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"The move to POD is not about the technology of printing, it's about the technology of distribution."

– Richard Charkin

Print on Demand (POD) is a way to print books one by one. Instead of printing an edition of 1000 books to be stored in a warehouse, which involves ongoing costs, you can print POD through Publit. You upload ready print files to Publit, and when a book is sold, it is printed. The book does not need to be printed before it is sold, which means that the end customer covers all costs for printing and

Doesn't it become very expensive to print POD?

It depends. First and foremost, we should not compare apples and pears. It is common for people to compare the following examples:

• 1,000 books in paperback, 225 pages, with a printing cost of a total of 20,000 SEK, i.e. 20 SEK/book
• 1 book in paperback POD, 225 pages, with a production cost of 77 SEK/book

Please note that there is a printing cost for 1,000 books and production cost for POD. Apples and pears! For POD, both printing and all handling until the book leaves the printing house and is sent to the retailer are included. In addition, the retailer covers the shipping. For 1,000 books, you will probably send them to a warehouse and then there may be additional costs: shipping to the warehouse, delivery fee, monthly pallet rental, order line fee, and so on. Let's say a few years go by and you have only sold 800 books

Does it take a long time to get a book if you have to print it every time?

We print a book in 3–5 working days and deliver in 1–2 working days. POD can be used in many different ways. Say something happens in the world that increases interest in your book and you sell out of a niche title in two days, will the interest still be there when the reprint arrives in four weeks? Or do you have a POD ready to cover the demand?

How does it work in practical terms?

You upload metadata (author, back cover text, ISBN etc.), print file for cover and print file for content on your Publit account. If you want to sell via Bokinfo, you fill in your Bokinfo ID in your account settings. Then you set a retail price and publish the book. Done! The book will then be published on Bokinfo and visible to all retailers connected to Bokinfo, such as Akademibokhandeln, Bokus and Adlibris

This is an illustration of the most common way to use POD with Publit:

Here you can test which of our three formats best suits your book. The production price is updated as you change the number of pages, color pages, and dimensions. Prices are excluding VAT.

Publit uses digital printing and the books are printed on-demand, one by one as they are sold. Therefore, over time, there may be some variation in print results, colors, paper types, etc. Here we have compiled guidelines and recommendations for you who are going to print books via Publit.

We recommend that you always order a proof print to see how your book looks before publishing or ordering a larger quantity.

ISBN is an international standard. Obtaining an ISBN is free in the Scandinavian countries (except in Denmark). Note that if you let Publit assign an ISBN, the edition (book, e-book, or audiobook) may be cataloged with Publit as the publisher in the Royal Library.catalog, which among other things can affect whether you as a publisher have the opportunity to apply forliterature supportIf you want your own publishing company to be listed as the publisher, you can apply for your own ISBN.ISBN Swedenat the Royal Library, which is free of charge.

The interior may not be exported as a spread, it should consist of simple pages

We always add a page at the end of the insert with the year of printing, printing location, publisher, ISBN, and EAN code in connection with printing.

The cover should be created as a single composite sheet containing the back cover, spine, and front cover. It is also possible to print a two-sided cover. In that case, you create the cover exterior as a composite sheet and then the cover interior as a separate sheet, and then upload them as files.

We offer the following paper options:

For softcover and hardcover:

• Munken Pure 100 g (natural tone paper, uncoated)
• Arctic Matt 115 g (white paper, coated)

For EKO softcover:

• Holmen Book 60 g (natural toned paper, uncoated)

From your Publit account, you can download a cover template in PDF format after you have uploaded your book's text block. In the cover template, you can see what dimensions your cover should have, but you should not import the template into the software you use to create your print file — use the measurements to create a new document.

The three different formats that Publit offers differ slightly in their dimension calculations. Read more under each format's section.

How to prepare your cover for printing

When you design a cover, it's important to think about bleed and TrimBox. These two concepts are critical to ensure your printed cover turns out correctly without any unwanted white edges.

What is bleed?

• Bleed is an extra margin that you add outside the intended final size of your cover.

• Think of bleed as a safety zone.

What is TrimBox?

• TrimBox is the line that marks where the cover should be trimmed and shows the final size of a printed document after it has been cut.

• Everything inside the TrimBox is what will remain on the finished cover.

Why is this important?

• Without bleed, you risk getting white edges along the edges of your cover when the cutting machine trims the paper.

• The TrimBox tells the printer exactly where they should cut.

Here's how to do it:

1. Add bleed: When you create your cover in a design program (such as InDesign, Photoshop, or Illustrator), add 5 mm bleed on each outer side of the sheet.
2. Make sure background images and colors cover the bleed: Extend your images and background colors all the way to the outer edge of the bleed.
3. Keep important information inside the TrimBox: Make sure all important text and images are inside the TrimBox so they won't risk being cut off.
4. Export with crop marks: When you export your file for printing, make sure to include crop marks. These marks show the printer where the TrimBox is and where they should cut.

• Color printing: Use CMYK "Coated FOGRA39" as the color profile.
• Black and white printing: If a page is to be printed in black and white, it must be in grayscale. If set to anything other than grayscale, the page will be printed in color.
• Color must be specified in CMYK color space, not RGB or spot color.
• Colors such as dark blue/violet, green, or beige are sensitive. During printing, some color variation may occur even though the print adheres to the ISO standard Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004).

• The printing press has a margin of error of +/- 1 mm.

