Blurb alternatives: Blurb or a full-service publisher?
Nova Publishers and Blurb overlap only on printing. Blurb is a self-serve platform built around photo books and print on demand; Nova is a full-service team for text-led books, from editing to distribution, at a fixed quoted price.
About Blurb
Blurb is a self-serve platform best known for photo books, magazines and other self-designed print projects. You design the book with its tools and order printed copies.
Where Blurb fits
Blurb is built for books where the images lead: photo books, portfolios, magazines and other self-designed print projects. You lay out the pages with its tools and order printed copies.
Text-led books such as novels, memoirs, children's books and nonfiction need a different kind of preparation: editing, typesetting and a cover designed for retail stores.
What Nova does for text-led books
Nova Publishers edits, designs and formats text-led books, including picture books, illustrated memoirs and nonfiction with images, then publishes them in your own retailer accounts as ebooks, paperbacks and hardcovers.
Every package lists your book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple Books, and from Launch Pro it can be ordered by 20,000+ retailers and libraries. Your price is fixed in your quote before work starts.
When Blurb fits
- You're making a photo book, portfolio or personal print project.
- You want to design the pages yourself.
- Retail distribution and editing are not part of the plan.
When full-service publishing with Nova fits
- You're publishing a novel, memoir, children's book or nonfiction for readers.
- You want editing, a genre-right cover and a professional interior.
- You want the book on sale in your own retailer accounts.
What Nova puts in writing before you start
- One fixed quote for the whole project, set before work starts
- Your book published in your own retailer accounts
- Nova's ISBN by default, or your own if you prefer
- 100% of your retailer royalties, paid straight to you
- In-house editors and designers, with revision rounds set in your quote
- Your book stays live in your accounts, whatever you do next
Every Nova Publishers package includes a project manager, an editor matched to your genre, a custom cover, print or ebook formatting, an ISBN, metadata and setup in your own retailer accounts. Packages run from $999 to $5,499, and single services start at $450.
Questions about Nova and Blurb
Does Nova Publishers publish photo books?
Nova Publishers focuses on text-led books, including picture books, illustrated memoirs and nonfiction with images. Ask us about your project and we'll tell you whether it's a fit.
Is Nova Publishers a Blurb alternative?
Nova Publishers is a full-service alternative to Blurb for text-led books: it edits, typesets and designs your novel, memoir or nonfiction book, then publishes it as an ebook, paperback and hardcover in your own retailer accounts.
Can Nova Publishers distribute my book to stores?
Yes, every Nova Publishers package lists your book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple Books in your own accounts, and Launch Pro and above add 20,000+ retailers and libraries.
Do I keep my rights with Nova?
Yes, with Nova Publishers you keep your copyright and 100% of the royalties retailers pay you.
Publishing a book for readers?
Send us your manuscript, or whatever part of it exists. We'll reply within 1 business day with a fixed quote.