Publish any genre
Every genre, printed the way its readers expect
Each genre has a sweet spot for trim size, binding, paper and price. Pick yours to see the recommended specs, live per-copy print costs by region, and what you keep on every sale.
Romance
Compact, cozy and built for binge-reading.
- 5×8 or 5.5×8.5 trim
- Perfect-bound paperback
- 60lb cream uncoated interior
Mystery
Classic trade size with room for a long twisty plot.
- 5.5×8.5 or 6×9 trim
- Perfect-bound paperback or case-wrap hardcover
- 60lb cream uncoated interior
Fantasy
Big worlds need a big, durable book.
- 6×9 trim (6.14×9.21 for very long books)
- Paperback or hardcover
- 60lb cream uncoated interior
Sci-Fi
Crisp white pages for clean, modern typography.
- 5.5×8.5 or 6×9 trim
- Perfect-bound paperback
- 60lb white uncoated interior
Business
Authority on the shelf, lean on the page count.
- 6×9 trim
- Paperback or hardcover
- 60lb white uncoated interior
Children's
Square, full-color and tough enough for small hands.
- 8×8 or 8.5×8.5 square trim
- Paperback or case-wrap hardcover
- Premium color on heavy coated paper
Biography
Warm cream pages for a life worth lingering over.
- 5.5×8.5 or 6×9 trim
- Paperback or hardcover
- 60lb cream uncoated interior
Poetry
Small, quiet and beautifully made.
- 5×8 or 5.5×8.5 trim
- Paperback or hardcover
- 60lb cream uncoated interior
Cookbook
Full-color, lie-flat friendly and built for the counter.
- 7×10 or 8×10 trim
- Paperback or case-wrap hardcover
- Full color on coated paper (premium color optional)
Memoir
Your story, in a book that feels like it has always existed.
- 5.5×8.5 or 6×9 trim
- Paperback or hardcover
- 60lb cream uncoated interior
Workbook
Big pages, bright white paper and room to write.
- 8.5×11 or 7×10 trim
- Perfect-bound paperback
- White uncoated interior (takes ink well)
Don't see your genre?
We print poetry, cookbooks, art books, workbooks, memoirs and more. Run your own numbers in the royalty calculator, or start your book and choose any size and binding you like.