• Avoid spine text on books with fewer than 48 pages, as the spine may become slightly rounded during printing and the spine text risks becoming misaligned.

• Margin for error within the ISO standard: Some variation in color reproduction can occur between different print runs. There is therefore no guarantee that books printed at one time are identical to books printed at a later time.

We recommend that you create your print files in InDesign or an equivalent program designed for book design and editing. If you create your print files in another program, there is a significant risk that you will not be able to upload your print files or that the print result will not be as desired. For example, Microsoft Word is not intended for creating print-ready files, and therefore often has issues with images, color reproduction, export settings, design, and PDF document size. Using programs not designed for creating print files will compromise the print result because it is difficult to achieve exact measurements, which are necessary to design the book so that the text block and cover fit together properly.

For your printed product to turn out as intended, the print file must be converted to PDF/X-4 before it is uploaded for publishing with us. By saving as PDF/X-4, fonts are included in the print file, for example, which is necessary for the font to display correctly in print. If the file is saved to another PDF version, there is a risk that fonts will not be embedded, certain fonts may be replaced with another font during printing, or characters may be replaced with other symbols. Even though the print file is a PDF, this does not necessarily mean that the file will print correctly. Certain technical requirements must be met for the result to be as expected. If you export the text block via our Job Options file, the file will be correct without these additional steps.

1. Select "File" and then "Save as".
2. Select format PDF/X.
3. Continue to "settings" and select "PDF/X-4".
4. Save!

A Job Options file contains one or more settings that are configured when you export your text block or cover to PDF from your InDesign document. You can use it to avoid having to configure multiple export settings yourself.

1. Download the zipped file.
2. Unzip the folder.
3. Open InDesign.
4. Click on "File", "Adobe PDF Presets", "Define…".
5. Click on "Load…", select the Job Options file, "Open".

If your file does not have any full-bleed images, the PDF file does not need bleed, but we still recommend that you use the Job Options file. The export setting optimizes your file and compresses images that have a higher resolution than 450 ppi. It also adds 5 mm bleed and sets a TrimBox that shows where the document should be trimmed.

Remember that the bleed serves no purpose if you have not extended the image/background at least 5 mm beyond the document edge on each side. If the image/background ends at the document edge, the bleed will be white and the book risks getting white edges during printing.

1. Start by creating a new document and specify the dimensions (width and height) that you want the layout to have. The dimensions do not include bleed.
2. Create the PDF file that simple pages, no lookup. Optional margins are set.

3. If you have full-bleed images or graphics in the text block, you should extend the image at least 5 mm from the document edge — this becomes the document's bleed.
4. When you are ready to export to PDF, go to "File", "Adobe PDF Presets" and select "Publit pdf export". Then name the file and click "Save".

1. Start by creating a new document and specify the dimensions (width and height) that the cover should have. The dimensions do not include bleed. Use the cover template that you can download from your Publit account after you have uploaded your text block. The template should only be used as a reference, not as the background for the actual cover.

The document should consist of only one page with the dimensions that the cover should have.

The cover is created as a single sheet, which means you must add the book's front cover, spine, and back cover to determine the cover's total width. If you are creating a cover for a hardcover book, you also need to take the flaps and turn-ins into account, which are shown in the cover template.

You can set margins to mark where the spine should be placed. Under Margins, enter the width of the text block in the Inner and Outer fields to easily see the spine's placement and width as you work on your cover. If you are creating a hardcover cover, you also need to take the flaps and turn-ins into account.

2. Would you like to set up additional guidelines to, for example, highlight steps and folds? "Page" and choose "Create guidelines...".
3. Now you can start designing your cover, keep in mind that the page on the right will be the front of the book, while the page on the left will be the back of the book.

4. If you have images or graphics extending beyond the edge of your cover, you should extend the image at least 5 mm from the edge of the document, that will be your bleed.

5. When you are ready to export to PDF, go to "File", "Adobe PDF Presets" and select "Publit pdf export". Then name the file and click "Save".

Those with a Publit account can order sample prints and personal copies at the book's production cost, with VAT and shipping added. The invoice or receipt for card payment cannot be issued to anyone other than the one who registered the Publit account, but you can send the books to any address of your choice.

You can order proof prints or your own copies from your Publit account at any time. Until a book is published, you can adjust the content and replace the print files as many times as you want. You can also order proof prints to check the result. After publication, you can no longer replace the print files but you can still order your own copies at production cost. The book will then be produced in the same way as your proof print.

Both proofs and personal copies are printed within 4–5 working days, with an additional 1–2 working days for delivery.

When the book/books have been printed and registered with the postal provider, a tracking number becomes available, usually 4–5 working days after the order is placed. The tracking number is automatically added to your Publit account and you can find it under "Orders".

ISBN is a standard for identifying printed media. In order for an edition to be published and sold, it must have an ISBN. Anyone who runs a publishing business in Sweden can get their own ISBN series from the Swedish ISBN Agency at the Royal Library for free.

If you do not have an ISBN yourself, you can get one from Publit by checking the box "I want Publit to assign an ISBN".

The ISBN you specify must be unique. It is technically possible to enter an ISBN that has been previously published with another distributor, but this often leads to problems when loading with retailers as incorrect information is displayed. If an ISBN has already been published via Publit, it is not possible to reuse it. Therefore, always specify a new ISBN for a new edition with Publit.

When an edition has been published in Publit, the ISBN is locked and can no longer be changed.

