Publishing News
Price changes on April 1, 2025
There will be print price changes in all markets for books printed by Lightning Source. Although many
categories will see a price increase, some categories will see a price decrease. The changes will be
avialable in the Pricing Calculator on the website from March 25, 2025.
So what now?
- Login to your account
- Go to your bookshelf, select your title and review Pricing to see your new Print Cost and Royalty
- If your Royalty has reduced, you may wish to increase your List Price
- Please email contact@wordzworth.com directly with any changes and we will update this for you
UK price changes on March 18, 2023
- UK print prices will be increasing by 5% for both paperbacks and hardbacks
- AU print prices will be increasing by 8% for both paperbacks and hardbacks
UK price changes on October 12, 2022
- UK print prices will be increasing by 4.9% for both paperbacks and hardbacks
Price changes on July 18, 2022
- US print prices have generally increased by 8% for paperbacks and 6% for hardbacks
- UK print prices have generally increased by 10% for paperbacks and hardbacks
- AU print prices have generally increased by 9% for paperbacks and 3% for hardbacks
- The increases for premium color books is generally lower at up to 3%
- The minimum global wholesale discount for new titles is 30%. We no longer accept new titles with a
wholesale discount below 40% but older titles that are below 30% will now be excluded from distribution.