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Once you finish and format your book, IngramSpark makes it possible to share it with the world. Focus on what you do best—create innovative content—while IngramSpark does the rest: prints, ships, and distributes.  \nThe options are endless with IngramSpark’s numerous formats, including dozens of trim sizes, premium color or crisp black and white, ebooks, hardbacks, paperbacks, and more.  \nOur print-on-demand capabilities enable you to print what you need and nothing more, so say goodbye toa garage full of inventory, and say hello to readers worldwide. Not only do we print and ship your books, but we also get them where readers expect to find them. Our global distribution network makes your book available to more than 40,000 retailers and libraries around the world, including Barnes & Noble and your local independent bookstore, and reaches major online channels including Amazon, Apple iBooks, Kobo, and more.  \nAdditionally, IngramSpark offers excellent customer service and invests in helping you become a successful self-publisher with such resources as calculators, videos, guides, blog articles, and access to experts within the publishing community.  \nIt’s your content. We just help you do more with it.  \n IngramSpark User Guide  \nThe IngramSpark User Guide details the policies and procedures of IngramSpark/Lightning Source for on-demand printing and distribution of books and resides on the IngramSpark website in the Help Center in the Most Frequently Searched section of publisher accounts. 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