There is no requirement for the book to have a colophon page with printing information, as this information will change over time. Each time the book is printed, a page is added with the printing year, place of publication, ISBN, and EAN code based on the metadata you have provided. This page appears on the book's last page and will never be charged to you as the publisher. Do not forget to place the EAN on the cover, otherwise there is a risk that the books will be lost in handling by retailers.

When you have assigned the book an ISBN in Publit, an EAN code will be created in .svg format. You can download this and insert it on your cover. If you want the EAN code in another format, there are several free services online where you can create EAN codes and download the code in the format you prefer.

Keywords are search terms that describe the content of your book. They make the book easier to find and help Bokinfo and other services to classify it by subject.

You register keywords together with other metadata for your edition. You will find keywords under the "Categorization" tab.

NOTE: You can have a maximum of five keywords, with a maximum of 24 characters per keyword.

Separate the words with commas or press enter. A keyword can contain multiple words, for example "For a rainy day". You can enter this with a regular space between each word, before you enter a comma or press enter to register the keyword.

• Words that appear elsewhere in the book's metadata and are already searchable. For example, the title, series, author name, or Thema category.
• Marketing: Words such as bestseller, great thriller, number one on the charts, and so on are not effective as search terms. Avoid them.
• Words that refer to books other than yours. For example, titles of similar books or names of authors who write in the same genre.

Under the "Categorization" tab you can fill in both keywords and collections. Keywords have been explained above. A collection is an internal grouping where you tag your works. This information is not sent to retailers. For example, you can write "Crime Fiction" or "Cookbooks". In the left column of your Publit account you will then find "Collections" where you can quickly get an overview. With the help of collections, you can freely create your own meaningful ways to organize your publishing. A book can belong to multiple collections at the same time.

When you register a book, you select one or more Thema codes (subject categories). Usually 1–3 codes are sufficient. It is better to choose few and specific codes rather than many general ones.

After registration, Bokinfo reviews the codes and adjusts them if necessary so that the classification is consistent and follows the guidelines. The codes are then sent to retailers and used to make your book searchable and easy to find. You can read more about Thema codes on Bokinfo's website.

Quick guide:

• The first code is the main code and should reflect the book's most important subject.
• Choose as specific a code as possible if the content is niche. If the subject is broader, choose a more general code.
• Add additional codes if needed, but only for subjects that run throughout the entire book.
• Do not mix non-fiction and fiction codes.
• You can also use supplementary codes for, for example, place or time.
• Consider how the code fits into the entire Thema system.

With Publit, you can combine warehousing, Print on Demand, and digital distribution – everything in one place for an optimal overview of your publishing.

When you need to warehouse books, publications, or other products, our warehousing solution is perfect. Print your edition through Publit or via an external printer and deliver it to the warehouse. Then you can sell the books through bookstores, via a webshop that Publit operates, or via an API solution.

We offer two different pricing models for using Publit's warehousing service.

• Monthly fee from 1,395 SEK excl. VAT with lower variable costs for storage, picking, and packing.

• No monthly fee with higher variable costs (which may be better suited for publishers with smaller output).

Regardless, Publit handles support and billing and lets you focus on your core business. Combine warehousing with Print on Demand to seamlessly transition to on-demand printing as demand decreases.

Read more about how Prevent and Sensus work with Publit.

Are you interested in our warehousing solution? Contact us and we'll tell you more!

Publishing a printed book costs 249 SEK ex. VAT, author copies are not included in the publishing fee. Audio and e-books are free to publish.

The shipping price is based on the individual weight of the book or books and the delivery address. You will see what the shipping costs at the time of order before you choose to complete the order.

Via Publit you can distribute and sell e-books in the standard EPUB format. If you already have a ready EPUB file, you can upload it directly. Feel free to test it in EPUB-checker first to see that it is technically correct. If you don't have a ready EPUB file, you can convert your PDF file to EPUB via Publit.

There are two versions of EPUB, EPUB2 and EPUB3. A book in EPUB2 is always in flowing format and adapts to the reader's screen size because the text reflows. It also allows the user to influence the font and size themselves. Therefore, it is not possible to say how many pages the book has.

EPUB2 is currently the version that is most common because it has the best compatibility with e-book readers. It is also the only format that all resellers support.

It is difficult to control typography in detail in an EPUB2. If you want special fonts, these must be embedded and encrypted, which requires that you have a license to use the font. When converting via Publit, no fonts are embedded. In cases where special fonts appear in headings, these can be converted to an image to be transferred to the e-book

EPUB3 is the latest version of the EPUB format and is not as limited in its design as EPUB2. Here you have the ability to include multimedia, right-to-left languages and mathematical formulas. With EPUB3 there is also the option to have the book in a fixed format. Fixed format means that the content does not flow but is static, similar to PDF, which makes it suitable for e.g. children's books and books with more advanced layouts. Feel free to read more in our blog post about the difference between fixed and flowing formats.

Publit's standard conversion is to EPUB2 because at present not all resellers and applications support EPUB3 and EPUB3 with fixed format, but there are more and more. You can still sell e-books in EPUB3 format via the web shop, but we then recommend that you inform the buyer which application is best suited for reading.

According to the EU:s accessibility directive, all e-books published from summer 2025 onwards must be accessible. The aim is to safeguard the rights of people with visual or reading disabilities by giving them better access to literature in the form of more easily navigable and stable e-books.

