The Best Print on Demand Company in 2025 for Paperback Books – Comparing Self-Publishing with Amazon KDP, IngramSpark & more // Two years ago I released a video comparing the most popular print on demand companies available to indie authors. Since then, a few things have changed in the self-publishing industry, so it was time for an updated video. Today we will be comparing these five self-publishing companies: Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, IngramSpark, Barnes & Noble Press, Lulu Publishing and Draft2Digital. For this comparison, we will only be talking about paperback books (not hardcover or ebooks). We will be judging these print on demand companies by the following criteria: cost to print, cost to publish and make updates, the uploading process, book royalties, print quality, print options, user-friendliness, customer service and of course, distribution. So let’s decide, what’s the best print on demand company out there right now?

LINKS MENTIONED:

A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Publishing a Book Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZpcZ9u8pb_pKpY16m-y82w696YVy93D-&si=bJ5BOHYBdS3qesHo

KDP Tutorial: https://youtu.be/_Z4UCeblBpg?si=EnnL9HGitmwLNbjD

IngramSpark Tutorial: https://youtu.be/rME9wnkv6rU?si=vV6tMans6oF7e39X

Barnes & Noble Press Tutorial: https://youtu.be/OxFzlYmoc-o?si=nGmsha9jfdZgoc4q

Lulu Unboxing: https://youtu.be/m3UKRBhIuAI?si=k3iz_zZsfULH__Ds

Draft2Digital Tutorial: https://youtu.be/fduRjHtHhEU?si=iiuHliiDF6xM7yuP

IngramSpark Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZpcZ9u8pb_rPwJrHVc3yMiusRwwCZmZH

How to format a book in Microsoft word: https://youtu.be/204228daXU4

Should you use a free or paid ISBN: https://youtu.be/GImEALz264k

How to use Draft2Dgitial to format your book: https://youtu.be/FJUmg2S67AI

IN THIS VIDEO:

0:00 – Intro

4:00 – Cost to print

4:41 – Cost to publish

7:17 – The uploading process

18:24 – Royalties

21:00 – Print quality

25:42 – Print options

28:49 – User-friendliness

30:45 – Customer service

36:47 – Distribution

39:41 – Who’s the best print on demand company in 2025?