Closely aligned with our national retail stores, Barnes & Noble Press is a free, fast, and easy way to publish your books and reach millions of B&N readers. With our unified eBook and print book platform, publishers can expect a seamless experience with ongoing enhancements, new features, and other updates. Continue to check back here to learn more about our progress.
Winter 2022
- With the expansion of audio B&N Press has teamed up with Findaway Voices to help you create and distribute your audiobook (more)
Spring 2021
- Give your assistants account access to help manage your projects without sharing your password using the My Contributors feature (more)
Winter 2021
- Earn a flat 70% royalty rate for all eBook sales starting February 1, 2021 (more)
- Faster payments — 30 days after the close of the calendar month in which the sale occurs (previously 60 days) (more)
Summer 2020
- Create a customized print book cover template that will match the exact specifications you provide (more)
- Partner with BookTrib for innovative publicity and marketing programs to increase awareness for your book (more)
Winter 2020
- Create Custom Samples so you can choose what to show your readers and help drive sales on BN.com product pages. At the interior uploading stage, add a custom excerpt or select chapters for an enhanced preview on your book’s product page.
Fall 2019
- Custom date range added in series sales report graphs allows you to measure your series performance over a specified period of time
- Facebook and Twitter buttons added in Manage Promotions to share your eBook coupon code and BOGO promotion details
- Optimized project dashboard for faster page load
Summer 2019
- Two Series Sales Reports for better insight into your series’ performance broken out by total series sales and individual book sales
Spring 2019
- Create your own eBook coupon codes and BOGO promotions to market and sell your books at a specially discounted price to NOOK readers
- 11 new print book trim sizes (including mass market). 11" x 8.5" coming soon
- More detailed print cover templates with exact spine dimensions based on page count
- Built-in HTML editor and instant preview functionality for easier text styling
Winter 2019
- Ireland authors can publish on B&N Press
- Domestic vendors can enroll to receive their 1099-MISC tax form electronically
- ‘My Series’ feature allows you to view and manage your books by series (more)
Fall 2018
- No interior file required for eBooks pre-orders
- Digital 1099-MISC tax form enrollment available for US vendors for tax year 2018
- New partnership with Inkubate to offer writing style analysis and keyword reports to help with your marketing (more)
- New Author Self-Publishing Services page (more)
- Customizable spine color and font options
- Book cover correction service
- Print book pre-order now available 6 months in advance
Summer 2018
- Canada, Australia, and New Zealand authors can publish on B&N Press
- Partner with Girl Friday to offer website design, publishing logo, and full service packages
- Improved category search tool (with the addition of 4,000 categories)
Spring 2018
- Top 5 Bestsellers list added to Sales Reports
- Partner with Reedsy for editorial, design, and marketing talent (more)
- Schedule eBook price changes in advance
- Preview barcode when reviewing print book covers
- Last 30 Day Sales graph added to Sales Reports
- Option to view free eBook unit downloads in sales reporting
Winter 2018 — The new B&N Press!
- Improved user experience and new visual design
- Rebrand to B&N Press to reflect our close alignment with B&N retail stores
- Create and manage print and eBooks all in one website
- eBook pre-order now available 12 months in advance
- Increased royalty rate of 65% for eBooks priced $10.00+
- Additional print book trim sizes, glossy covers and color printing options
- Combine different personal print book orders in a single checkout order
- Different formats of the same book title are grouped together for easy project managing
- Clone books to easily create different formats of your projects
- Author Tools & Tips page complete with trusted 3rd party partner offers
- Partner with 99design to help you design your cover and format your book (more)
- Build-a-Book user experience enhancements
- Update subject categories that more closely match those on BN.com
- All new sales reporting