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Terms and conditions for our sweepstakes

The only organiser of the competitions is GRIN Verlag. The recipient of the information provided by the participants of the above-mentioned publisher.

As a data protection officer, we collect your data for the purpose of processing these sweepstakes. This requires the processing of your name and your e-mail address or address. For this purpose, we will contact the winners by private message by e-mail. The prize will be made available by e-mail or post. We process your data on the basis of Art. a GDPR within the scope of the consent given by you, which is implied by your active answer to the competition question. Data processing beyond the processing of the publishing contract does not take place.

Your data will be deleted with the loss of the processing purpose, provided that we are not bound by any legal retention periods (e.B. tax law in the case of the winner). As part of the announcement of the competition, we will refer you to the terms and conditions of participation, as well as to the details of the data processing in this data protection declaration. Your consent can be revoked by you at any time by e-mail to info@grin.com. However, you will no longer be able to enter the competition.

Questions, comments or complaints about sweepstakes should only be directed to GRIN Verlag.

Participation is only permitted to natural persons. Participants must participate in person. If there is a suspicion that aid programs or similar have been used, the publisher reserves the right to exclude the participants from participating. The legal representatives and employees of the publisher, dealers and sales partners as well as all persons involved in the execution of the competition as well as the family members of the aforementioned persons are excluded from participation.

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