Self-publishers - Get a quote for book printing! Get a Quote

Star Print Brokers

Self-Publish with

Custom Book Printing

Get a Quote

Subscribe to get the latest News!
See Privacy Policy.

Your Roadmap to Self-Publishing

How it Works


Also see Your Process
Start with a Quote.

Get a Book Printing Quote

Choose your custom options. We'll consult with you and discuss options. Ballpark quotes are same day. Firm quotes in 24-48 hours. Samples of books we've printed as well as many references are available.

Get a Book Printing Quote
Optional Book Design

Optional Book Design

We can professionally design your book for an additional cost, or we will work with you or your book designer to provide guidance. Get a book design quote to compare cost and quality.

Get a Book Design Quote
Send us the PDFs.

Submit PDFs for Printing

Send us your files, or just your PDFs. Use our FTP site, DropBox, or whatever you like to use. You can also email if the PDFs aren't too large, or mail / FedEx / UPS to our offices.

FTP Instructions
Approve the proofs.

Approve Physical Color Proofs

We send you a full set of digitally output color proofs for you to approve, and to keep. Press proofs are available, but be sure to select that options on your request for quote.

Approving proofs
We Print your books, Bind, and prep to Ship.

Print Books, Bind and Prepare to Ship

We print on printing presses, in signatures. Books are well-bound as they must be secure. No pages fall out, ever! We can bind so that reference books or cookbooks lay flat, even hardcovers.

Print, Bind, and prep to Ship
Approve Advance Copies.

Approve 5 Advance Copies

The books are bound and put in cartons that are custom made for your books. The cartons go on pallets. We send 5 copies from the press run. Approve them promptly, so the shipment can release.

Advance Copies
DDP Delivery to Door

Book Delivery to Door

After approval, the books are shipped Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) to your door. We include all foreseeable costs in our quotes, including duty and customs, which we handle for you.

About Book Delivery
Your Website, Social Media and Marketing.

Website, Social Media, Marketing

Unless you have a network of buyers, create a website before design or printing. It takes time to build an email list, and find followers on social media. Marketing is ongoing, even with major publishers.

Free Marketing Guide
Open an Amazon Account

Open an Author Account at Amazon

You print with us for the best quality books. List your title on Amazon because it has the most traffic. Choose keywords that tie into your Author Page, and your website.

Star + Amazon

Especially for Self-Publishers

We cater to self-publishers and small publishers to want better book than on-demand providers can provide. We offer hard-to-find custom options, highest-quality book print and color reproduction, and at a reasonable cost.
Book Printing on Press - always High Quality

High-Quality Book Printing on Press

We are based in Bellevue Washington, and print on high-end presses — mostly in Asia — for US authors. Special attention is paid to color to match the proof. You can make corrections too.

Learn More
Accurate CMYK Color

Accurate CMYK Color

We print from your files or PDFs. You will see a proof before we go to press. What is in your files, is what we print. Staff will give you practical advice, if asked. Also, see our Prepress Guide too.

Learn More
Nearly any Size Book

Almost Any Size Book

Limited to specific sizes? Not here! Your book is manufactured in almost any dimension you wish. As a rule, our limit is 12 inches wide. Other than that, we can usually accommodate your title on press.

Learn More
Options that are often Hard to Find Elsewhere

Hard-to-find Custom Options

We pride ourselves on all the specialty items and embellishments we offer. That is what makes us stand out ... and the cost ... and the quality ... and the color ... you get it, Now get creative!

Learn More
Asia or USA Book Printing

Asia or USA Book Printing Services

With our select vendors, we print in Asia for USA authors, and authors everywhere. Our Asia books are higher quality and lower cost than USA; and as much as 70 percent less! USA printing is a little faster.

Learn More
We Fix Design, or Create Original Book Design

Original Book Design

We design books, and we also fix books designed by others. We are professional book designers, creating a style just for you. We will also work with you or your designer.

Learn More

Why Star Print Brokers?

We print and design books for many self-publishers — just like you — since 1999.

Read more Testimonials
Nautical Newport by photographer,Onne van der Wal.

Nautical Newport | Onne van der Wal

The Nautical Newport books looks great — thank you, we are very happy with the color and the printing!

Onne and Tenley van der Wal, Onne van der Wal Photography Gallery, LLC

Testimonials for Star Print Brokers, book printing and book design
2015-01-14T14:43:05+00:00

Onne and Tenley van der Wal, Onne van der Wal Photography Gallery, LLC

Nautical Newport by photographer,Onne van der Wal.
The Nautical Newport books looks great — thank you, we are very happy with the color and the printing!

Check out showcases of books we print and bind. We also design books.

Featured Showcases

latest from

The Blog

Black text, text color, CMYK to PMS color explained for book design.

Black Text, Text Color and CMYK to PMS Color

| Filed Under: Book Design

Working with black text, text color and CMYK to PMS color – and how to get it right! Black text, text color and CMYK to PMS color are all sort of the same topic, but there are differences. Avoid costly printing mistakes, or just time revising your files. So, here’s the scoop … Often those designing and laying out books…
Read More

Case binding example. Note the smaller example image of Smyth sewn book blocks, ready for case binding. We also use adhesive instead of Smyth sewing to glue signatures together in a case binding, also called a hardcover book.

Case Binding discussed – Books with a Hardcover

| Filed Under: Book Binding

Case Binding is how we bind hardcover books. Case binding. What is it?  Simply, it is any book binding with a hard cover made from thick binding board, and has a cover wrap material permanently glued to the board. We throw around a lot of terms in bookbinding, whether it be for printing on press, or printing on demand. We…
Read More

Looking for Book Binding Ideas? Try this Wire O Book Binding.

Book Binding Ideas – Wire O Book Binding

| Filed Under: Book Binding

Looking for Book Binding Ideas? Try this Wire O Book Binding. See Wire O book binding ideas including and other options. Specifically, we are showing you an example of a soft cover book, bound with Wire O, and the wire is placed on the back cover. Furthermore, the book has flaps on both the front and the back covers. This…
Read More

Author pay is on the decline in the UK, while while publisher sales are rocketing.

Author pay decrease while publisher sales soar

| Filed Under: Ramblings

Author pay is on the decline in the UK, while while publisher sales are rocketing. Author pay consists of royalties from traditional publishers, or an agreement of profit based on what a book packager or service provider will offer. This article is a follow-up to a recent story we published about how traditional publishers are especially not for best selling…
Read More

Traditional Publishers are not the best way to be published for most authors. "Publishers are paying writers a pittance, say bestselling authors" as reported in the Guardian.

Traditional Publishers are not for bestselling authors

| Filed Under: Ramblings

Traditional Publishers are not the best way to be published for most authors. Traditional publishers and publishing in general is a topic that comes up often at Star Print Brokers. The publisher can make millions for authors. But, even bestselling authors barely make a living wage, as reported in the Guardian. We change that! A friend recently asked us about…
Read More

Book layout design using Adobe InDesign, for self-publishers and graphic designers who are new to book design.

Book Layout Design in Adobe InDesign

| Filed Under: Book Design

Book Layout Design using Adobe InDesign Adobe InDesign for book layout design — a beginners guide. Self-publishers and graphic designers are usually not new to the concept of book design, or using the primary design tools. However, all too often self-publishers contract with a graphic designer who works in InDesign, but does not understand how to create a book and…
Read More