The exact requirements for the books have not yet been defined, but there are established international standards that the specifications will be based on. It is therefore possible to start with accessible converted e-books already now.

An accessible e-book should ideally be an EPUB3, as it is by definition a more stable and easily navigable book. In an EPUB3, it is also possible to use various techniques to further facilitate reading for those who currently have limited access to e-books.

Read more about the accessibility directive and accessible e-books at the Agency for Accessible Media.

If you have converted an e-book, you download it from your Publit account under Files. To be able to read the e-book, you must have a program that supports the EPUB format.

If it is a book in flowing format, we recommend the following programs for reading on a computer, mobile, or tablet:

Windows: Adobe Digital Editions or Thorium

Mac: Apple Books (included in OS X 10.9 or later)

iPhone or iPad: Apple Books

Android: ReadEra

If it is a book in fixed format, we primarily recommend Apple Books on Mac or iPad, and Thorium on PC.

On 1 January 2019, the so-called appendix rule was introduced in the Freedom of the Press Act (Chapter 1, Section 6). The addition enables the same protection of the Freedom of the Press Act for e-books and audiobooks as for printed books. For the protection to be valid, it is required that information is provided in the digital book stating that it constitutes an appendix to the printed book. In an e-book, it is common for this information to be added on the colophon page, or as a following page. An example of wording for an e-book is:

"This e-book is made available and reproduced unchanged in relation to the book's publication in printed book format. This means that this e-book constitutes an appendix to the printed book in accordance with Chapter 1, Section 6 of the Freedom of the Press Act."

Please note that this addition only applies to digital books that reproduce a printed original in unchanged form.

Do you have audiobooks ready? Make them available to a range of digital streaming services via Publit. For the services to receive your audiobooks, you need to either enter into an agreement with them, or alternatively choose to go with Publit's collaboration agreement with one or more of the services. With Publit's Fixed Price agreement for digital distribution, you don't need to have direct agreements with the services for Publit to be able to administer your publishing house against Storytel, Nextory and BookBeat. When agreements are in place, you can activate the distribution on your Publit account in the account settings.

How much you earn from your audiobooks is determined by the agreement you have (or enter into via Publit) with each streaming service. Within the framework of Publit's distribution agreement, you retain 100% of your earnings. We know that the channels' compensation models are not entirely easy to understand before you are familiar with how it works, you are always welcome to discuss questions about the services' terms and business models with Publit's customer support.

On 1 January 2019, the so-called appendix rule was introduced in the Freedom of the Press Act (Chapter 1, Section 6). The addition enables the same protection of the Freedom of the Press Act for e-books and audiobooks as for printed books. For the protection to be valid, it is required that the digital book informs that it constitutes an appendix to the printed book. In an audiobook, it is common for the information to be read aloud at the end. An example of wording for an audiobook is:

"This audiobook is made available and is reproduced unchanged in relation to the book's publication in printed book format. This means that this audiobook constitutes an appendix to the printed book in accordance with Chapter 1, Section 6 of the Freedom of the Press Act."

Please note that this addition only applies to digital books that reproduce a printed original in unchanged form.

If you wish Publit to convert your book to EPUB, you need to deliver the submission in PDF format. The cover is delivered in JPG format and should only consist of the book's front cover, the shortest side (usually the width) must be at least 1400 px. It takes up to 15 business days for a conversion to be completed. If the book has a complex layout or if it is scanned and needs OCR interpretation, the conversion takes up to 20 business days.

• Conversion from PDF to EPUB. When placing your order, you specify whether you want to convert to flowing or fixed format, and whether you want an e-book that meets established accessibility standards. (Read about the difference between the different formats and about the upcoming accessibility directive).
• Technical proofreading and correction of errors that may have occurred during conversion.
• Publit is responsible for ensuring that e-books produced by Publit are technically correct according to industry standards for EPUB files at the time of production.
• Fonts are not embedded.
• Linking of footnotes, indexes and name indexes is done for an additional fee (read more under pricing).
• If the book is scanned, the content needs to be OCR-processed before it can be converted, this can also be done for an additional fee.

Create a web shop and sell your editions directly to end consumers with Publit as your agent. Customers pay with credit card purchases via Nets, which works both within and outside Sweden.

You can create one or more shops and add any number of editions to whichever shop you want, for example only books by a certain author. You can also change the selection after the shop has been placed on a website or similar marketplace.

You can also set different languages for your shops, choose between Swedish and English. If you want to sell the same book in a Swedish and English shop, you must therefore create different shops.

The web shop consists of a short code string that you paste into an HTML document on your website. When someone visits your website, the code string calls Publit and the shop is loaded. The result is that you have a fully functional online bookstore embedded on your website.

When you update the settings in a web shop or change the price of an edition, the shop is updated immediately. Even if you've pasted your code on several different websites, the web shop is automatically updated everywhere.

The best way to make the shop blend in on your site is to embed the code. To do this, you need to be able to edit the content on your website, either via a CMS (Content Management System), or by changing the HTML code directly (the code should be embedded in a block-level element, preferably in a <div>). It's fine to have multiple shops on the same website.

Minified shop

With a minified shop you get the freedom to present your book or books as you wish while offering customers a simple solution to complete their purchase. Create your own book pages and add a buy button or embed the button in a blog post, you decide!

