Five publishing packages to choose from!
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For all the details and template choices for these publishing packages and add-on services, download the All-in-One
Publishing Services Booklet
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Every package comes with--
- professional design, typesetting, and consultation services
- assignment of an ISBN number (allowing your book to be carried in bookstores)
- uploading your book to major bookstore/distributor databases for worldwide distribution
- book product page on the Lucas Park Books website
- Search Inside the Book file to enable readers to preview your book
For a limited time, take 25% off list price!
Use promo code LPB25 on the order form.
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CLASSIC — $529 list price
Trim Sizes available: 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 7 x 10 inches and 8.25 x 11 inches
The Classic Package is especially suited for text-only books and offers:
- eye-catching design and quality production while keeping your costs to a minimum
- your choice of interior page layouts, cover designs, and fonts
- professional typesetting and production of your manuscript to make it print-manufacturing-ready
- placement of one graphic, chart, or table
For complete details about this publishing package, click here.
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CUSTOM — $999 list price
Trim Sizes available: 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 7 x 10 inches with or without sidebar text, and 8.25 x 11 inches with or without sidebar text
The Custom Package offers all of the great features of the Classic package with some special extras:
- your own photos and artwork
- highlighting of selected text on a page design that features sidebars (in the 7 x 10 or 8.25 x 11 trim sizes only)
- up to 1.5 hours of consultation time with our designer to help you make decisions about your cover and interior layout
and implement choices made
- placement of 15 photos, graphics, or tables at no extra cost
- copyright registration
- 10 free copies of your book
- an option to get a hardcover version of your book
- a professionally designed sales flyer in PDF format for your promotional needs
- the opportunity to request an original cover design for an addtional $300 plus the cost of the original artwork
For complete details about this publishing package, click here.
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CUSTOM PLUS — $1699 list price
Trim Sizes available: 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 7 x 10 inches and 8.25 x 11 inches
The Custom Plus Package offers:
- all of the great features of the Custom package
PLUS
- proofreading services (includes the first 40,000 words of your manuscript)
- deluxe promotional package (contains 100 each of four-color printed flyers, postcards, and bookmarks)
For complete details about this publishing package, click here.
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CHILDREN’S BOOK COLOR -- starting at $499 list price
Trim Sizes available: 7 x 10 inches and 8.25 x 11 inches
- Full color inside and on cover
- You supply the digitally formatted artwork, ready for placement along with the manuscript for your interior and cover
- You receive up to two hours of consultation time with our designer to develop the design of your cover and interior
- Pricing starts at $499 for up to 24 interior pages with 20 of those pages having artwork that you provide
- Every addtional four pages added to the book is $48 plus $15 for each piece of digitally provided artwork
For complete details about this publishing package, click here.
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FINISHED BOOK SUPPLIED -- $150 for a limited time only
Trim Sizes available: 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 6 x 9 inches*, 7 x 10 inches and 8.25 x 11 inches, 8.5 x 11 inches (color only)
- We will assign an ISBN number, create a bar code, provide cover spine width and PDF setup requirements.
- We will review your files when they come in and let you know if they are ready for print manufacturing.
- You will be responsible for handling all the technical requirements of preparing your PDF files to our guidelines.
*6 x 9 inch trim size is available for this package only
For complete details about this publishing package, click here.
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Complete list of our Add-On Services and pricing.
| Changes (typos, punctuation, spelling, add or delete text after book as been typeset) | $25 flat fee + x $2.00 each
| Cover Changes (back, front or spine) | $30 per 1/2 hr.
| Expedite Fee for Classic and Children's Packages | $300.00
| Custom Package | $400.00
| Custom Plus Package | $500.00
| Copyediting* (enter number of words in ms. under Quantity) | $0.015 per word
| Proofreading* (enter number of words in ms. under Quantity) | $0.013 per word
| Text & Cover Proof on Paper** (PDF proof provided free) | $60
| Extensive Text Styling/Design (your Lucas Park Books Associate will give you a quote for these items after reviewing your manuscript) | $75.00 minimum charge
Citation Notes endnotes or footnotes
| 50 or less | $75
| More than 50 (flat + ea)no. of notes over 50 | $75 flat fee + $0.50 each
Indexing Services
| Publisher provides, per mss word | $0.014 per word
| Author Provides (flat fee) | $100
| Copyright Registration | $250
| Library of Congress Control Number | $100
| Data/Keyboard Entry (enter # of ms. pages under Quantity) (from typewriter copy) double-spaced | $3.85 per page
| Word Document Clean-up | $50 per hour
| CD Archive | $100
| Graphics\images (extra beyond publishing package) | $15 each
| Graphics\tables (extra beyond publishing package) | $15 each
| Scan graphics from hard copy | $15 each
| Color adjust a cover photo | $30 per 1/2 hr
| Create high-res graphic | $30 per 1/2 hr
| Original cover design ('from scratch") including 1 hour phone consultation | $500, plus you pay for art, photos, etc.
| Furnished Cover | $150
Printing Sales Flyers (for Custom/Custom Plus customers)
| Black ink on _ light green paper or _ tan paper (check one) | $20 for 50/ $25 for 100 plus shipping
| Colored ink on white paper | $40 for 50/ $65 for 100 plus shipping
| Deluxe Printed Sales Kit (100 ea. color flyers, postcards, bookmarks) | $425 plus shipping
E-book Services
| E-Book Distribution on Kindle only | $1.50 per finished page
| E-Book Distribution on Lucas Park Books, Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) DRM protected finished page | $99 + $1.50 per finished page
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*Requires that your manuscript be a MS Word file.
**If a paper proof is requested with proofreading or copyediting additional costs apply for entering changes.
Updated 12/2011
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