How to Print Your Book with Barnes & Noble Press

[@WeeKid1675]

You make this process feel very approachable! I’m impressed with your teaching skills. This makes me want to hurry up and finish writing SOMETHING so I can print my own personal copy! 😂

[@4nS0Gaming]

Same 🤣

[@Tofu6969]

Thanks so much as a 12 year old I was overwhelmed on what to do and now I can start making my own chapter book!

[@SdudyoyO]

I'm currently in the process of getting the first third of my stories first draft printed as a personal keepsake reviewed -- This video answered the few questions I had left about the whole process! I obviously don't want to sell it, because it's far from a completed story--But, I'd like to have my entire draft printed out for reference later when I decide to rewrite the story in the future! Plus, it'll be fun to look at on my shelf.

[@WellsMcDonnell]

Hello! Yes, I want a full tutorial for Open Office or even Google Docs. Thanks!

[@DawnKozak]

Coming soon!

[@BionicPirates]

Hi there Everyone. Thank you for this video Dawn. I can not find the video for using OpenOffice. Can you place the link to the video here?@@DawnKozak

[@merariantunez881]

I came up with the idea of making personalized children's books for my 4 nephews and nieces about the same age( 5-7). I wanted the book to tell a story about the (real-life) adventures we have done together such as zip-lining, hiking, pools, and ice skating, etc. Long story short, with the help of ChatGPT, I was able to prompt it to help me create a narrative for a kid's book based on the adventures I was providing. I used Canva Magic Media (their AI) to create images (cartoon-like and playful) based on the story I was telling. It came out so cute! Now you have helped me tremendously with the details, such as the blank pages and margins. I was afraid the pictures were going to print on the other side of the page and not side by side with the narrative. I have never in my life made a book. My nephews and nieces have inspired me and you guided me through this fun creative journey! Thank youuuu! Now ready to upload to Barnes & Noble Press!

[@thekarmafarmer608]

That`s a real nice preview into self-printing, thanks. Well done, btw! That book looks professional and very readable. Great job!

[@DawnKozak]

Thank you very much! :D

[@JosephsNostalgicRevolution]

My book comes out tomorrow, The Lutheran Chase. I haven't seen it in real person before, so I hope they have it at my local B&N stores tomorrow, after a few pre-orders from my family and friends. An amazing accomplishment for me in the last few years. Whenever I didn't do film photography, or hockey. I finally pushed myself for me to write my debut novel, in which I've learned from Brian Russell. I released my book through B&N as a pre-order, I learned from how to do it and finally come out as an rookie author. Thank you so much!

[@DawnKozak]

Congratulations!!! That is such a huge accomplishment!

[@JosephsNostalgicRevolution]

@@DawnKozak Just wanted to Update on my Book, The quality of my book, looks amazing even in real person. Thank you for the informed video. I am so glad that I get to write my novel

[@gray7624]

Thank you for this! I write a lot of stuff that’s not long enough to be anything to sell, short stories of my characters, and fanfictions. I want to get one of my projects printed when it’s done and this made it way easier to understand than any other video I’ve seen.

[@DawnKozak]

Happy to help! I hope you enjoy having a pretty copy of your writing! 😊

[@katiewildwitch]

Thank you so much for this! I am trying to create an illustrated poetry book with limited resources. I've been playing with Canva and you are the first person to say you made your cover with Canva and it looks really good. Most youtubers say "How to make an Ebook with Canva" so it's really good to see the cover design of a print book made with Canva also.

[@DawnKozak]

I'm so glad I could help! Canva is such an amazing tool, and if you have any talent for graphic design, you can definitely make something beautiful with it. Good luck on creating your poetry book! :D

[@LoveandLiveShow]

This is a great tutorial. New here, and I learned a lot.

[@DawnKozak]

Thank you!! I hope you have fun printing your book! 😁

[@authorEE_ESE]

I am new to your channel. ♥ I rarely see people using OpenOffice to format their paperbacks and I know its a learning curve, but my laptop doesn't like MS Word, just didn't work. So I found OpenOffice and now I am seeking all the tutorials I can. If you have videos on formatting in OpenOffice, I'm here for it!

[@DawnKozak]

Hi Esther! Sorry to take so long getting back to you. I will hopefully be uploading a basic formatting tutorial using OpenOffice within the next couple months. When I do, I'll be sure to come back here and leave another reply letting you know it is up, in case you are not subscribed/getting notifications. Thanks for watching! :)

[@authorEE_ESE]

@@DawnKozak 🥰🥰

[@mochizada]

It's SOOO Beautiful! I absolutely love it and can't wait for the story to keep going :D

[@FC-oi9sj]

I just watched your video on how to print your personal keepsake book from Barnes and Nobles!

