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We started in a leased corner of a foundry building with one refurbished Heidelberg and a used guillotine. The first title was a 400-copy run of regional poetry that nobody else would touch. It sold out in five months.
Oakbend Publishing is now three departments — editorial, prepress and production — but the working principle has not changed. Every manuscript is read by a person. Every job is quoted by the person who will run it. And nothing leaves the bindery that we would not put on our own shelf.
Take the whole pipeline or drop in at any stage. Quotes are fixed once your files are approved.
25 to 50,000 copies. Standard trims from A5 to 8.5×11, custom trims quoted on request. Proof in 48 hours.
From $2.85 / unit
Perfect bound, Smyth sewn case, saddle stitch, spiral. Foil, deboss, spot UV, ribbon markers, slipcases.
From $1.10 / unit
Developmental edit, copyedit, proofread, interior typesetting and original cover art from our studio.
From $0.019 / word
ISBN and barcode, ONIX metadata, warehousing, and placement with Ingram, Amazon and indie stores.
From $340 / title
Roughly eight to fourteen weeks from signed contract to pallets on a truck.
You send the manuscript and specs. We read it, price it, and send a fixed quote — usually inside three weeks.
Structural notes first, then copyedit, then interior layout and cover. You approve at each gate.
A bound physical proof ships to you. Once you sign it off, plates go on the press.
Bindery, shrink-wrap, and either direct-to-warehouse or split shipment to you and the distributor.
