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History

GRIN was founded in 1998 and can now build on more than 20 years of publishing experience. The original platform Hausarbeiten.de has been dedicated to the publication and dissemination of student knowledge from the very beginning. Over the years, GRIN’s offer has been continuously expanded.

GRIN offers a free and simple publication service from students for students. We also support doctoral students, lecturers and experts throughout the publication process. Since 2006, all publications have been published as a printed book as well as en e-book edition. Our customers are able to download texts immediately and order the printed book for their libraries.

GRIN is now a leading provider of academic texts. To ensure that this remains the case, we’re constantly expanding and improving our offer. We hope you enjoy publishing and researching on our platform!

  • 1998 - Founding of Hausarbeiten.de

    GRIN starts as a community for students. First, it provides a platform for exchange between students.

  • 2006 - GRIN publications are first published as printed books.

    Since 2006, GRIN has been publishing uploaded texts as both e-books and printed books. Printing is done in a print-on-demand process. This means that a book isn't produced until its purchase.

  • 2008 - 10 years of GRIN

    GRIN celebrates 10 years of publishing experience and a successful team.

  • 2013 - GRIN moves

    The GRIN team, together with the marketing agency bilandia and the online publisher TUBUK, moves into a new office spance on Nymphenburger Straße in Munich.

  • 2016 - GRIN turns 18

    GRIN celebrates its 18th anniversary! A competition is held to celebrate the occasion. The chosen winner is the most creative submission.

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  • 2018 - 20 years of GRIN and 200,000 publications

    GRIN celebrates the company's anniversary and at the same time the publication of the 200,000th text. Since its inception, GRIN has paid out more than 7.5 million for author royalites.

  • 2020 - GRIN moves again

    In December 2020 GRIN, moves to a new office near the Donnersbergerbrücke in Munich.

Layout check

We check your text for readability and printability (Are the margins sufficient for printing? Is the font size easy to read in print? Is the line spacing right? Is the resolution of the illustrations sufficient for good print quality?), embed the fonts if necessary and take care of automatic page numbers and a table of contents.

Publication as e-book and ISBN

With each publication, you will receive an ISBN number for your e-book and print book.

Worldwide distribution

With each publication, you will receive an ISBN number for your e-book and print book. We deliver your book to our worldwide distribution network: over 300 online shops.

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Appealing blurb

We will write you a blurb that arouses curiosity and emotions – and convinces readers. Perfectly tailored to your genre and target audience.

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Personal contact

Benefit from our many years of publishing experience: We support you with our know-how from upload to finished book. With us, you will get a personal contact person, we will guide you step by step through the entire process and are there for you.

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Layout Deluxe

Your book, perfectly staged: With professional typography, stylish book typesetting and design templates that fit your project, we ensure an all-round coherent reading experience. Whether classic or individual – we design your book the way your story deserves it.

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Cover Service

Do you already have your own photo or motif or at least a very concrete idea of how you imagine your book cover? Perfect! We will take care of the creation and send you two to four drafts, from which you can choose one.

You don’t have a cover idea yet or would like us to include your author photo on the back of the book? No problem. For an extra charge of €50, our graphic designer will search for motifs and design your individual book cover including an author’s photo on the book cover – creatively, professionally and matching your story.

Need some inspiration? Check out some of our favorite covers!

Fee overview

Each sale of your title will be remunerated according to the following table.

You will receive your royalties on top of the publisher's selling price.
The table has been valid since 17.04.2025, 12.30 p.m.

Fee on e-book sales

www.grin.com 50%

Amazon Kindle, iBook Store, Google Play, Ciando,

Pubbles, Libri, Genios, Other Distributors 30%

Fee on book sales

www.grin.com 50%
Book trade (BoD and Amazon Marketplace) 30%

The publisher's selling price is the sales price excluding the statutory value added tax as well as less trade discounts, production and shipping costs.

Free Word Templates

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Format: 12 x 19 cm

ideal for: fiction novels

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Format: 14.8 x 21 cm

ideal for: guide books and non-fiction books

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Format: 15.5 x 22 cm

ideal for: children’s and youth books