Free, in-browser tools for quoting, preparing and checking your print files, built by us, because getting a book right shouldn't require guesswork or back-and-forth emails.
Ten things you can do today: nine free in-browser tools for designing, checking, preparing and pricing your book, plus a free sample pack posted to your door if you would rather see and feel before you commit.
Upload your paperback or hardback cover PDF. We overlay bleed, trim, spine and safe-zones, match the file against your book's spec, and flag anything that's off, in plain English.
Upload your interior PDF and see sample pages laid out with trim, bleed and safe-zone guides. Dimensions, bleed, fonts, colour profile and low-resolution images, all flagged in plain English.
Our free book cover maker brings your paperback's front, back and spine together. Choose your size, pages and paper, then personalise a template with text and artwork.
Pick your binding (paperback, gatefold, PPC hardback or dustjacket) enter your trim size, page count and paper, and download a print-ready template with spine, bleed, hinge and board overhang all marked. The spine is calculated from our production paper data.
Work through 5 quick steps (size, binding, paper, quantity, delivery) and watch your total update in real time. Save the quote to your account or send it straight through to our team.
Drop in your page count, paper stock and binding, we'll give you an exact spine measurement in millimetres, ready to paste into your cover template.
80,000 words: how many pages is that? Type your manuscript's word count, pick a trim size and type setting, and see how big your printed book will be, with a one-click price for that exact length.
Format, trim size, pages and paper, get the weight per book, the total for your run and the carton count, straight from our bindery's production data. Postage bands included.
Paste a 13-digit ISBN, get an EAN-13 barcode in your browser. Vector SVG that scales cleanly into any cover artwork, plus a 600 dpi PNG for everything else. Standard quiet zone, standard sizing, ready to drop on the back cover.
Tell us where to post it and we'll send a free sample pack, paper swatches across the stocks we run, examples of every binding method, and a couple of finished books so you can judge the print quality first-hand.
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Tools we are actively building. Each one solves a real problem we see authors and publishers hit during file prep, and each will be free to use when it ships.
A place to organise your title information and prepare ONIX files. Nearly ready, with testing still to complete before customer access opens.
Upload your cover artwork and see it rendered as a 3D book, perfect for sharing with your agent, editor or spouse before going to print.
Got an idea for a tool that would make your book production easier? We read every suggestion, the best ideas go into our roadmap, and the people who suggested them get a heads-up when the tool ships.
File prep pain points, workflow annoyances, things you wish existed, anything goes.
Thanks: we'll take a look. If you left an email, we'll be in touch if we build it.
Instant pricing for paperback and hardback. No account needed: straight to your quote in under a minute.