Choosing a printer is among the most significant production decisions when self publishing. Choose the wrong printer, and you could get a book back that is of poor quality, or you could end up paying way too much.

For the purposes of this article, I will exclude print-on-demand companies from this discussion. That is because I am talking about full-fledged self publishing, in which the author/publisher pays the entire cost of publishing their book and orders a print run of hundreds or thousands of books at one time.

The first step to selecting a printer for your self publishing project would be to solicit quotes from several printers. You will have to tell the printers several details about your book: the quantity of pages, the quantity of books you want to order, the trim size of the book, whether you want paperback or hard cover. Some printers will ask other questions, such as whether you will want laminate cover or the paper stock you need.

When you're asking for your quote, also ask about the turnaround time. And ask the printer to send you samples. Once you receive your samples and quotes, study them. Look at the quality of the samples along with the quotes you've received, and the turnaround time, especially if time is a concern for the project.

china book printing provide more competitively priced quotes than do general local printers. That's because book manufacturers frequently have the technology to produce quality books at better rates than do printers that do not focus on book printing.

Getting a good price on your printing is important because this isn't the only expense you should have in putting together your book. You might also need the cost of editing, book layout and cover design, marketing, and much more.

Look at both overall cost of printing the books, in addition to the per unit cost.

You can find lots of disparity in print prices, but price shouldn't be your only factor when choosing a printer. You would like to make sure you are getting a quality product, and in a turnaround time that works for you.

It can you little good to get a cheap print quote, but to realize later you have a poorly come up with book that comes back from the printer a whole lot later than you expected or planned. This may ruin your pre-publication publicity plans. Not forgetting your budget.

I've done print projects for clients in which I solicited multiple quotes because I needed to ensure my clients were getting the best deal. Often, the disparity in quoted prices was quite large - saving the client thousands of dollars.

Founded twenty years ago, KS Printing has been focused on books and periodicals printing for the last 15 years. With complete and advanced printing machines, KS is one of the most renowned?book printers in East China.KS has been offering printing services for global publishers since 2006. For some a decade, KS has printed books for more than 2000 publishers around the world and generates an excess of 30 million US dollars each year.