Create a Cookbook

About us

Create a Cookbook is a self-publishing cookbook company helping customers create beautiful cookbooks. Quality is everything and we've earned a reputation of producing cookbooks that rival any professional cookbook you buy in shops or online.

From start to finish

Produce a cookbook in as little as 4 weeks for small print runs. The larger the project, the more time you'll need. To work out printing and shipping time, click the pricing calculator and make your selection. You'll see the production timeline calculator. Type your postcode and it will calculate an approximate turnaround time based on your selection.

Pre-designed templates

We have a great selection of beautifully-designed cookbook templates. Each template style comes with 100s of optional combination page templates. Each page template gives you the choice of featuring recipes and images on the same page, whether it be a collage of images, a page with tip boxes, icons and much, much more.

Recipe library

Start by adding treasured recipes into your recipe library. To add a recipe, select the SUBMIT RECIPE from the website menu.

Cover types

Choose from 5 different cover types.
Softcover
Wire-bind softcover
Wire-bind hardback
Hardback
Hardback fabric combination.

Book sizes

Chose from 6 different book sizes.
A5 (14x21cm)
Small Square (17x20cm)
Portrait (19x25cm)
Large Square (21x25cm)
A4 (21x29cm)
Coffee Table (25x28cm).

Add-ons

Give your cookbook that extra special touch with our selection of optional extras. Some add-on examples include embossed text on the cover with in a gloss finish. A fold-in front and back flap to the softcover and wire-bind softcover range. Add a dust jacket to protect your cover. For that extra special touch, inlcude one or more ribbons to the hardback range. Prices available upon request.

InDesign template

Want to create your own cookbook using InDesign? Request a template upon sign up. You'll also receive a collection of optional InDesign page templates.

Personal images

There's no limit to the quantity of personal images and drawings you can add to your cookbook. Our guide tells you what quality your images need to be. But don't worry, once you're ready to publish, we take over and make sure your images are up to scratch before going to print.

More than just a cookbook

Think about featuring images of your local area. You may be lucky enough to live in a tourist location. Or perhaps feature historical photos and the stories behind them. The possibilities are endless. We have lots of page templates to choose from to suit your needs.

Free stock food image library

Choose from 1000s of professinally-styled stock images. Our library is growing all the time. All our images are free of charge and you can use as many as you like in your cookbook. Can't find an image to match your recipes, let us know and we'll go searching for you.

Beautiful backgrounds

Spice up your cookbook by adding gorgeous background images from our library. Choose from 1000’s of different backgrounds to feature behind your recipes.

Cookbook fundraiser

Make your cookbook fundraiser 100% risk free by adding sponsorship and pre-sales. Feedback shows us that local sponsors are happy to support communities, as they feel they are also getting something inreturn. Aim high, raising thousands of $$$$ for your cause.

Pre-sales combined with sponsorship have the potential of raising ALL, if not, most of the funds needed before layout, printing and shipping. Adding a chapter at the back of your cookbook called "sponsorship directory" is the most popular way to pre-fund your fundraising cookbook project. Most local businesses are happy to support their local community, and in turn, they also benefit from advertising their business in your beautiful cookbook.

Fundraiser guide

There's lots of ways to raise sponsorship for your cookbook. Download our fundraiser guide showing you different types of sponsorship for your cookbook fundraiser. Potentially you can raise not just 1000s, but 10s of 1000s of dollars. We've had schools and organisations who've raised over $250,000. Amazing!

Customer support

Contact us by email is your best option. We are known for replying promptly to all enquiries. Want to speak to someone direct? We're available to chat live between 9.30am -5.00pm, Monday to Friday. Fill in the CONTACT US form or email us to organise an appointment.

Start creating your cookbook today

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Contact details

Feel free to email us should you have any questions.

email: info@createacookbook.com.au

Want to look at some sample cookbooks, click here and fill in the sample order form. (postage and handling fee applies)