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We are the free alternative for scientific publications. Published at GRIN:

  • Your bachelor’s thesis, master’s thesis or exam thesis – be proud of your achievement!
  • Your doctoral thesis or habilitation thesis – without hurdles or hidden costs
  • Your anthology or series – with a professional series cover and other extras, if required
  • Your lecture materials, scripts or transcripts – always up-to-date and quick to download

With GRIN, you can publish your texts within just two weeks.

You upload your text. We check the text according to our quality guidelines, add missing data, create a cover and, if necessary, optimize your title and blurb for better findability in search engines. Less than two weeks later, your e-book is available in the online shop and can be purchased anywhere.

Publish texts for free

At GRIN, you publish your academic texts completely free of charge. You can be sure that there will be no follow-up costs. The GRIN publication includes the professional preparation of your data, a cover and ISBN numbers for your publication and delivery to our worldwide distribution network.

Free service hotline

Do you have any questions or need support? You can reach our customer support at +49 89 550559-0.

With GRIN, you make your text visible. We publish our e-books and print books in more than 300 online shops worldwide and ensure that your title ranks well in search engines such as Google by optimizing your title and the short description of your text and, if necessary, by adding important keywords.

  • In the Google search results, our GRIN titles are so well represented that our online visibility can keep up with that of a medium-sized automotive group.
  • On our website, we have an average of 4 million page views per month.
  • More than 2 million keywords rank on page 1 on Google.
  • Our worldwide distribution network includes over 300 online shops.
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Questions and Answers
for publication at GRIN

GRIN means academic publishing without a catch

The publication is completely free of charge for you as an author. We will publish your text as an e-book and book, each with its own ISBN. In addition to our own webshop, your publication will be listed worldwide in over 300 online shops as well as the major search engines. The printed book can be ordered at any local bookstore.

Which rights are transferred to the publisher?

You only assure us of the rights of use that we need for the worldwide distribution and sale of your title. The copyright is not transferable under German law and remains with you in any case.

The publication takes too long for me.

GRIN offers you a reputable publication service. Each text is personally checked by our experienced editorial team with regard to our quality guidelines. We also optimize your title and blurb according to SEO criteria so that it can be found better in search engines like Google. Within two weeks, your publication will be available for immediate download in over 300 online shops.

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: 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