Print on demand (POD) has now become essential for self-publishing one’s book. It refers to a new technology of printing and a business idea whereby copies of a particular book are not physically printed until the order for it has been received. This means that the printing requirement is not based on any assumption and the print demand can range from a single copy to multiples. This has brought a revolution to the book printing industry.

 

Previously, book printing used to be a very expensive affair with cost of too many consumables involved. But, with this innovative print-on-demand technology, it is now possible to print just one copy of a book at a very affordable rate.

 

The manuscript is saved in digital form and can be used for printing as and when it is needed. This has simplified the process of book production as well. Earlier, one needed to make a lot of investment in printing and storing books so as to meet possible demands in the future, even though it was practically impossible to predict how much a particular book would sell.

 

Today, it is unreasonable to pay so much to print and warehouse books based on complete guesswork. With print on demand, you can avoid all of these unnecessary expenses and make huge profit.