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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!
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
- 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
Book production
- Free product choice
Only here Design your book in up to four book types at the same time, as softcover, hardcover, eBook and large print
- 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 for people with visual impairment as softcover or hardcover and sell up to 20% more books
- 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.
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)
- Free sample copies
Convince booksellers to order free sample copies from us
- Price promotions - not only for eBooks
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
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
FAQ
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.