Effective August 14, 2026
Every Abound book is printed to order, one at a time. Here's what that means for when yours arrives, and what happens if something isn't right.
Your book doesn't start printing until you approve it. Once you press Approve & send to print, here's what happens:
| We prepare your book for print | Up to 1 business day |
| Printing, binding and delivery — Standard | 12–14 business days |
| Printing, binding and delivery — Rush | 7–9 business days |
Typically 13–15 business days from approval with Standard, or 8–10 with Rush.
During the holiday season (October–December), printing runs longer and can add roughly 2–4 business days.
You don't have to work any of this out yourself: while you're setting your book up we show the actual dates it should arrive, and we tell you if the date you need it by is at risk.
| Standard | Included in the $75 price | Arrives 13–15 business days after you approve |
| Rush | +$15.00 | Arrives 8–10 business days after you approve |
Standard shipping is included in every book. Rush is an optional upgrade at checkout. We currently ship within the United States only.
We'll email you a tracking link as soon as your book leaves the printer.
You can edit contributors, questions, your cover and your book's contents right up until you press Approve & send to print.
You can cancel for a full refund at any time before you press Approve & send to print. Email us and we'll refund you in full, no questions asked.
Once you approve, your book goes into production immediately and can no longer be changed, cancelled or refunded.
If you need to correct a shipping address, email us as quickly as you can — we can usually help if the book hasn't shipped yet.
Every Abound book is made for one person, from words written specifically for them. Once printed it can't be resold or restocked, so we're unable to accept returns for change of mind after you approve your book for printing.
Before that point, cancellation is free and unconditional — see above.
We want you to love this book. If it arrives damaged, misprinted, or with a manufacturing defect, email us within 60 days of delivery with a photo and we'll reprint and reship it at no cost to you.
Sixty days rather than thirty because these are gifts: a book that arrives in November may not be opened until Christmas, and a fault nobody could have seen until then is still our fault.
If your book is lost or damaged in transit, that's on us — we'll reprint and reship it at no cost to you.
If a package is returned or undeliverable because the shipping address was entered incorrectly, we can reprint and reship it at the cost of a replacement book. Email us and we'll sort it out with you.
Your book contains other people's personal messages, written for one person. We treat them that way.
Any book that is returned to us, or replaced because of a defect, is securely destroyed. We never resell, re-gift, retain or reuse a printed book, and we never share its contents with anyone outside the people who contributed to it.
Email hello@aboundgifting.com and a real person will get back to you.