[@ethangarofolo8170]

Fantastic video, thank you so much! I'm looking to make some keepsakes as Christmas presents for this year, and I couldn't make sense of B&N's margin information. I was going to buy Scrivener as well, but I found settings that will work in Apple Pages, so savings there too.

[@MFBEY_]

Thank you for the thoroughly explained tutorial.

[@DawnKozak]

You're very welcome!

[@leylasolos]

ohh i'm so saddd i have to be living in the US to be able to print out a book 😭 thank you so much either way dawn!💕

[@DawnKozak]

I didn't realize that! What a bummer! And I don't think KDP offers personal printing without publication. :(

[@wizkidsvideos]

Great tutorial, thanks.

[@xephyrrkuzzo4764]

Very useful, thank you!

[@grocerygoat06]

Hi Dawn. Thank you for posting this video. It's been helpful to me while I'm playing around with B&N Press. I might delve into a self-published book at some point. By the way, is a copy of your book The Elf & Goblin for sale? I'd be interested in reading it. Thank you for your continued videos.

[@DawnKozak]

I'm so glad it was helpful! The Elf and the Goblin is not published yet, but thank you for your interest!! I go back and forth between wanting to query it to agents or going the self-publishing route. I'm currently working on the fifth (yikes lol) draft, which will go to beta readers in 2023. :D

[@RioCuperus]

This is so helpful thanks!!!!

[@EiranRoan]

And B&N's printers are better than mine, yes? Because my printer when I printed my cover for a binder version of my book for annotations was covered in lines.

[@meshistoiresquiderangent]

Thanks

[@daydreamz3820]

Do you know if I need a vendors license to purchase a personal copy of my book? It took me forever to figure out the formatting process, and when I went to finally buy it an error came up and I’m trying to figure out why 😭

[@sarahjadevolkmann5555]

i have the book all ready, but its not letting me check out... what do i do?

[@madirose5898]

THANK YOU FOR THIS

[@maciec7997]

This is by some magical stroke of luck that I found this video, thank you so much! Do you think that if you just print a personal copy, you could still query an agent with the manuscript later (since there isn't an ISBN? :)

[@DawnKozak]

Good timing! I was just checking my comments. Haha My understanding is that printing personal copies is not something that will affect future publication. I'm not even sure you would have to disclose that to your future agent. To me, it's no different than printing at home. The only issue I can think of is if you tried to sell copies instead of just gifting them to friends or family. Hope that helps! :D

[@maciec7997]

@@DawnKozak Thank you so much for your help!

[@dannymacphee4444]

Hey, thanks for this video! I'm definitely looking to do this someday soon but have a question. Once you create your book does it mean that Barnes and Noble would then have the rights to the content in your book? Or would a person still be able to one day use their content to give to a different publisher to see is they will actually publish it? Also, could you possibly use the book you created as a manuscript to give to other publishers? I would appreciate any information you could provide. Again, thank you for this video. It gets me excited to try to get some of my writing in print. Best wishes and a happy new years to you 😊

[@annpippin6388]

How is it different from Amazon Print on Demand,.I.m.wondering . I haveva novel needing just a vit more typing and am aboutready to submit my ms copyrighti g it of course .

[@annpippin6388]

This is good.

[@brittnaayyy]

Thanks very informative!! Do you know if Barnes & Nobles allows you to sell journals and planners from there site? Does it give you opinions to create such?

[@DawnKozak]

I'm glad it was helpful! If you are able to upload a PDF of the planner or journal you want to print, they will definitely be able to do it. I can't offer any tips on formatting though--I only have experience printing fiction. Hope that answers your question!

[@MS-fn3hd]

Can you publish blank journals on Barnes & Noble?

[@Q8Despair]

do they ship worldwide?

[@EccentricKait]

If you could do the process/tutorial of how you formatted in OpenOffice that would be wonderful. I've been working in OpenOffice since high school.

[@DawnKozak]

Coming soon! Hopefully by the end of October. :)

[@AJwinter567]

hi, do I have to become a vendor to be able to print personal projects? it went under review and it was accepted, but now it's just stuck on "off sale," and there's no option to purchase. I don't really know what steps to take from here

[@DawnKozak]

Hi! You may have selected to self-publish instead of creating a personal book.

[@jaybrackett]

I just read the reviews of B & N Press, and they sound a little scary! This is my first, and probably only publication so I don't want to blow it!

[@DawnKozak]

Hi Jay! I've only used B&N Press to print personal copies, so I can't speak on what it's like self-publishing through them. Definitely go with your gut if you're seeing a lot of negative reviews. A lot of indie authors use Amazon with a lot of success. Check out Bethany Atazadeh's channel. She has a lot of super great videos about self-publishing. :)

[@FC-oi9sj]

Instruction Video on how to format your own book in OpenOfficerWriter!