The minified web shop is linked to a single edition, so it's not possible for the customer to add more books to their order. When the buy button is clicked, the customer proceeds directly to payment. The minified shop does not contain any metadata other than price and format, if you want to present the book further you should do so in the place where you've placed it.

To create a minified shop, you must first create a web shop that contains the book that the buy button should lead to.

The minified web shop adapts its layout depending on the size of the area it is embedded in, down to approximately 200px in width.

Engelska:

The webshop ID is created once you have created a webshop. You can find the ID number both in the shop's URL and in the code. It looks like this: https://webshop.publit.com/webshop/my-shop_ID

Full webshop

Use the following code to embed a full webshop:

<script async loading="lazy" src="https://webshop.publit.com/publit-webshop-1.0.js">
  {
    "id": "<WIDGET_ID>"
  }
</script>

Replace <WIDGET_ID> with your webshop ID, then copy the code and paste it on your website.

Minified webshop

Use the following code to embed a minified webshop for a selected book:

<script async loading="lazy" src="https://webshop.publit.com/publit-webshop-1.0.js">
  {
    "id": "<WIDGET_ID>",
    "type": "button",
    "isbn": "<ISBN>"
  }
</script>

Replace <WIDGET_ID> with your webshop ID and <ISBN> with the ISBN of your selected book, then copy the code and paste it on your website.

Additional settings

In addition to the settings required for your webshop to function, there are additional settings to adjust the webshop's behavior and appearance.

{
    // Your webshop ID (Required)
    "id": "<WEBSHOP_ID>",
    
    // Embedding type (Optional)
    // "button" = Minified webshop
    // To embed a full webshop, the embedding type
    // should not be specified
    "type": "button",
    
    // ISBN (Required if you have selected minified webshop)
    // ISBN for a selected book
    "isbn": "<ISBN>",
    
    // Sorting (Only if you embed a full shop, optional)
    // Set which sorting should be used for books in the list
    // Consists of the attribute you want to sort by, followed by a colon
    // and then the order, e.g. "title:asc" which sorts by title
    // in ascending order, i.e. A-Z.
    // Possible sortings:
    // title:asc (Title A-Z)
    // title:desc (Title Z-A)
    // available_date:asc (Availability date, earliest first)
    // available_date:desc (Availability date, latest first)
    // price:asc (Price, ascending)
    // price:desc (Price, descending)
    // priority:desc (Relevance, starred items shown first)
    "sortBy": "<SORTING>"
    
    // Theme (Optional)
    // Settings for the appearance of the webshop. Currently
    // it is only possible to adjust colors on the minified
    // webshop.
    // Replace <COLOR> with a valid CSS color value, e.g. "red"
    // or "#ffcdea"
    "theme": {
        // Background color of the entire webshop
        "backgroundColor": "<COLOR>",
        "buyButton": {
            // Background color of the buy button
            "backgroundColor": "<COLOR>",
            // Text color of the buy button
            "textColor": "<COLOR>"
        }
    }
    
    // URL parameters (Optional)
    // Add arbitrary parameters to the URL that is embedded,
    // for example to track campaigns via UTM parameters.
    "searchParams": "?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=summer"
}

Enable tracking

In the Publit app, you can add your own tracking service ids:n per webshop under the Tracking tab for each respective webshop. Currently, only Google Tag Manager is supported.

Events sent

When a customer visits your webshop and interacts with products, shopping cart, and checkout, we automatically send certain events to Google Tag Manager provided that you have entered an id for the service. The events sent are as follows:

• view_item_list – when the visitor sees products in a list
• view_item – when the visitor displays details about a single product
• add_to_cart – when a product is added to the shopping cart
• remove_from_cart – when a product is removed from the shopping cart
• view_cart – when the visitor views the shopping cart
• begin_checkout – when the visitor proceeds to checkout
• add_shipping_info – when the visitor has filled in the address
• purchase – when the purchase is completed

See Google's documentation for more details about events and how you can set up Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics to analyze the data.

Allow Publit's domain

If an embedded web shop or buy button doesn't appear as it should, it may be because your website doesn't allow embedding content from other domains. This can be related to the solution your website uses for cookie consent, which in many cases handles other security aspects in addition to just cookies. You need to allow content from https://webshop.publit.com to run scripts and embed content. The exact way to do this varies depending on your solution.

Content-Security-Policy

The technique used by most solutions mentioned in the section above is called Content-Security-Policy. It's an HTTP header or HTML meta tag that controls which resources a website is allowed to load. If Content-Security-Policy is used on your website, it must contain the following for a web shop from Publit to be embedded:

Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'self' webshop.publit.com; frame-src webshop.publit.com;

This allows a JavaScript file from Publit to be loaded on your website, and the script in turn can embed the content.

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PRICES

All prices are stated excluding shipping and where applicable including VAT (note that the retail price due to the agent model will be the same regardless of which VAT rate is applied). Shipping costs depend on the weight of the parcel and the delivery address and are displayed at checkout (any import and customs fees for orders abroad are the responsibility of the consumer). Swedish VAT applies to printed books sold to consumers within the EU, while the VAT rate for e-books may vary within the EU depending on the consumer's place of residence. Sales to business customers with a valid VAT registration number within the EU but outside Sweden are made without VAT, as is all sales to private or business customers outside the EU. Publit reserves the right to retroactively invoice for VAT in the event that a business customer has provided an incorrect VAT registration number.

PAYMENT

Purchases can be made with credit card, swish and invoice. Credit card transactions are handled by Nets. Read about Nets terms here.

