Pricing

WritersPrintshop gets you published	Print is not the only medium - Have a look at audio	Pricing Guidelines			The website for writers WritersServices has over 1300 pages	To help you find Search Contents FAQs
Overview	Getting ready	Pre-production	Bookshop -special offers	Design	Publication	Print and supply
How to order	Marketing your book	Just thinking about it?	Main topic index	The Marketplace	Cost estimates	Editorial services

Pricing Guidelines

Have you thought about making an audio book?

Follow the process of publishing in over 90 articles

Some titles in our bookshop

Exchange calculator

Charity links

Please support the Reverse Book Club

Pricing guidelines

	The costings are based on our Print on Demand service. The end product is your book, which can be purchased by the public online or through bookshops and by you.
	Given the range of possible formats and lengths, it is impossible to quote one fee to cover every book. But we do our best here to tell you what it will cost you and what you will receive.

How to order

You can estimate the cost. This is based on the figures and estimates you provide. We reserve the right to adjust the quote when we see the work. There is no obligation to go ahead.

If you want to proceed on the basis of this estimate please send us the work, the book brief and the cover design brief, together with half the total payment. We then provide you with some sample pages and a cover rough for your book. Your fee is a contribution to the eventual cost of the design work.

Once the designer has agreed the design issues with you, we can confirm the cost of preparing your book for production, including all of the costs (although we do not expect it to change much from the estimate).

Here are some sample costs:

A 256 page paperback with a simple cover but without illustrations will cost about £870.

A 400 page book with 100 illustrations to be set and an artist-designed cover might cost £1700.

Once you have accepted the quote, we send a contract for your signature and you pay the agreed fee.

The only other 'cost' is incurred when each book is ordered through POD. But you do not get a bill for this! Instead you receive your payment as the publisher when the money is collected through the distribution chain from the person ordering the book.

Alternatively, you can order copies of your book to be delivered directly to you and we will ask for prepayment. There is no minimum order but the unit price will be as per your contract with us.

We discuss the details of what you want before we quote a price. But here are some typical costs in pound sterling to give you an idea of the price of self-publication.

Service	Price range	Notes
Publication package	£400-£1700	Cost depends on page count, illustration, format etc
Typesetting and book design	Part of the package	The final price is based on the number of pages.
Cover design	Part of the package but the cost starts at £50 and can reach £300, typically about £100	Price depends on what you want. You will need to provide a cover design brief. We will quote.
ISBN registration	Part of the package	Cost included in the production package and includes the generation of barcode artwork.
Registrations	Part of the package	This lets everybody know that your book is available
Web space	Part of the package	Linked to the space we provide on the shelves of our online bookshop
Additional services:
You might need some of these but not everybody will need all of them, so they have been separated from the standard POD service
Service	Price range	Notes
Picture research & clearance	Varies	Identifying an item from a picture library can be expensive.
Annual POD maintenance charge	£50 (Only levied if the book is not selling)	To keep you book available through the POD system. If you change the content, it could cost more.
Launch PR package	About £200	Includes the cost of preparing a press release and mailing it to our list. Books can also be sent to reviewers who request them.
Some traditional costs which add substantially to the cost of publishing a book are 'missing' when you use POD. There is no warehousing, despatch or billing. These do not exist with Print on Demand. The money is collected from the bookseller by WritersPrintShop to keep your administration simple. We will account and send your money out to you each month.

Does your book deserve the attentions of a professional copy editor?

Writers Services offers a full range of editorial services.

Home Newsletter What's involved? Glossary & Acronyms Some WPS titles Worldwide distribution

Main topic index

Work out the design and set up cost
Unit cost business & marketing plans
Book order form and payment page

You are off to a very good marketing start with WPS as we link all our titles into Amazon and several of the biggest book distributors so you book can be ordered, delivered and the money collected worldwide.

	Search
	Contents
	FAQs
	Bookshop
	Feedback

Choose WPS as your publishing partner.

We operate from the UK and under the financial rules and regulations of the UK

© writersservices.com 2000-08