[@DawnKozak]

Coming soon!

[@robertacevedo3502]

Hello, I'm trying to create a 4x6 book with B&N Press. However, my saved interior book file which is 4x6, from Microsoft Publisher, is getting rejected when I try to upload it to the interior portion in Barnes and Noble Press. The B&N program's stating that the file is too large, and that it's actually 8.5x11, not my saved size of 4x6. This appears in a pink box. I searched for answers to this, but no one seems to be addressing it. Again, if anyone can help, that would be great! Thanks!

[@unclemoriarty1436]

I'm having the same issue. Did you ever find a solution?

[@robertacevedo3502]

@@unclemoriarty1436 The page and paper size need to be the same to upload. Try clicking on print, then try to change the paper size, there, to the same size as your page. I did it a little differently but I'm having some difficulty remembering. Hopefully, this works.

[@unclemoriarty1436]

@@robertacevedo3502 good to know! i actually fixed it another way by getting a pro trial on Canva and resizing it there. thanks anyway!

[@JamesSedgwick-jp6hh]

Question. If I do a keep sake book and like the quality can I actually publish this book officially afterwards on B&N Press?

[@DawnKozak]

Hi! You would have to go back and follow their process for self-publishing a book. The uploading steps would be very similar, though! :)

[@Graciousalicando]

what materials do you use for front page in inner pages? it will helped me alot.and the machine that you used as well.

[@DawnKozak]

Hi there! I hope I'm understanding your question correctly. The basic things you will want in the front pages are a title page and dedication. If you are self publishing you will need a page for copyright, library of Congress number, etc. My best recommendation is to choose a book in your genre and see what things are typically included. Best of luck to you! :)

[@paddlemarco]

how long was shipping? how much did it cost to ship 11 books? i plan on ordering 500 of mine, thanks.

[@DawnKozak]

Hi! It cost $11 to ship 10 books, but I assume the rate per book would be different for such a large order. They shipped my order a week after I placed it, which seemed like a reasonable wait time. Good luck! :D

[@darrylsobryantjr9982]

He'll im just curious as to how to correctly format my book to a suitable format for B&N press? Would yo have any insight or recommendations. Thank you.

[@DawnKozak]

I will be releasing a full OpenOffice tutorial soon!

[@AmyD-s5q]

How much was s & h

[@yuripetrovic7606]

I'm having an issue. I essentially have multiple MS Paint image files of meticulously crafted book pages, scaled to 8.5 x 11 Letterbox Dimensions, so that I can print my own 80-150 page Tabletop Book. But I only intend to have maybe 2 or 3 made, and only for entirely personal reasons. How would I go about getting this done? Any advice on which service to use? Or how to accomplish this using Barnes and Nobles services?

[@DawnKozak]

Wow, totally missed this comment! Sorry about that! If you're still trying to figure this out, you will need to put all of those images into a PDF, then upload that file to Barnes and Noble Press. I have printed a book that size through them before. You can order any amount, even just one. :)

[@jonathansuarez7464]

Can you do a tutorial videos on kindle direct publishing if you have one

[@DawnKozak]

Hi Jonathan! I have not used KDP yet. I highly recommend Bethany Atazadeh's channel. She has a lot of content about self-publishing, including KDP tutorials. Hope that helps! :)

[@MrVlandus]

Cool

[@Miyabi-bk2vi]

Great video! How much is the shipping?

[@JamesSedgwick-jp6hh]

Is it advisable to insert a copyright page in a keepsake copy? Just curious.

[@DawnKozak]

I'm not sure. If you hand it out to people to know and trust, it shouldn't be an issue not to include. If you are super concerned though, I would consult with someone who specializes in copyright. Sorry that I don't have a better answer for you!

[@allaboutchrist4813]

does barnes & nobles take commission of do you just pay to print the book? I have written my book I am just having difficulties with printing. Ideally I want ebook and printed

[@DawnKozak]

If you're just printing for personal use, you only pay for the printing service. If you're interested in publishing through them, definitely explore the options on the website. :)

[@allaboutchrist4813]

@@DawnKozak thank you

[@scarlex.greenunion]

@@DawnKozak please give me a copy of your book I want to read it

[@scarlex.greenunion]

@@DawnKozak pdf will also work

[@angelicamarie104]

Question: can I sell my book there even after I bought it for personal keep? Great video! I'm excited to print my book once it's done :)

[@DawnKozak]

Hi! You can, but you will have to re-upload it as a book for sale. I'm not sure if there is a way to transfer it directly. Thanks for watching! :)

[@angelicamarie104]

@@DawnKozak thanks!!!

[@Milaa9987]

Hey there!! I was wondering if it would be okay to print a fanfiction using this method. I wrote the fanfiction myself, mentioned both on the cover and in the inside of the book that it is a fanfiction, and am not going to sell the fanfiction. I would just really like a physical copy of the book I spent so long writing! Can I get in trouble for this even with the precautions? (Also, great video!)

