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Introducing Perfect Bound Distribution Provided by Simon & Schuster

Perfect Bound now offers global distribution services for all publishers on the platform through Simon & Schuster. Click below to apply today.

Simon & Schuster Distribution

Perfect Bound

The one-stop platform for book publishers.

Perfect Bound printing marketplace

Title management.

Sales & inventory tracking.

Printing marketplace.

Royalties & rights management.

All in one place.

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Transform the Way You Publish

Perfect Bound offers a complete suite of services for publishing houses of all sizes, including title management, a global printing marketplace, inventory and sales reports, and royalties and rights statements.

Publishing Houses

Title Management

Control all your title metadata—from catalog copy to keywords to covers to ARCs—with daily ONIX feeds to distributors and retailers worldwide.

Printing

Printing Marketplace

Get competitive bids from printers worldwide to secure the best prices and effectively control COGS across your entire catalog.

Publishing Analytics

Inventory & Sales

Get daily automated inventory and sales reports to forecast effectively and track revenue in real time.

Global Rights

Royalties & Rights

Deliver accurate royalty statements and pay contributors on time using the most comprehensive payment platform and author portal on the market.

Title Management
Title Management

Take Ownership of Your Entire Catalog

Control your metadata and all your assets while enjoying flexibility and complete ownership of your catalog.

Intuitive, step-by-step title metadata creation

Secure storage and archiving for covers, interiors, samples, digital ARCs, and more 

Daily ONIX feeds to all distribution partners

The Printing Marketplace

Unlock a Global Network of Partners Using Perfect Bound’s Printing Marketplace

Transform your printing process with one-click quotes and simple reprints:

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  • Simple, standardized specs for everything from hardcovers to bath books to decks

  • Browse company profiles, read reviews, and meet and work with new and trusted partners

  • Submit RFQs to dozens of printers at once, ensuring you get the best price for your print run

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Quickly receive bids on your projects, compare quotes, and choose your optimal print partner based on factors like turnaround, price, payment terms, and more.

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Perfect Bound’s network of printers allows you to print exactly how and what you want in any market, whether you are looking for digital short runs, low-cost paperbacks, high-end CMYK+ designs, special effects, lightning-fast turnaround times, and eco-friendly options.

Printers on Perfect Bound
Perfect Bound printers around the world
50+ printers on
six continents
Print Anything You can Imagine 
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Sales & Inventory 

Store All Your Sales Data In One Place 

Perfect Bound users can automate sales and inventory reports and accurately track the movement of books through warehouses worldwide.

Track sales as they occur with advanced time-series visualizations

Monitor inventory for every title and forecast demand reliably 

Incorporate global accounts to monitor earnings accurately

Inventory management
Royalty Payments
Royalties & Rights 

Simplify the Royalty and Rights Process 

At Perfect Bound, we uniquely understand the complexity of managing royalty statements, payments, and global rights for large catalogs spanning decades. We can streamline it for you.

Deliver accurate, transparent payments and royalty statements 

Manage rights sales around the world across your entire list

Receive notifications for everything from upcoming payments to the expiration of rights

Our Publishers

Perfect Bound is trusted by more than 180 independent publishers around the world to help streamline their operations–whether that's optimizing print runs, managing catalogs, or paying authors.

Abrams
Chronicle Books
Andrews McMeel
Gibbs-Smith
grove atlantic
She Writes Press
Authors Equity
Collective Book Studio
Pricing

Try Perfect Bound for free for 30 days

Starting November 2024, all publishers can use the full suite of services for free for 30 days. After that, subscriptions start as low as $5 per ISBN per month. Large publishers can contact the Perfect Bound team to learn about enterprise pricing.

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Printers & Manufacturers

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