ORDER

A binding purchase agreement is created when an order is placed. The customer is responsible for monitoring their email for order confirmation.

DELIVERY

Printed books are produced within five working days and then sent by post, which takes approximately two days to Swedish addresses and up to ten days for international orders. If the customer does not collect the shipment, or if a shipment is returned because Publit received an incorrect address, the customer is responsible for the original shipping cost and return shipping. Publit informs the customer by email, if the customer wishes Publit to send the shipment again the customer will be charged for additional shipping costs. For returns from abroad, the customer is responsible for all shipping costs as well as any customs and administrative fees.

RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL

Print-on-demand books are produced on order by you as a customer, in the execution and quantities you chose at the time of purchase. According to Section 11 para 3, Law (2005:59) on distance contracts and contracts outside business premises, therefore no right of withdrawal applies.

The right of withdrawal does not apply to e-books according to Section 11 para 1 and Section 11 para 11, Law (2005:59) on distance contracts and contracts outside business premises.

COMPLAINTS

If a different product is delivered than what was ordered, or in case of manufacturing defects, the customer must immediately contact Publit to file a complaint. Incorrect product is returned free of charge provided that Publit's customer service instructions are followed. If a dispute arises as to whether the goods are defective or damaged, this can be referred to the General Complaints Board.

HANDLING OF PERSONAL DATA

Upon completion of purchase, Publit stores the customer's personal data and is responsible for ensuring that this data is processed in accordance with Publit's Privacy Policy.

COOKIES

With given consent, Publit stores cookies in the consumer's web browser memory, for the purpose of creating a better understanding of the user's interaction with Publit's services. Cookie data may be stored on Google's servers in the USA and Google may transfer this information to third parties if Google is legally obligated to do so or if such third party handles the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate the consumer's IP address with other Google data. Please note that the consumer, despite accepting this agreement, has the right to refuse the storage of cookies (through settings in their web browser). In this case, however, Publit cannot guarantee that the service in all respects continues to function optimally.

CONTACT

Questions and any complaints can be directed to support@publit.se or by mail to the following address:

Publit Sweden AB Customer Service Box 4197 10264 Stockholm

DISPUTE

This agreement and terms shall be governed by Swedish law. Disputes arising from this agreement shall be resolved by a general court with the Stockholm District Court as the first instance.

Margin is the amount in kronor that you as a publisher earn per sold book. It is the difference between the sales price and the costs for production and distribution. The margin is thus your profit on each book after these costs have been deducted.

At Publit there are two types of margin and these are handled in different ways;

• Margin for printed books and e-books, which are sold in the form of unit sales, via resellers or web shop
• Margin for digital books sold via streaming services

Below is described how each margin is handled.

Your advance on sales (what you have earned) is paid out at the end of the month, after the quarter has ended. If you have had sales that generated an advance during the past quarter, a statement will be available on your Publik account approximately 2 weeks after the quarter has ended. This is the statement that forms the basis for your advance payment.

If you have entered bank account details on your Publik account, we will make an automatic payment, provided that the advance exceeds 500 kronor. If the advance for a quarter is less than 500 kronor, it will be paid out in connection with the advance payment after quarter 3. Advance debt that continues to be less than 100 kronor after being accumulated from quarter 4 through quarter 3 of the following year will be written off.

You can find the advance statement by clicking on the chart symbol called "Statistics" in the menu on the left and then clicking on the "Statements" tab.

To be able to sell digital books to streaming services, you need to sign a specific agreement with us. The advance statement for the digital streaming services is sent as an Excel file at the end of the month, after the completed quarter, to the email address you have specified on your account. The Excel file contains a summary of your total advance, as well as specified from each streaming service. This statement is therefore not available on your Publik account.

When you have received your advance statement, you need to send the invoice to us according to the instructions in the email.

Since books are printed at different times as they are sold, Publit cannot guarantee that each copy is identical. You should expect a margin of error of plus or minus one millimeter, as the paper may shift slightly in the machines between print runs. There is also a margin of error within the ISO standard, which means that some variation in color reproduction may occur between different prints.

All books are manufactured to order by you as a customer, in the execution and quantities you selected at the time of purchase. According to section 11 § p 3, law (2005:59) on distance contracts and contracts outside business premises, there is therefore no right of withdrawal. Returns are only accepted after agreed claims.

If a package is not collected from the post office, or if an incorrect/unknown delivery address is provided, the package will automatically be sent back to us 14 days after it is delivered to the post office.

In the event that books are returned to Publit because you have not received the consignment or provided an incorrect/unknown address, we will notify you. If you do not return to us within 14 days, the returned books will be discarded and return postage will be charged. If you wish us to deliver your order again, we will charge you for return postage and the new shipping costs that incur.

If your case concerns undelivered delivery you must contact us by email within 21 working days from the order date.

Inspect your delivery before collecting it from your post office. Damage that occurred during transport must be reported to the post office immediately upon receipt of the damaged parcel. If you have accepted delivery of a damaged parcel, claims are no longer possible. If delivery has been made to the recipient's mailbox and the packaging is damaged, the claim must be made at the nearest post office.

Publit is not responsible for errors caused by defective print files. In case of serious production technical defects, books can be claimed from Publit within seven working days from the date the goods were received.

Use the form below to contact us in case of a complaint. Provide your order number, contact details and a brief description of the matter. Always attach images in case of production defects, the defect must be clearly visible in all images. Provided that the complaint is accepted, you may need to send the damaged books back to Publit. We will review your case as soon as possible and contact you within a few days.

