Editorial services
Task Rate Average cost for a 70,000 word, 200 page book
Substantive editing $40 per hour Depends on writing quality. Can give a quote after reading MS.
Copy editing/proofreading Between $400 and $600 (depending on author's error rate.)
Design services
Format for ebook only upload $150 (depending on quality of author's Word file.)
Print layout (plain) $200
Print layout with illustrations $250 plus $3 per picture
Ebook only cover $90
Print cover including barcode (& ebook) $180
Printing costs (approx)
Local print run in NZ, for 200 books $8.90 each. Author pays the printer direct. Delivery about 7 - 10 days.
Print on demand via Createspace (US) $8.30 each (for 20 copies or so - postage gets less with quantity. A single copy is around $13 delivered.
Charged to author's credit card. Delivery time approx 3-4 weeks, (or 1 week if double postage paid!)
Print on demand with colour interior $24 each - (very approx.) The book can have full colour pictures throughout. Covers are always in full colour.
Bear in mind that a paperback book will usually retail at around $29.90. If you are selling to a bookstore or a distributor they will pay a wholesale rate of around $14 to $17, so there's not a lot of profit for the poor author unless you are selling direct to readers! Getting into bookstores can be done but it takes a high degree of professionalism and persistence for relatively small rewards, especially in the limited NZ market.
The good news - print on demand and ebooks make your book available to the world at no extra cost. If you can market it successfully there is great potential for little outlay.
Substantive editing $40 per hour Depends on writing quality. Can give a quote after reading MS.
Copy editing/proofreading Between $400 and $600 (depending on author's error rate.)
Design services
Format for ebook only upload $150 (depending on quality of author's Word file.)
Print layout (plain) $200
Print layout with illustrations $250 plus $3 per picture
Ebook only cover $90
Print cover including barcode (& ebook) $180
Printing costs (approx)
Local print run in NZ, for 200 books $8.90 each. Author pays the printer direct. Delivery about 7 - 10 days.
Print on demand via Createspace (US) $8.30 each (for 20 copies or so - postage gets less with quantity. A single copy is around $13 delivered.
Charged to author's credit card. Delivery time approx 3-4 weeks, (or 1 week if double postage paid!)
Print on demand with colour interior $24 each - (very approx.) The book can have full colour pictures throughout. Covers are always in full colour.
Bear in mind that a paperback book will usually retail at around $29.90. If you are selling to a bookstore or a distributor they will pay a wholesale rate of around $14 to $17, so there's not a lot of profit for the poor author unless you are selling direct to readers! Getting into bookstores can be done but it takes a high degree of professionalism and persistence for relatively small rewards, especially in the limited NZ market.
The good news - print on demand and ebooks make your book available to the world at no extra cost. If you can market it successfully there is great potential for little outlay.