play.com, tesco.com and waterstones.com.

• Wholesale distribution via Gardners, Bertrams and Nielson Bookdata for availability throughout the UK-Your book will be available for distribution via these companies for maximum UK coverage, allowing bookshops nationwide to order.

• Placed on legal deposit with UK National Libraries
We send 10 copies on your behalf for legal deposits in all six National Libraries in the UK.

• We sell, you profit
For a 15% handling commision we will hold the stock you wish us to and deal with trade sales on your behalf. Retail discounts start at 35%, so on a £8.99 book your return on a 35% discounted sale is £5.85 which we will collect and pass to you twice yearly, minus commission.

* Price for a paperback of up to 200 pages.

 Silver Package – PoD Upgrade

Upgrade from £1,295, all of the benefits of the above first level entry package.

PLUS a full copy edit, back cover blurb writing, an additional 50 copies and a press release to kick-start marketing.

Send us your manuscript with a covering letter with your requirements and
we will produce a quote for you. Photos, illustrations, hardback binding and more are available.