Barnes And Noble Press Hardcover Review: Is This For Real?!

About this video

Dale reviews a Barnes & Noble Press hardcover in his self-published book unboxing series, judging quality, delivery, shipping and cost rather than content, and comparing it throughout to the Lulu hardback he tested with the same content. Accounts and uploads are free, but he found the process ambiguous, noting Barnes & Noble Press offers a tutorial for creating a cover through Microsoft Word. The interior was simple to format by reusing his paperback interior, but the cover was repeatedly rejected: a paperback cover cannot simply be stretched for hardback, the title ran into the binding, and after his cover designer fixed the layout it was rejected again over CMYK color specs. Once printed, he says the cover lettering is crisp and looks exactly like it does on screen, sharper than the Lulu version. For image-heavy books, heavy ink can saturate and slightly warp pages, but he found Barnes & Noble Press warped less than Lulu. Delivery took roughly 5 days, shipping cost $6.50 plus tax, and the book arrived flawless in a corrugated cardboard box with bubble wrap inside. He priced this edition at $24.97 on Barnes & Noble Press versus $9.97 on Lulu’s marketplace, compared its wholesale cost favorably to Lulu’s $12.83, and notes the main drawback is that Barnes & Noble Press distribution is US only while Lulu has wider reach.

Key takeaways

• Barnes & Noble Press hardcover print quality is praised as crisp, with cover lettering matching the on-screen design and edging out Lulu
• A paperback cover cannot be reused as-is for hardback; expect rejections over binding placement and CMYK color specs
• The interior can reuse a paperback interior, but heavy ink in image-heavy books can saturate and slightly warp pages
• Delivery took roughly 5 days, shipping was $6.50 plus tax, and the book arrived in a corrugated box with bubble wrap in flawless condition
• Barnes & Noble Press is US only, while Lulu.com is described as having wider international reach

Episode details: published March 30, 2019 · 10:08 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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