[@DawnKozak]

As long as you print a personal copy only and don't try to self-publish, I assume you would be fine! However, I am no legal expert. If you are worried, definitely reach out to B&N Press support and see if they can provide better info. Good luck!!! :D

[@aprilmoon9231]

Hello, saw your video and decided to take this route to publish a book for personal use. Thank you for breaking down the process and showing me it’s not as intimidating or as difficult as one might think it would be. Are you required to create a vendor profile just to print a personal copy? even if you don’t have intention of selling? Thank you in advance!

[@DawnKozak]

So fun! I hope this video helps. To answer your question: you do not have to register as a vendor if you're only making personal copies. :) Good luck!

[@RioCuperus]

Can you please do a word tutorial?? I'm really struggling on making a bleed for barnes and noble!!!

[@DawnKozak]

I'm going to do an OpenOffice tutorial soon! (A free alternative to Word)

[@GoldLeafPress]

What about pictures? I wanna add pictures to every page.

[@DawnKozak]

Hi! You have to include those while you're formatting. It can be done on a word processor if you have the patience to tinker with each one. :)

[@yashikaa609]

Who will give this barcode to us if we are self publishing our book

[@scarlex.greenunion]

Can I get a copy of the book I want to read it please Or u can give me the pdf Please

[@DawnKozak]

I'm so flattered that you're interested! Right now I'm rewriting it as a full novel, so unfortunately the novella is not available to read anymore. It was briefly included as a bonus item in a subscription box, but that was a few months back. Stay tuned for updates about when the book (hopefully haha) comes out! :)

[@scarlex.greenunion]

@@DawnKozak 😔

[@scarlex.greenunion]

@@DawnKozak ok

[@Dede-wf6th]

this video has helped me tons! Me and my cousin just finished writing our own novel and plan to get our own copies, and I’m not sure how long it’ll take for the book to be shipped to me?

[@DawnKozak]

If I remember correctly, it took between a week and a week and a half to get to me. Hope that helps! :)

[@michelledixon002]

Hi! Do you know if they print this on acid free paper?

[@DawnKozak]

Hmm, I checked a couple places on the site and couldn't see an answer. I recommend contacting them directly to ask. Sorry I couldn't help!

[@annpippin6388]

Captioning or transcript needed .

[@thevillagestoophousemusic9189]

Thank you for this tutorial, I needed this. What was the price per book with the shipping and handling? $4.38 is a great price but I saw in other peoples tutorials that the shipping TRIPLES the price per book, is this true?

[@DawnKozak]

Hi! Thanks for the question. So $4.38 per book is based on my experience ordering 10 books at once. It includes what I was charged for shipping in the continental US. It's worth uploading a mockup just to estimate your costs. Hope that helps!

[@DawnKozak]

Oops, I misread my invoice. It was about $5.78 per book with shipping. Haha sorry for the error!

[@MsBlackEclipse]

Can you do a fanfiction as long as it's just a personal copy?

[@DawnKozak]

Hi Emily! If it's one you wrote yourself, I think you are fine printing a personal copy. You can contact B&N Press directly if you are nervous, since I would hate to tell you the wrong thing. Happy printing! 😊

[@RioCuperus]

What about the bleed?

[@RioCuperus]

Did you just not set it up?

[@DawnKozak]

Hi! Probably way too late to be helpful, but just in case: bleed did not come into play when I printed this book because I did a soft cover. If you do hardcover, it's a bit more complicated.

[@desmondgoodbird-pease5327]

Does the program only produce a full formatted book? Or could the program format a book jacket?

[@DawnKozak]

Hi! Hope I'm understanding your question correctly: to format the interior you will need to use a word processor, and to create the jacket you need a graphic design program. I used OpenOffice and Canva respectively, which are more free to use. There are also programs that are specifically designed for book interior formatting, but they are pricey imo. At that point it would make more sense to pay a service. Hope that helps!

[@goodamericanjeansstylist]

Very nice 🌹

[@annpippin6388]

Captioning nerded

[@annpippin6388]

Captioning.needed

[@bubalicious7]

Could you send me a copy of your book format as a template? That would be amazing!

[@DawnKozak]

Hi Julia! The template will be different depending on what book dimensions you want. Shoot me a message on Instagram and I'll see if I can whip something together for you. 😊

[@TimeshareCancellationMastery]

Waste of time. Images too blurred. Can't see.

[@kyledavis5228]

Guy can't see an image and assumes no one else can. You aren't the main character douche.

[@TimeshareCancellationMastery]

@@kyledavis5228 You're right. My bad. My apology.

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[@milenkautah]

Thanks