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Sapphire Publishing offers a great value for publishing and distributing your book for availability through Ingram and online through Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.

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Paperback bindings are high-quality perfect bound.

 While the official length for a paperback must be 48 pages when published (and no longer than 800 pages), paperback books as short as 30 pages can be cleverly "padded" to reach the minimum.

All our covers are full-color, unless purposely designed by the author to be in black/white. All Sapphire interiors are black/white and professionally formatted according to the choices you make during the pre-production process.

Paper Type refers to page weight and width. For example, 441 PPI means that 441 pages (221 pieces of paper) is one inch thick. Use this formula to calculate your spine (or better yet, just let us do it for you -- it's included).

Paper Color refers to the tone of the page. Creme-white is a 30% recycled natural off-white color. White is a pure white. All paper is off-set, opaque, acid-free and meets all library archival standards.

3 Free Author's Copies included with Publishing Price

3 paperback copies of your book are automatically shipped to you when your book is published. Shipping is free within the continental United States. Authors residing outside of the United States will be charged shipping costs and all applicable international taxes and brokerage fees. 

Cover Options

Customize your own cover for free using 9 professionally pre-designed covers and over 18 different color variations. (Want more cover options? Check out the Diamond and Ruby packages...)

Here's how it works:

  • Select from one of the professional designs below.
  • Select your background color from among 18 choices or use the default color.

    Click on each cover sample below for a larger look.
ISBN and Barcode Included

Your Sapphire book will indicate publication by Outskirts Press and you will receive a unique ISBN with your package.

We will produce an industry-standard, price-embedded barcode for your book and put it on the back cover as part of our included service.

Unlimited U.S. Distribution & Fulfillment

The power of on-demand printing and on-demand distribution can make your book available for unlimited wholesale availability via the following sales channels shown below. Your book will automatically be available through I-Page, the book ordering system available at over 25,000 bookstores and retail chains.

Your book will automatically be listed online with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other e-retailers for sale.

Outskirts Press will print and fulfill an unlimited amount of orders originating from any of these sales channels below, without any additional out-of-pocket printing costs for you, ever. You only pay for books you order yourself (and you don' t have to order any unless you want to). Your distribution-on-demand sales channels can include:

There is an $25/year digital storage/distribution fee, billed the first January after your book is published.

* The author's pricing plan determines the book's trade discount, which helps determine distribution. The author can set the trade discount from 0% - 55%. The higher the trade discount, the more distribution opportunities become available from the channels above. Wholesalers and retailers are not obligated to carry/stock/order all books. For instance, the book's content and subject matter play a very large role in some retailer's (like Target's) opinion of it. We have no control over a retailer's decision to carry/list/stock your book. Most retailers base their decision to stock/carry/order a book based upon three factors: Trade discount, returnability, and the book's overall strength/content.

Book Pricing and Royalties

At Outskirts Press, you set your own pricing plan, retail price, royalty and author discount. If you are not sure what pricing to select, we offer recommended pricing based upon your book's length.

Only Outskirts Press lets you customize all your pricing with our amazing Pricing Calculator. You can change your pricing plan for even greater control and flexibility.

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