Publish Romance
Romance books, printed right
Compact, cozy and built for binge-reading. Romance readers buy often and read fast, so the sweet spot is a pocket-friendly paperback that feels good in one hand and ships cheaply. Cream paper softens long reading sessions; a matte cover photographs beautifully for social.
Recommended specs
- 5×8 or 5.5×8.5 trim
- Perfect-bound paperback
- 60lb cream uncoated interior
- Matte cover, 250–350 pages
What sells in romance
- Series? Keep the same trim across every book so they shelve together.
- Put the tropes on the back cover — romance readers shop by trope.
- A hardcover special edition sells well to superfans after launch.
Real pricing
What a romance book costs to print
Live per-copy print costs from our print partners for typical romance specs. "You keep" is retail minus card-processing fees and print cost. BookFlarePro takes 0% of your sales. Example shipping: 1 copy, standard shipping to Suwanee, GA (US).
Mass-market paperback
5 × 8 in · Paperback · Black & white · 300 pages · Matte cover
- Print cost per copy
- $9.49
- Interior paper
- 60lb Cream Uncoated
- Example retail price
- $14.99
- You keep per sale
- $4.55 (30.4%)
Not offered in this region for this size and binding.
Collector hardcover
6 × 9 in · Hardcover · Black & white · 300 pages · Matte cover
- Print cost per copy
- $18.18
- Interior paper
- 60lb Cream Uncoated
- Example retail price
- $27.99
- You keep per sale
- $8.47 (30.3%)
Text-stock pricing for this size is coming soon.