Before Bookpal came along, one of the most difficult things for authors was to get a written manuscript published. Bookpal was established in 2006 with a mission to help everyday people like you, to become an internationally published author.
Founded by an author, Bookpal is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.
We have helped over 3,000 authors to realise their dreams of getting their book in print, and having it available for order all over the world. Books that would have never seen the light of day with traditional publishing houses, who now have a fair go on a global stage.
Before Bookpal emerged you had 2 choices for self publishing your book:
1) to get your book published with a US company with no Australian distribution
2) print a few thousand books and beg your friends and book stores to purchase them.
Bookpal was the first Australian publisher to offer local authors like you gain global distribution for their book, and we pride ourselves in being one of the pioneers in the self publishing industry in Australia.
Back then, we started the business on a shoestring budget with some savings, but with a passion to empower authors to get their books published.
This is because we believe that there are many stories out there that deserve to be published. Because a book is more than a book, it is the author’s legacy for the world long after he/she has passed on.
We are proud to say we have competed and survived against large US corporations who had $50M in venture capital to start off. While we started off with less than 1% of that amount from personal savings.
Yet we managed to develop one of the largest book distribution network out of any self publishing company in the world. Our distribution network covers Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, parts of Europe and South East Asia.
At the same time, we have created affordable and comprehensive marketing solutions that we offer our clients that others charge an arm and a leg for.
In addition, we now have offices in New York, London, Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur that services clients in those various regions. You can visit our global site if you are from other regions in the world. We have also developed a network of 22 printers worldwide. Our passion to give authors a fair go means that we are constantly innovating and researching to find new avenue of selling books for authors.
Bookpal has published multiple books which have hit the Amazon.com bestseller list. Currently, Bookpal currently has over 30 professional team members located in Australia, Europe, Asia and the USA to service our worldwide clientèle.
We will not rest until self publishers can have better distribution and marketing than even the large publishing houses…we are continuing to find new ways, develop new products to empower authors to tell their stories to the world.
We hope we can play a part in enriching our world by publishing your story one day.