Self-publishing with Publit
Stockholm university has a procured agreement with Publit for print and distribution services of publications other than dissertations or Stockholm University Press publications.
Using Publit as your printer will enable you to print books, compendiums etc., without having to deal with the administration related to ordering and invoicing.
Printing with Publit
The books are printed on-demand, meaning that you do not have to keep a storage of books. After a book is ordered it is sent to print and after 4–5 working days it is ready for shipping which takes 1–2 working days.
You can choose to have your book printed as a soft cover, hard cover or paperback. A soft cover can have your measurement of choice between 105 x 148 mm (i.e. paper size A6) and 210 x 297 mm (paper size A4). Hard cover and paperback have standardised formats.
At Publit you can manage all your publications in one account. You submit information about the title and your material. When all the information is in your account you can easily order more print copies when needed. You can order any amount of copies and the price per book is the same regardless of the number of copies ordered.
Publishing with Publit
If you want your book to be available in the book store and the internet webshop simply decide the price and click "publish". The book will be available for purchase the following day. This is made possible through Bokinfo and requires a fee being paid to them. See "Pricing" below for more information.
You can also make your book available for purchase using what is known as "widget shops". A widget shop can be embeddedd on websites and in social media accounts. Publit will handle all administration and financial transactions involved.
Getting started
- Create an account on the Publit website. Please note that if you want to make several publications available at a widget shop they need to be in the same account.
- Upload your print ready files. Create them using either the Stockholm university Production tool, or the print guides provided by Publit.
- It is recommended that you order a test print before publishing. As long as the book is not published you can update your print files.
- Order your chosen amount of books, whenever you want to, using your Publit account. The invoice will be sent to the person designated in your account settings.
- Set your price and decide where to make your book available. You will need an ISBN before publishing. This is provided by the University library within a few working days if you send an e-mail to publish@su.se with the title and details of the book.
- If you wish to make your book available as an e-book you can order a convertion from pdf to epub2 on your Publit account.
Read more about how it works at the Publit website: help.publit.com/en/
Pricing
- When you order your own copies you pay for the production of the book, plus VAT and shipping. The price is decided from the number of pages, black and white or colour and the type and format of the book. When you have uploaded your files to your Publit-account, the price will be calculated automatically and when placing an order you will also see the price of shipping. You can also make the calculations using this link: https://get.publit.com/en#print-books_calculate-document-sizes
- Publishing a print book costs 249 SEK excl. VAT. This is paid once.
- Depending on the details of the book other fees may apply. Full price list is available here: https://get.publit.com/en#pricing_production-cost.
- The distribution fee is 10 % of the net price (which is the price the customer pays. The customer also pays the price of production which means that the lowest net price equals the price of production + 10 %. Widget shop sales have a 20 % fee, which means that the lowest customer price possible is production cost + 20 %.
- For the distribution there is also the cost of joining Bokinfo at 410 kr (excl. VAT), as well as a fee for each ISBN registered at 410 kr (excl. VAT).
- For information on e-book conversion, prices and services, please see information on e-book conversions at publit.com.
- Publishing an e-book is free. Publit charge a 10 % distribution fee. For sales in widget shop the distribution fee is 20 %.
Register an ISBN
To connect your Publit publication to Stockholm university you need to add your affiliation and any relevant, but you also need to register an ISBN (International Standard Book Number), which is a unique number that will identify your book in library catalogues and other relevant systems.
Read more about making your publications accessible and credible.
Read more about ISBN on National library website
Contact publish@su.se for an ISBN connected to Stockholm university.
DiVA-registration
Publications produced using Publit also need to be registered in (and in some cases uploaded to) the university's repository DiVA.
Copyright
Printing and distributing your book with Publit doesn't mean that it is published by Publit or that they obtain any rights to your work. Stockholm university is the publisher and you still own the copyright, including the right to publish your work (or excerpts of your work) elsewhere.
With Publit your book will have wide dissemination and you are providing a service to your readers allowing them the choice between a digital or a printed copy of your work.