PUBLISHING CHECKLIST AND PRICING ... Use this page to quickly calculate your requirements
Below is a summary/checklist of all the services we offer with the prices where applicable.
NOTE that not everything applies if we are accepting you for a Verbum publishing label. You are also free to use our services as much or as little as you like.
There are some additional costs listed on this page that don't come under the umbrella of any other topic.
This page includes every part of the process you might need in order to get published.
The steps are listed in the most logically likely order of requirement but every project is different. You should be able to get an idea from this of where you are with your book at this point in time and what you will need to budget for going forward.
NOTE that not everything applies if we are accepting you for a Verbum publishing label. You are also free to use our services as much or as little as you like.
There are some additional costs listed on this page that don't come under the umbrella of any other topic.
This page includes every part of the process you might need in order to get published.
The steps are listed in the most logically likely order of requirement but every project is different. You should be able to get an idea from this of where you are with your book at this point in time and what you will need to budget for going forward.
EDITING:
STANDARD LINE AND COPY EDITORIAL SERVICE
£100 for first 20,000 words, then £40 per 10,000 words
FULL COPY AND CONTENT EDITORIAL SERVICE
£280 for first 20,000 words, then £90 per 10,000 words
STANDARD PROOF READ
£3.00 per 1000 words
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You may require all or none of these services. Be sure you have read all the information on the Editing page before making your decision
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FORMATTING AND INTERIOR DESIGN
CREATING PRNT-READY FILES FROM FORMATTED SOURCE FILE:
It depends on size, the cost could be anywhere between £20 - £50
FORMATTING FROM SCRATCH (from your unformatted word-processed or PDF document)
Print book: £60 for 100 pages (then at half rate for additional pages)
Ebook: £1 per 1000 words
TYPESETTING:
If you need your document typeset from scratch (hopefully not!) the cost would be £8 per 1000 words
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Assess what you have so far. Formatting can be a tireless job hence the costs involved for us to do it professionally. In truth most people find themselves falling at an overlap somewhere between the first two options.
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E-BOOK CREATION AND UPLOAD TO E-STORES
CREATING YOUR E-BOOK FROM SCRATCH: remember this includes the formatting cost: £50
CREATING YOUR E-BOOK FROM SCRATCH AND UPLOADING TO ONLINE E-STORES: £75
CREATING E-FILES ONLY: £16
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Look carefully at what you think you require. Remember there are some overlaps between the formatting and E-book creation processes
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ISBN AND BARCODE
If you are publishing through Verbum and using any of our editing/formatting or designing services then this is included for you. ISBN's cannot be registered singularly to an individual they have to be purchased in bulk by a publisher. As part of the process we automatically upload your book to Neilsen's website, the mandatory and only agency in the UK through which to officially publish books.
If you are self-publishing you only need an ISBN if you want to sell your paperback books in retail outlets. An ISBN is required for E-books but all online stores will provide this for you as part of their process.
If we accept your book for publication and the only thing you want to do is for us to supply this service then the flat cost is £75
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You can talk to us about this in more detail if this scenario applies to you
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COVER CREATION
COVER DESIGN PACKAGE 1: £175
COVER DESIGN PACKAGE 2: £110
Minimum cost for E-cover: £40
Minimum cost for Paperback cover: £60
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Remember that although package content can be adjusted, there should be no short cuts taken with your cover! It is the biggest promotional tool you have!
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PAPERBACK BOOK PRINT RUNS and POD (Print on demand)
PRINTING YOUR PAPERBACK:
You can have as few as 25 copies printed or as many as you like. We undertake the printing of hard (physical) copies for any amount and at any level. It is critical to understand that this can be an expensive outlay ... but we are very competitive!
A good rule regarding calculating cost is that the price per unit becomes best value when ordering 100 copies or more. After that, the price per unit drops, but not significantly. Printing takes around 3 weeks (variable).
As a rule of thumb if you publish with us should expect to make a profit of between 45% and 55% as long as you have at least 100 copies printed and are able to sell them!
We cannot from the outset guarantee absolute accuracy regarding this, but as a rule ALL this profit would become yours (although there are contractual exceptions we or yourself might wish to make in certain cases).
This is a far higher rate of profit than you will get on other platforms or from other publishers.
This criteria is based on the fact that there are generally accepted selling prices for most books going by size, genre and content. We will advise what we think your selling price should be but the choice is ultimately yours.
This is for the first print run taking into account the publishing costs and providing you were to sell them all. For reprints you should expect to make at least a 65% profit on the production costs
* Footnote regarding printed copies of your book: there is a legal requirement for your books to be distributed to the official libraries. We also hold one proof copy which means in all that you will lose 7 printed copies from your saleable total.
PRINT ON DEMAND:
We don't offer a specific print on demand service. If you are set on proceeding this way then there are places that will do this for you but as a separate entity it is expensive and in our view just not worth it for new authors.
Putting your books in the E-store outlets makes them Print on demand in that people can order a print copy singularly. You will never make as much money but the service is there for all.
If you order your own supply they can be distributed any way you wish ... including sending out a single copy if someone orders.
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Caution: nearly all authors (including myself) make the mistake of 'over-ordering' their initial print run for their first book. If you know you can sell them then it is something worth doing, but many an author has a host of first editions lying in boxes at home for many years after they were printed!
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PROMOTIONAL PRINT
We offer a few deliberately constructed promotional print packages.
PROMOTIONAL CARDS:
Size: 55 x 85, printed 1 or 2 sides, on 400gm silk card 250: £21.00
A4 SIZE POSTERS: Size: A4 printed 1 side on 170gm gloss paper, 1 copy: £6.00,
(10 copies: £15.00, 20 copies: £20.22)
Size: A3 printe 1 side on gloss or matt 200gm paper. 1 copy £15.00 additional copies £5.00 each
(postage and packing will be added to poster orders if ordered individually)
PROMOTIONAL CARDS:
Size: A6, printed 1 sides on 350gm silk card, 500: £39.00, 1000: £45.00
FACEBOOK ADS:
Size: 805 x 364. Formatted precisely for facebook and other social media platforms.
2 design concepts: £20.00
(3D cover images extra £4.00 each if not already created)
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Remember these are products that people have given positive feedback about. Other products can be found at www.designed4printdirect.com
* NOTE: These prices include the design for each item but assume that you already have images for your book cover created which are likely to be required for thee products to have full impact
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