IngramSpark alternatives and full-service publishing
Nova Publishers publishes through IngramSpark. IngramSpark distributes finished files to bookstores and libraries; Nova prepares those files (editing, cover, formatting, ISBN) and sets up the listing in an account you own.
About IngramSpark
IngramSpark is Ingram's self-serve platform for print and ebook distribution. Once your files are uploaded, your book appears in the catalog that bookstores and libraries order from. It's the standard route for reaching stores beyond Amazon.
Publishing on IngramSpark yourself
IngramSpark asks for finished files: a print-ready interior PDF, a full cover wrap sized to your page count and paper, an ebook file, an ISBN for each format, and detailed metadata including your trade discount and returns settings. Once the files pass its checks, your book appears in the catalog that bookstores and libraries order from.
Those settings shape how bookstores see your book, so authors who set it up themselves spend time learning them, and getting the cover wrap and interior to IngramSpark's specifications is a technical job in its own right.
Using IngramSpark and Nova together
From Launch Pro, Nova Publishers prepares your files and sets up your book in your own IngramSpark account, which makes it orderable by 20,000+ retailers and libraries. The account, the listing and the royalties stay yours.
Nova also publishes the same book in your own KDP account, so Amazon and IngramSpark carry matching editions. Adding IngramSpark distribution to a book that's already on KDP is also a service Nova offers on its own.
When IngramSpark fits
- Your files are already edited, designed and print-ready.
- You're comfortable with print specs, trim sizes, discounts and returns settings.
- You want to manage your distribution account yourself from day one.
When full-service publishing with Nova fits
- You want the files prepared for you: edit, cover, interior and ISBN.
- You want your IngramSpark listing set up correctly in your own account, from Launch Pro.
- You want help choosing the wholesale discount and returns settings bookstores look for.
- You want Amazon, IngramSpark and other stores handled as one project.
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 IngramSpark
Does Nova Publishers distribute through IngramSpark?
Yes, from Launch Pro Nova Publishers sets your book up in your own IngramSpark account, which makes it orderable by 20,000+ retailers and libraries.
Will my book be in bookstores if it is on IngramSpark?
From Launch Pro, Nova Publishers makes your book orderable by any bookstore that orders through Ingram, for a customer or for its shelves. Each store chooses which books it stocks.
Is IngramSpark worth it?
Nova Publishers sets up IngramSpark for every book from Launch Pro, because it is how bookstores and libraries order books. If you would rather not learn its file specs, discounts and returns settings yourself, Nova prepares the files and sets up the listing in your own account.
Whose name is on the IngramSpark account?
Your name is on the IngramSpark account: Nova Publishers sets up and manages the listing, but the account and the royalties belong to you.
Can I use KDP and IngramSpark together?
Yes, Nova Publishers sets up matching editions in your own KDP and IngramSpark accounts from Launch Pro, so Amazon sells the book and bookstores and libraries can order it through IngramSpark.
Want your book bookstore-ready?
Send us your manuscript, or whatever part of it exists. We'll reply within 1 business day with a fixed quote.