As of March 1, 2021, IngramSpark’s paperback POD costs in the US will increase by 4 percent. However, premium color per-page prices will decrease. Also, IngramSpark now offers volume discounts starting at 2 percent for orders between 100 and 499 copies and up to 7 percent for orders of more than 1,000 copies. Visit Ingram’s site to see all pricing changes. These changes come on top of a price increase of 2 percent from April 2019 for all trim sizes, print formats, color, paper, and binding types.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