ABOUT THE AGREEMENT

The terms in this agreement cover all use of Publit (Publit Sweden AB, org no. 556758-3595) and come into force when you as a user accept the terms by creating an account. Changes to this agreement will be announced via email or message in the application's interface. For users who want to build integrations against Publit's APIs, there is an opportunity to sign an extended service agreement that provides access to technical guidance and special support. Contact Publit for terms and pricing.

ABOUT PUBLIT

Publit is a platform for publishing and distributing books, e-books and audiobooks made available via retailers, libraries, or directly to the end customer with Publit as agent. In no case does Publit make copyright claims on the made-available material, but has the right to unpublish material suspected of violating Swedish law.

ABOUT THE USER

The user acts either as an adult private individual or as an authorized representative of the company that is Publit's legal counterpart. It is the user's responsibility to ensure possession of disposal rights over published material, to guarantee that it does not violate Swedish law, and that files made available via Publit are technically and substantively correct. It is further the user's responsibility to inform themselves about which markets are reached via each retailer.

The user is responsible for ensuring that specified information such as contact details, bank account details, etc. is correct and continuously kept updated. It is in all cases the user's responsibility to specify the correct VAT rate when invoicing. Users who are companies must hold a valid F-tax certificate and, if the company is registered for VAT, a valid Swedish VAT registration number. Users who are private individuals are responsible for paying ordinary income tax and self-employment contributions themselves. Users who lack an F-tax certificate are encouraged to use invoicing companies with Swedish VAT registration numbers. If Publit invoices the User, Swedish VAT applies. The user is further responsible for all activity registered on the account when logged in with the user's credentials.

1. HANDLING OF PERSONAL DATA

Publit is responsible for ensuring that the user's personal data is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Read more about Publit's handling of personal data here.

2. HANDLING OF METADATA AND SALES STATISTICS

Metadata associated with published books, such as author names, is governed by the Act on Mandatory Copies of Documents (1993:1392) and is therefore not considered personal data.

Publit has the right to create metadata based on the book's content for marketing purposes and to expose metadata to retailers and in other contexts. Publit further has the right to use sales data in anonymized and aggregated form.

3. COOKIES

With the user's consent, Publit stores cookies in the user's web browser in order to create a better understanding of the user's interaction with Publit's services. Cookie data may be stored on Google's servers in the USA and Google may transfer this information to third parties if Google is legally obligated to do so or if such a third party handles the information on behalf of Google. Google will not associate the IP address of Publit's users with other Google data. Please note that even if you accept this agreement, you have the right to refuse the storage of cookies (through settings in your web browser). In this case, however, Publit cannot guarantee that the service will continue to function optimally in all respects.

4. PUBLISHING

Publit undertakes to make the user's editions available by publishing article data to channels selected by the user, and to remove article data when an edition is unpublished. Publit is not responsible for delays in publishing and unpublishing that are due to deficient routines at retailers, libraries or aggregators and has no influence over which of the user's editions a retailer chooses to carry. In connection with the publication of a printed book, Publit ensures that legal mandatory copies are delivered to the national library. The user accepts that production files cannot be changed after a work is published.

In connection with distribution to retailers where the user has a direct distribution/licensing agreement, Publit has the right to act as the user's agent. This includes the right for Publit to use the user's login credentials to transfer files and metadata to the retailer, to access the user's settlements, sales and consumption reports, and the right to invoice the retailer on behalf of the user. Publit undertakes under no circumstances to spread information regarding the user's agreement with the retailer.

5. FEES

Publit's commission fee for sales via retailers is 10 percent of the user's net revenue. For sales via the webshop, Publit's agent fee is 20 percent. For printed books, a production price applies which varies depending on the book's properties.

6. CALCULATION MODELS

When selling at wholesale price, advance is calculated by subtracting the production price for (printed books), any license fee for copy protection (for e-books) and then Publit's commission fee.

When selling and lending at retail price, applicable VAT is deducted first, then each retailer's respective commission fee and then, where applicable, Publit's agent fee.

7. SALES MODELS

Sales can take place according to the following models:

A) Own copies can be ordered both before and after an edition is published. The user is then charged the production cost plus VAT and shipping.

B) Users who have a direct agreement with the aggregator service Bokinfo can make printed books available to all Swedish bookstores. Publit is responsible for sending correct metadata, while the user's agreement with Bokinfo regulates the terms regarding the extent and frequency of metadata updates and forwarding to connected retailers.

C) Books and e-books can be made available directly to end customers via the webshop, with Publit as agent. Publit handles distribution and hosting of files as well as support and guarantees that metadata is updated to all shops.

D) When selling e-books via sales channels that do not themselves store media files, Publit handles watermarking and file storage while the retailer in question handles support to the consumer.

E) When selling via Apple Books, where Apple handles hosting, watermarking and support, a commission fee of 30 percent of the retail price applies.

F) Users who have concluded a direct agreement with a retailer where Publit is specified as the distributor are themselves responsible for complying with the agreement's terms. Compensation is then based on the terms of the user's agreement with the respective retailer.

8. LIBRARY MODEL

When making audio and e-books available to libraries via OverDrive, libraries can lend an edition to an unlimited number of borrowers simultaneously, and pay the same price for each loan. A commission fee of 20 percent of the price applies to Overdrive.

9. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

A product can be given unique regular prices for each available sales channel. Where the channel allows, the user can also set a time-limited deviation from the regular price, a so-called campaign price. Should a campaign price during a specified time period fall below the production price, the user bears the cost of sales where the production price exceeds revenue. The same applies if a retailer is granted a discount.

Publit reserves the right to continuously adjust variable production prices.

When new retailers become available and the user has previously distributed editions to retailers with the same model, Publit reserves the right to make the user's editions available in the new channel in order to maximize commercial exposure. Each edition will then be given the same price in the new channel as the highest price the edition has in an equivalent existing channel.

If an e-book is unpublished, Publit reserves the right to continue handling copies of the work via retailers or as an agent to consumers who completed a purchase before unpublication. If Publit does not handle hosting, the phase-out period may vary from retailer to retailer, which may result in some delay from when an edition is unpublished until it is removed from retailers.

10. DIRECT SALES

The webshop offers the user a platform for direct sales of books and e-books. Publit acts as agent, which means responsibility for hosting, transactions, delivery to customer and support. Publit is also responsible for continuously developing the shop and strives to create an optimal user experience, but cannot guarantee full functionality for end consumers with older web browsers. The user can create an unlimited number of shops free of charge and is responsible for ensuring that the code is implemented correctly. When selling to foreign consumers via the webshop, the VAT rate may be adjusted according to local circumstances, which may result in some variation in the user's advance.

11. SALES REPORTS, SETTLEMENTS AND INVOICING

Publit provides ongoing sales reports that are updated as soon as a retailer has registered a transaction, which may occur with some delay, and settlements that are closed quarterly and cannot be changed. The ongoing sales reports may be adjusted retroactively if orders are cancelled. In case of discrepancy between sales report and settlement, the settlement shall take precedence. Publit is not responsible for any errors in reported sales that are due to the retailer.

No later than 30 days after the end of the quarter, the advance or any debt that has accumulated is settled. If the balance is positive and exceeds 500 kronor, Publit pays the advance to the account specified by the user. The basis for advance payment can be found under the heading Settlements. Outstanding advance debt that continues to fall below 100 kronor after accumulating from quarter 4 through quarter 3 of the following year is written off.

If the user has specified an incorrect VAT registration number or has not specified a VAT registration number, advance is paid out excluding VAT. If the user has not fulfilled their payment obligations, Publit has the right to withhold amounts from sales that correspond to the claim. In case of ongoing legal dispute, Publit has the right to withhold payments until the dispute is resolved. Publit further has the right to assign invoices to third parties.

12. ORDERS, DELIVERY AND COMPLAINTS

Books are shipped via courier no later than five working days after an order is placed, but during extreme peaks in operations, additional time may be needed to process orders. Since books are printed one at a time as they are sold, some variation may occur between print runs with regard to color reproduction and trimming. The user cannot cancel or change a placed order and agrees that Publit begins production immediately upon receipt of the order. In accordance with the Distance Contracts Act provisions on made-to-order products, the user has no right of withdrawal. For serious production defects, books can be reported as faulty to Publit within seven days from receipt of the goods. In case of missing delivery, the order must be reported as faulty within 21 days from when the order was placed. Any complaints must be made via web form on Publit's help pages.

13. TERMS FOR E-BOOK CONVERSION

When converting to e-books, the user is responsible for delivering suitable material. It is not possible to replace or add material after a conversion has begun. Publit normally delivers a first draft within fifteen working days from when a conversion order is placed. The user then has 30 working days to provide any corrections. If corrections are submitted later, the user is charged for the implementation of changes. If Publit considers that a conversion should be counted as complex, the order is held until the user has accepted the price proposal.

14. ACCESS TO FILES AND METADATA

The user always has the right to download their files and metadata from Publit and to opt out of commercial distribution from a published edition. Publit reserves the right to handle and process the user's files and metadata as needed, for example, but not limited to, copying files for backup; generating thumbnails of covers for product display. Publit reserves the right to save files and metadata even if the user closes their account.

15. ENCRYPTION AND WATERMARKING

When publishing to channels that themselves store e-book files, the respective retailer handles encryption. For other channels, e-book files are stored and served to the end customer directly from Publit. In this case, Publit handles watermarking of the e-book file.

16. SECURITY

Publit follows industry standards for secure handling of user data and undertakes to continuously work to maintain a secure IT environment. Publit cannot, however, issue any guarantees against the system being attacked, and disclaims responsibility for any damages that occur as a result of attacks.

17. TERMINATION OF ACCOUNT

The agreement is valid indefinitely with a notice period of 90 days. If the user has not deactivated sales, Publit has the right to remove published editions from all sales channels. For security reasons, editions can only be deleted manually from the service. If the user wishes to completely delete editions when closing the account, this can be done for a fee. If the service were to cease, Publit undertakes to notify the user of this and to settle aggregated advance.

18. DISPUTE

Any dispute arising from the Agreement shall be finally resolved through arbitration administered by the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Institute (SCC). The Institute's Rules for Simplified Arbitration shall apply unless SCC, taking into account the difficulty of the case, the value of the dispute and other circumstances, determines that the Arbitration Rules of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Institute shall be applied to the proceedings. In the latter case, SCC shall also determine whether the arbitral tribunal shall consist of one or three arbitrators.

Notwithstanding the above, Publit always has the right to enforce payment of matured claims in general court.