Finally, a Self-Publishing Company that Actually Empowers Authors.

As traditional publishers shrink their lists and decrease the number of new titles, self-publishing emerges to fill the gap. Mill City Press offers a new way of looking at self-publishing. We use our industry experience and e-commerce insight to give you the most cost-effective tools for self-publishing, marketing, and selling your book.

What Makes Mill City Press Different?

We pass along wholesale printing costs to our authors. Most self-publishing companies use the same printer for their book publishing projects. We charge you what the printer charges us and we show you the bill. Our competitors mark up those costs between 50%-100%. Compare self-publishing mark-ups on printing costs.

You make 100% of the Royalties. You´re paying us to help launch your book, you don´t need to pay us a percentage of each sale too . See how much you´ll make on each book you sell as a Mill City Press author. Then compare 100% royalties from us to the royalties paid by other self-publishing companies.

Opportunities for Bookstore & Library Distribution. Books that meet certain editorial guidelines are eligible for the same national bookstore and library distribution offered by many traditional publishers. Get details on how we can get your book into bookstores and libraries.

Our book cover designs are completely original. No templates of any kind. Many of our competitors use templates, but place original art on them. Not us. See our original covers.

You own all the digital files and the layouts you pay us to create. Read the fine print of most other book publishing companies´ contracts and you´ll see that if you leave them, you might get the artwork, but they keep the layout and the actual cover format you paid for, causing you to have to pay for it again with another publisher. That´s crazy. Learn more.

Your own customized 5-page website. We help build your presence on the web with a customized website from which you can sell and market your book. You'll have your own URL and free hosting for one year. Click here for examples.

We don´t sell you junk that won´t help you sell books, like bookmarks, posters or placement in a group ad in the back of a national publication. Spend your money where it counts and it will result in book sales. We´ll show you how to effectively use the internet to cherry-pick potential readers who are actually interested in what you´ve written.

We treat your book like a mini-ecommerce company, employing out-of-the-box, cutting edge online marketing techniques, all for a fraction of the cost of traditional, antiquated book marketing tactics. Learn more about effective, targeted book marketing

We provide unlimited book marketing support for each author. We offer online marketing expertise and traditional book marketing to help your book get noticed. Plus, our authors can schedule unlimited book marketing strategy sessions with us. Have a great promotion idea? Let us help you make it work.

We use only the best printing services. Mill City Press pays careful attention to book quality, and therefore we use a trusted, experienced printer that is a leader in keeping abreast with cost effective, quality printing solutions. Learn more about our quality here.

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