Five publishing packages to choose from!
See our new E-book services and printed promotionals kit
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
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CLASSIC -- FREE for a limited time only
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 -- $599 for a limited time only
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 -- $999 for a limited time only
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)
- placement of one graphic, chart, or table
For complete details about this publishing package, click here.
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CHILDRENS BOOK COLOR -- starting at $499
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 -- FREE 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 has been typeset) |
$25+$2 each sentence affected |
| Expedite fee for Classic and Children's Packages |
$300
$400 for Custom Package
$500 for Custom Plus Package |
| Copyediting* |
$0.015 per word |
| Proofreading* |
$0.013 per word |
| Paper Text & Cover Proof† (PDF provided free) |
$60 |
| Extensive Text Styling/Design |
$75 minimum charge (Exact fee to be quoted upon review of the manuscript.) |
| Citation Notes |
$75 (50 or less)
$75+$0.50 for each note more than 50 |
Indexing Services
Publisher provides
Author provides |
$0.014 per word
$100 |
| Copyright Registration |
$250 |
| Library of Congress Number |
$100 |
| Data/Keyboard Entry (from typewriter copy) |
$3.50 per page |
| Word Document Clean-up |
$50 per hour |
| CD Archive |
$100 |
| Graphics/images (extra beyond publishing package) |
x $15 each |
| Graphics/tables (extra beyond publishing package) |
x $15 each |
| Scan graphics (from hard copy) |
x $15 each |
| Color adjust (a cover photo) |
x $30 per 1/2 hour |
| Create a high-resolution graphic |
x $30 per 1/2 hour |
| Cover Changes (back, front, or spine) |
$30 per 1/2 hour |
Original cover design (from scratch)
including 1 hour phone consultation |
$500, plus you pay for art, photos, etc. |
| Furnished Cover |
$150 |
| Cover Changes (back, front, or spine) |
$30 per 1/2 hour |
Printing Sales Flyers
Black ink on colored paper
Colored ink on white paper |
$20 for 50 / $25 for 100 plus shipping
$40 for 50 / $65 for 100 plus shipping |
Deluxe Printed Sales Kit
(100 each color flyers, postcards, bookmarks) |
$425 plus shipping |
E-book Services
EPUB/EPDF file conversion
** E-book online ordering setup w/DRM protection
*** E-book quarterly maintenance |
$1.25 per finished page
$250
$30 per quarter |
*Requires that your manuscript is an MS Word file.
†If a paper proof is requested with proofreading or copyediting, additional costs apply for entering changes.
**Must be purchased along with EPUB/EPDF file conversion.
***Invoiced quarterly and due at time of quarterly royalty payment dates.
Pricing subject to change due to market fluctuations with a 30-day notice.
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