Chris Munnery has worked in the Australian publishing Industry for over 25 years, including senior positions with publishers MacMillan and Lonely Planet. Currently the Senior Key Account Manager at IngramSpark Australia, Chris is based in Melbourne’s Southeast at the Australian print-on-demand headquarters, where the state-of-the-art facility services the Australian book industry for both wholesale orders to booksellers and libraries in Australia-New Zealand, and publisher direct orders to authors and publishers. IngramSpark is the Print-on-demand self-publishing arm of the Ingram Content Group, and the IngramSpark platform gives your titles access to Ingram’s 45,000+ global book distribution network, for online sales and reach into brick-and-mortar bookstores and libraries.
 
The vision for IngramSpark’s future is simple: to make indie publishing more powerful, more connected, and more rewarding for authors, for readers, and for the global indie book community we all share.

Access to global markets has never been more available than it is now for emerging authors. The revolution in publishing began with the introduction and rapid development of print-on-demand technology, opening the ability for any author to print high-quality books, in multiple formats, in colour or black and white, with printed edges, in paperback and hardback, books indistinguishable from the big 5 publishers on the shelves at bookstores today.
 
Access to vast global reach markets of over 45,000 retail outlets through IngramSpark allows these same authors to access wide distribution with a few clicks of the mouse, and has opened the door for many success stories today. Books can now become part of an author's brand. As part of an author brand, they can accompany websites, blogs, video content, social media and more. Some will make custom editions of business, self-help, or health books for conferences and direct corporate sales with custom designs for their customers. Imagine your health, education or business book custom-designed for a 1,000-unit corporate sale or add-ons to your fiction book with pocketbooks showcasing character biographies, back-stories, teasers for the next book in the series.
 
We see children’s books in high-quality color, walking guides, romance novels, biographies, photographic books, self-help guides, recipe books, and so much more come through our print-on-demand facilities every single day. We see many Indie authors now on the speaking circuit, where their books become the best business card you could ever have. As an author with IngramSpark YOU become a publisher.
 
This overview of print-on-demand, global reach and the book industry will show you how to access the tools you need to get underway much more quickly than you might have thought. For authors already on the platform, we will explore the exciting new developments coming soon.

Load your first title and join the Indie publishing community!

Read IngramSparks FAQ