The print-on-demand book site “Impressiondelivre.com,” launched in June 2012, has perfectly met an ever-growing demand. It allows for the printing, publishing, and editing of books in just a few clicks. This site is more than just a simple online printing site; the technical team has managed to combine the three fundamental principles of book production into a fluid and user-friendly site.
It’s a successful venture for the Impressiondelivre team, which launched a powerful and efficient book printing site in June 2012. The goal? “To bring together on a single website the ability to print, publish, and edit one’s book with automated tools and printing and publishing experts. […] We wanted to support the author throughout this publication process,” says François-Xavier Ciais, its publication director.
The world of books and their distribution can often seem bewildering. “Hundreds of handwritten pages, or those typed on a computer, seek a medium that materializes the fruit of the author’s labor and imagination. For him, it becomes the most precious ‘bundle of sheets’ of his existence. With Impressiondelivre.com we wanted to offer authors the opportunity to produce and distribute their ideas by supporting their effort, the courage to show their work to the general public. […] The author wants a quality book so that all this effort is showcased. That’s what we offer,” concludes this man of conviction.
There is no doubt that his conviction will succeed given the results, as confirmed by Vincent Marty, the project’s manager. “The challenge was not to do like the others, the challenge was to do better and differently. We needed to propose a smooth, flexible, and efficient printing calculation system.” This is undoubtedly a difficult challenge when looking at the competition. Surprisingly, the competition has restricted itself to only one pillar out of the three main ones: printing, publishing, or editing. The “Impressiondelivre” site aimed to combine all three in one. A risky but measured bet according to Vincent Marty. “Thanks to the automated systems we have implemented both on the site and in our production chain (with the help of JDF in particular), the avenues for book creation, such as printing and publishing, are accessible to us, regardless of quantity,” he tells us. Regardless of quantity, but also regardless of format, paper, finish, etc. The author has all the information about his future print on a single page. He can then validate and finalize his order as easily as on a classic online sales site. The order of 1, 10, 200, 500, or 1000 books is then delivered by Colissimo or carrier directly to the specified address. “The author chooses the number of copies to the exact number. There are only certain characteristics for which we have provided a list of choices, as our goal is to assist, not to overwhelm the author.” Thus, the author is offered the most common formats and types of paper. “We have an enormous number of references and possibilities, but the goal was to provide our advice and expertise to offer the best for their book,” concludes Vincent Marty.
You will also find on Impressiondelivre the main technical elements needed to lay out your book, deposit it legally, choose the appropriate type of paper, securely transmit your book files, print your book, etc. Thanks to the personal space created from the first pages, internet users also have access to additional and highly useful content… truly a goldmine of ideas!
Printing a manuscript was long reserved for professional publishers. New technologies have revolutionized the printing world, allowing for small print runs and offering everyone the opportunity to print a book. Thanks to this site, you will now be able to say, “I printed and published my own book.”
It is also possible to feature your works in the site’s bookstore and sell your creations. To do this, you have a personal space that allows you to set the book’s price (in addition to the book’s production cost) and receive all the profits. Moreover, authors benefit from a significant communication force to disseminate their works, as the site has a genuine SEO approach in most search engines, including Google.
For the start of the school year, the site announces an edition comparison tool in its “Edit” section, which is very useful in the current jungle of self-publishing and crowdfunding.
