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If you commission both a print-on-demand and an e-book edition from a single manuscript I can usually create the e-book's cover file from the print-on-demand edition's jacket origination.īooks featuring more than 10 images/illustrations may involve higher rates than those suggested above.
#Kindle direct publishing support pdf#
Prices include up to two concepts, one PDF proof and upload to the publishing platform of your choice. My prices for covers and jackets for printed books and for e-book cover image files start at £80. How much do you charge authors for designing book covers? Higher rates may apply for creative or complex page layouts, 11 or more photos/illustrations, mathematical or scientific content and complex footnotes/endnotes or an Index all due to the additional time/complexity involved.
*Prices are for general guidance only and apply to plain text and simple layouts with no more than 10 images/illustrations they also assume working from a fully-edited Microsoft Word manuscript. E-book cover image design extra (it may be possible to use a print-on-demand edition cover design for an e-book edition with slight modifications).
#Kindle direct publishing support free#
My Kindle e-book prices include one digital proof (suitable for viewing in the free Kindle Previewer app) and one upload to the publishing platform. My print-on-demand typesetting prices include one PDF proof and one upload to the publishing platform of your choice.Į-books: My prices for formatting e-books with an interactive table-of-contents start at £150*. Increasing type size, margins and gutters will increase the page total. Very roughly (and as a guide only) a 100,000-word manuscript typeset in 10pt type, with minimal allowable margins and gutters, is likely to result in a 250-plus page 5"x8" paperback when all the front-matter pages are included. Print-on-demand paperbacks and hardbacks: My typesetting and page layout prices start at £2.75 per finished page*. How much do you charge authors for typesetting?
#Kindle direct publishing support professional#
You will however incur costs if you engage professional help with say, cover design, page layout or typography, or managing your chosen self-publishing platform. Apart, that is, from the sales commission charged by your chosen publishing platform and the cost of any printed copies you may order for resale.
If you are prepared to do a little research, have all the necessary literary and computing skills and are also prepared to publicise your book yourself then, theoretically, self-publishing could cost you very little.
#Kindle direct publishing support plus#
If my 40 years of experience in the design and preparation books for publication, plus my professional experience of the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and Ingrams Spark (and Lightning Source) platforms would be of assistance in helping you self-publish your new book, please get in touch… my contact details are at the foot of this page. Social Media is a key asset when marketing and promoting a newly self-published book and I can offer distinctive graphics for all the poplular platforms to help you promote your self-publishing venture. Understanding some the key principles of publishing, and how the various platforms work (and their individual requirements) is also an advantage. Whilst self-publishing platforms such as Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (formerly Create Space), Ingams's Spark and Smashwords offer previously unheard of opportunities to aspiring authors, and likewise appear to simplify the entire book production, sales and marketing process, creating a book to a standard which can compete with a professionally designed and published product often requires creative and IT skills which exceed those of the average computer user.