No costs, no commitment

Turn your idea into a book. You can use tredition 100% free of charge. You only pay for your own book orders.

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All tools and the publication
are free of charge! We only earn something if your book is bought.

Here's what's in it for you

Design and print your book the way you want it. Or additionally publish it and sell your book in all major online shops - also as an eBook.

Book design

  • Cover Designer

Design your book cover according to your wishes - with the help of professional templates

  • Your own cover

Use your own printable cover file, if preferred
Calculate cover dimensions

  • Text Designer

Only here Turn your manuscript into a professional book with font, font size and layout optimized for readability

  • Optimized metadata

Get sales-promoting keywords and accurate classifications according to international standards

  • Print data check

Automatic check when uploading own files and removal of technical errors

  • Tips

Get tips from our book experts on how to make your book even more successful

  • Corrections at any time

Only here Update your book with small adjustments via a book update

More about the design tools

Book production

  • Free product choice

Only here Develop your book in up to four book types at once, such as softcover, hardcover, e-book, and large-print editions

  • Softcover

Produce your book as a paperback (softcover) with classic perfect binding or thread binding, as a ring binder or with stapled binding

  • Hardcover

Produce your book as a hardcover with classic perfect binding or thread binding and optional dust jacket

  • eBook

Produce your book as an eBook, optimized for all eReaders, or upload your own EPUB

  • Large print

Produce your book with extra large text (font size usually between 15 and 19 point) for people with visual impairment as soft or hard cover and sell up to 20% more

  • Free choice of format

Select the formats in which you want to publish your book. You can choose different formats for each book type

  • Individual color pages

Decide which pages to print in color to reduce your printing costs

  • Wide range of materials

Only here Choose from a variety of paper types, covers and finishes

  • Eco-friendly paper

Print your book on paper types that are produced with particularly little CO2 emissions.

More about printing and eBook production

Book distribution

  • Project Calculator

Determine your earnings per sold book by setting the sales prices yourself

  • Monthly payout

Receive your earnings for every sold copy - month after month (minimum of $25 credit)

  • New ISBN

Get a new ISBN for every book type you publish with tredition

  • Your own ISBN

Use your own ISBN, if preferred

  • Your own publishing label

Only here Publish your book under your own publishing label (imprint), if preferred

  • Wholesale distribution

Sell your book via all major wholesalers (distributors): Libri, Zeitfracht, Umbreit, Morawa, Swiss Buchzentrum, and Ingram.

  • E-commerce distribution

Sell your book in all major online stores such as Amazon, barnesandnoble.com and more than 1,000 others.

  • International distribution

Sell your print book worldwide at major booksellers in over 60 countries

  • eBook distribution

Sell your eBook on all major platforms such as Amazon Kindle, Kobo, tolino, Apple Books, and Google Play, and reach eBook readers all over the world

  • Daily sales reports

Monitor your success with our daily sales reports

  • Booksellers love our conditions

Sell more books because booksellers can buy our titles at great rates without any risk

  • Attractive trade discounts

Booksellers like selling books published at tredition because they earn above-average margins per sold book

  • Full returns policy

Only here Increase your sales chances with our unique full right of return (no risk for booksellers to order your book)

  • Editing for proof copies

Booksellers order display copies via the usual channels in the book market, which we forward to you. Convince booksellers with your personal advertising message. 

  • Price promotions - not only for eBooks
Only here Crank up sales of your book with price promotions. Our unique book update makes it possible!

More about publication and sales

Book marketing

  • Professional press kit

Influencers, bloggers and journalists can access your digital press kit in which your books are represented optimally

  • Targeted bookseller marketing

Present your book in a way that encourages booksellers to recommend it to readers

  • Selling points

We transfer your selling points directly to the booksellers. This way you can influence how your book will be presented in shops

  • Fast communications

An important review, a prize, made a bestseller list? Inform all booksellers in just a few clicks

  • Readings

Booksellers are granted even better rates when you have a reading upcoming. Great premises for an impressive book table

  • Professional data

We generate lots of data for your books that's listed in catalgoues and directories to make your book easy to find. We frequently update these data

  • Choose your own sales price

You decide how much your book sells for. Price every book type individually - optionally also in different currencies

  • Price promotions

Only here Tweak the sales prices for print books as well as eBooks. You can move up the bestseller lists with temporary price reductions

  • Price Advisor

Only here The tredition Price Advisor shows you how to optimize your earnings and offer great value for money to the reader

  • Special editions

Only here Limit sales of a special edition to a certain timeframe or a specific number of copies. Offer something unique with particularly high-quality materials

  • Internet marketing

Have you ever searched for a book title that you didn't know? Exactly. How could you? People search for keywords, not titles

  • SEO

Stands for search engine optimization. Our technology and the right keywords make sure your book can be easily found

 

  • News

People stop and take a closer look when there's something going on - search engines are the same. Frequently update your profile and stay on top of the search results

  • Ratings

The more ratings a book gets, the higher it's evaluated by search engines. That's why it's important to encourage your readers to rate your book in the tredition Shop

  • Book updates

Update your book anytime without any costs. That way, you can always offer your readers the latest information - or simply use the last pages to promote your new book

  • Author profile

The tredition Shop features your author profile. This is where readers get to know you. Offer an interesting interview, links to events, news etc. Booksellers are notified of every new item in your profile

More about marketing

Support

  • Easily understandable tips and instructions

Visit our Support Area for lots of tips and assistance from our team. 

  • Direct support

By e-mail and if necessary we will call you. We all help you gladly and quickly.

  • Expert knowledge for those who want to know it all

Smarten up with our knowledge-packed articles courtesy of our experts. You can find them in our Blog

Support Area

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FAQ

  • How does tredition earn its money?
    We earn our money by selling books to readers and to you! When someone orders a book from us or from a bookstore, we earn a share. This share is not a flat rate, but depends on many factors: e.g. sales in the trade or in the tredition shop, sales price, material of the book. That's why we're constantly working on making it fun for you to create your book with us. In addition, we provide you with more and more tools so that you can market your book in the best possible way and thus not leave the book's success to chance.
  • How much does it cost to publish my book?
    Nothing! You can use all the tredition tools you need for your publication free of charge. We don't charge a publishing fee or anything similar.
  • What are the shipping costs for my book?
    For customers who buy a book in the tredition store at the normal retail price, there are no shipping costs. For customers who buy copies of their own book project at a reduced store price (own copies), shipping costs (min. 2.99 euros) apply, depending on the weight and the delivery address. You can calculate the exact costs when you order your book.
  • How will my earnings be paid?

    Depending on the country you specify in your withdrawal details, we offer you different options on how we transfer your earnings. For users with a payout address in the euro area, we offer SEPA bank transfers or PayPal. For users outside the Euro zone, we currently only pay the earnings to PayPal accounts.

  • When will my earnings be paid?
    We pay out the fees monthly, as long as your earnings account shows at least 25 Euros. If you cancel your book project, we will of course pay out your earnings even if they are less than 25 euros. On the first day of a calendar month we will send you an earnings statement for the previous month. We will pay you the earnings plus any VAT within 15 days. Earnings for sales via the tredition store are always settled directly at the end of the month. Fees for sales via bookstores are settled after three months. Here we have to wait so long with the payment, because the book trade also pays our invoices only after three months. You can find the overview of your sales in your account on the top left under the burger menu under "Sales". You can find your credits in your account on the top right under the avatar (the person icon) under "Credits".
  • Who sets the retail price of my book?
    You determine the selling price of your book yourself. Depending on which materials you choose for the book and how high you set the retail price, this will determine your fee. You determine the sales price and your fee in the Project Calculator.

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