Explained: What is Books on Demand and how does it work?

At Books on Demand (BoD), aspiring and active authors can publish their works without having to go through a selection program. We explain the principle behind the popular platform.

Easily publish: Books on Demand is a specialist for self-published works.

The book market does not only live on the giant Amazon. In Germany, Books on Demand has been a popular alternative for years.

What is Books on Demand and what are the advantages?

Books on Demand is a so-called self-publishing platform. As such, it offers authors to be able to self-publish their works there.

• This can be done both by print and in the form of eBooks. Depending on the need, there are different services or products, such as BoD Fun or BoD E-Book.
• In contrast to a traditional publisher, Books on Demand has no own program as well as selected authors who are under contract.
• For this reason, BoD primarily attracts aspiring, unknown authors. After all, the search for a publisher is a very difficult place with little chance of success. Thanks to self-publishing, the works can nevertheless be made accessible to an audience.
• Whether the publications are then also successful is another question. Schließlich werden die Werke nicht von BoD beworben oder vermarktet.
• Allerdings erscheinen die bei BoD veröffentlichten Werke in zahlreichen anderen Shops, darunter auch bei Marktführer Amazon. Theoretisch ist also eine große Reichweite möglich.

Books on Demand stammt aus Deutschland (Norderstedt) und ist deswegen primär im heimischen Markt aktiv und bekannt.