May 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM

At Barnes & Noble Press, our mission has always been simple: to empower independent authors and creators.

To continue providing the best experience for our author community, we’ve introduced a few updates to our Barnes & Noble Press policies. These changes are designed to protect independent authors as well as maintain the quality of the content on our platform.

Minimum Retail Price for Printed Books

Barnes & Noble Press print books must have a retail price of $14.99 or more. Due to increased shipping and printing fees associated with Print Projects, this change helps ensure that authors can cover the costs and earn royalties on the sales of their books.

Starting April 22nd, 2026, our platform will not allow the creation of new listings for less than $14.99. If you have any titles retailing for less than $14.99 on May 14th, 2026, we will begin removing those listings from sale. To avoid your projects being removed, you can change the price at any time by logging in to your Barnes & Noble Press account and updating your project’s price.

New Title Limit

A single Barnes & Noble Press account will have a limit of 100 individual titles. Each title can be available in both print and digital format and count as one of the 100 titles you can publish.

Starting May 14th, 2026, if you have over 100 titles listed on a single Barnes & Noble Press account, we may remove titles from sale at our discretion to bring your account in line with the 100-title limit. You also have the option of removing titles yourself at any time by logging into your Barnes & Noble Press account and taking the project off sale.

If you’re interested in publishing more than 100 titles, please reach out to our eBook Merchant Team via email at eBookSales@bn.com to explore additional options.

Original Content Only

Barnes & Noble Press will no longer allow public domain items to be sold on our platform. Barnes & Noble Press was established to publish and promote independent authors, and this change is intended to support this ideal.

Going forward, public domain titles that are posted to Barnes & Noble Press will be immediately removed. Accounts continuing to post public domain items may be closed and all account content removed from our site.

If you are currently posting public domain content, please remove it immediately.

Reminder About Our Content Policy

Under our Content Policy, Barnes & Noble Press may remove titles or close accounts at our sole discretion. This may include titles that do not meet our minimum sales requirements or that otherwise fall outside our guidelines.

Click here to review the complete Barnes & Noble Press Content Policy.

We’re grateful to have you as part of the Barnes & Noble Press community. These updates allow Barnes & Noble Press to continue being a strong, author-focused, supportive platform where independent authors can thrive and reach new readers.