PACKAGES
Choose a package below for detailed descriptions about our capabilities and pricing. All of our packages include completely unique, custom interior and cover design, ISBN, LCCN, full distribution as well as 5 paperback books OR 5 hardcover books (dependent upon format and page count).
- Paperback or Hardcover format
- Completely unique, custom interior and cover design
- Up to 30 interior images
- 5 free paperback books or 5 hardcover (1 color); 5 color paperback (dependent upon format and page count)
- Your own Author Representative who provides support throughout the publishing process
- Book and author web page within the Dog Ear web site
- Registration with all major online booksellers and national distributors
- Registration with Books in Print database providing worldwide availability
- Assignment of International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
- Library of Congress control number and US Copyright information on the copyright page (to learn more about copyright, click here)
- Inclusion in Google Book Search program
- Availability in one digital format (Google Editions)
- Paperback of Hardcover Format
- 30 interior images (author supplied)
- Completely unique, custom interior and cover design
- Your own Author Representative who provides support throughout the publishing process
- Book and author web page within the Dog Ear web site
- Registration with all major online booksellers and national distributors
- Registration with Books in Print database providing worldwide availability
- Assignment of International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
- Library of Congress control number and US Copyright information on the copyright page (to learn more about copyright, click here)
- Availability in one digital format (Google Editions)
- 5 free paperback books or 5 hardcover books (dependent upon format and page count)
- Consultation with a Dog Ear Publishing design professional
- Aggressive Marketing Campaign that includes:
- - Media Release created by our copywriting staff and released to 250 targeted media outlets
- - Full-color print marketing materials
1,000 business cards
100 postcards
10 full-size posters - Custom SEO Web site
- Paperback of Hardcover Format
- 50 interior images (author supplied)
- Completely unique, custom interior and cover design
- Your own Author Representative who provides support throughout the publishing process
- Book and author web page within the Dog Ear web site
- Registration with all major online booksellers and national distributors
- Registration with Books in Print database providing worldwide availability
- Assignment of International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
- Library of Congress control number and US Copyright information on the copyright page (to learn more about copyright, click here)
- Availability in one digital format (Google Editions)
- 5 free paperback books or 5 hardcover books (dependent upon format and page count)
- Consultation with a Dog Ear Publishing design professional
- Aggressive Marketing Campaign that includes:
- - Media Release created by our copywriting staff and released to 500 targeted media outlets
- - Full-color print marketing materials
1,000 business cards
100 postcards
10 full-size posters - Custom SEO Web site
- - Author Store Shopping Cart
To process orders and payments, dramatically increasing the profitability of your book. See more here - Inclusion in Google Book Search program
- Paperback or Hardcover format
- 100 interior images (author supplied)
- Completely unique, custom interior and cover design
- Your own Author Representative who provides support throughout the publishing process
- Book and author web page within the Dog Ear web site
- Registration with all major online booksellers and national distributors
- Registration with Books in Print database providing worldwide availability
- Assignment of International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
- Library of Congress control number and US Copyright information on the copyright page (to learn more about copyright, click here)
- Availability in TWO digital formats (Google Editions & Kindle)
- Consultation with a Dog Ear Publishing design professional
- 5 free paperback books or 5 free hardcover books (dependent upon format and page count)
- Professional copyediting (Up to 53,000 words at the Copyeditor level)
- Aggressive Marketing Campaign that includes:
- - Media Release created by our copywriting staff and released to 1,000 targeted media outlets
- - Full-color print marketing materials
2,000 business cards
250 postcards
10 full-size posters
- - Custom SEO Web site
Optimized for Google, Yahoo, MSN and more! - - Author Store Shopping Cart
To process orders and payments, dramatically increasing the profitability of your book. - - PPC Marketing Campaign
Including up to 250 search terms and 5 ad categories to direct search engine visitors to your store front or site.
How much does it REALLY cost to publish a book?
Why publishing costs are less important than printing costs...
All too often, authors are lured by a low up front cost - but, it's not the publishing fees that ruin your profit, it's the book printing costs! If you think your book will sell 100 units or less, then going with the least expensive option for publishing services is your best choice.
What kind of books can I create?
Self publishing gives you the freedom to create any kind of book you can imagine - 1 color, full color, hard cover, paperback, and many book sizes.
EVERY book gets a FULL COLOR cover at no extra charge. Please review our list of standard book sizes and page counts. Remember, your book will end up being a different page count than your manuscript - we'll help you determine how many pages your book will have. At Dog Ear we believe you should be able to easily find the answers to the question "how much does it cost to publish a book?"
Black & White - 1 color inside (black ink) with a full color cover
These books can be 48 to 740 pages in length (this ISN'T your manuscript length - but we can help you estimate your final page count). Paperback, hardcover, and hardcover with a dust jacket are available.
Full COLOR Books - FULL COLOR pages with a FULL COLOR cover
4 to 480 pages in length (this ISN'T your manuscript length - but we can help you estimate your final page count) - Paperback or hardcover.
Click here to see our available trim sizes and per unit printing prices.
How many pages will my book have when it is finished?
The final page count for your book will be dependent upon everything from your chosen trim size, the design we create for your book, the numbers of chapters in your book, the amount of figures and even the number of paragraphs.
Each and every book is unique - and we custom design each and every book. This means we can help achieve a specific page count (within reason) by using a variety of book design techniques.
We've included our AVERAGE characters-per-page counts for various trim sizes, based upon the total character count of a manuscript (including spaces.) This information can be found in MS Word under TOOLS / WORD COUNT - then look for "Characters- with spaces." To figure out your approximate page count (this is only a very rough guess) you would divide your total character count by the per-page-character-count of the trim size listed below.
* 5 X 8 trim - 1,400 characters per page
* 5.5 X 8.5 - 1,800 characters per page
* 6 X 9 - 2,100 characters per page
* 6.14 X 9.21 - 2,400 characters per page
* 7.44 X 9.69 - 2,800 characters per page
This information is meant to help with the question "How much does it cost to publish a book?" - to reiterate the statement at the top of the page - your book printing prices are the most important part of the cost to publish a book. It is the book printing cost that will affect your long term profit - and your ability to actually sell your book. If we can answer other questions about how much does it cost to publish a book - please send us an email using the link below.
