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Our Services
This page contains two sections. First are our services & prices, and below that are prices for ordering copies of your finished book. Please contact us to discuss your needs in detail, and we will help you find a plan that you prefer for turning your idea or manuscript into a finished, high quality book suited to your goals.
Our Services and Prices
Relationship and Support
Discussion of author's goals
and needs: $0.0000/hour
Work scope and price
estimating: $0.0000/hour
E-mail support: $0.0000/hour
Composition
Idea development: Help writer
come up with ideas for book, by random words, discovering
knowledge and interests, etc.: $50.0000/hour
Content development guidance:
a class or process to build core ideas, story and dynamics,
structure, presentation, and completed skeleton: $50.0000/hour
Ghost writing: Whole works or
in part; to meet author’s periodic approval. Includes discussion, planning, and writing
of author-provided story line and data.: $0.2000/word
Transcription of legible,
organized manuscripts: $0.0152/word
Removal of unusable
formatting included by author: $2.0000/page
Editing and Preparation
Merging of multiple text
files into one: $5.0000/file
Conversion of non-standard
text files to MS Word: $25.0000/book
Quick review: Contents,
quality, readiness to print: $0.0023/word
Level 1 edit: Spelling,
punctuation, grammar, readability: $0.0111/word
Level 2 edit: Level 1 plus book evaluation: $0.0139/word
Level 3 edit: Level 2 plus manuscript
organization: $0.0179/word
Level 4 edit: Level 3 plus
edit of good base manuscript: Genre, audience, plot, pace,
characterization, dialogue, completeness: $0.0526/word
Normal formatting: Usual
parts, chapters, paragraphs, front and back matter: $0.0017/word
Complex formatting: Styles,
numbered paragraphs, tables, footnotes, etc.: $0.0000
Custom fonts and layout
styles: $3.0000/insertion
Custom page headers: $2.0000/insertion
Footnotes: $4.0000/insertion
Chapter/book endnotes: $1.0000/insertion
Index creation: $0.3000/insertion
Color insert pages: $0.5000/page
Tipping in pages: $0.3300/sheet
Images
Up to 10 TIFF/JPEG image
insertions to internal pages (result is B&W): $0.0000/image
Additional TIFF/JPEG image
insertions to internal pages (result is B&W): $2.5000/image
Image file conversion to
TIFF/JPEG (must transform to quality 300 DPI image): $2.0000/image
Sorting of images, digital or
physical, if not in sequence: $0.5000/image
Small image extraction or
scanning for internal pages: items not submitted as TIFF/JPEG: $2.5000/image
Large image digitization from
originals 11” x 17” to 24” x 36”: $20.0000/image
Minor image correction of
color, brightness, contrast, crop: $2.0000/image
Moderate image correction:
Minor items plus simple dodge/burn, reflections, red-eye,
dust and lines: $1.5000/image
Image special effects and
manipulations: $4.0000/manipulation
Production Specifications
7 day rapid release edit and
normal format, 80,000 words max, no proof in that time: $0.0100/word
30 day rapid release: $0.0056/word
10 business day printing and
delivery: $0.0000/book
Cover Creation
Standard cover design with
title, author, maybe short bio.: $70.0084/book
Consultation and creation of
custom front/back color cover design: $250.0000/book
Registrations
Registered copyright: $75.0000/book
ISBN: $50.0000/book
UPC: $50.0000/book
Printed Proof
Set up to print: $25.0000/book
Proof soft cover: $2.5000/book
Proof text block: $0.0250/page
Proof text S&H: $12.0000/book
Simple author corrections to
proof: $0.5000/change
Major revisions of book proof: $5.0000/change
Binding Options
Soft cover (color): $0.0000/book
Hard cover (color): $11.5002/book
Dust jacket (color): $2.0000/book
Hand marbled sheets (cover
skin, end sheets, etc., 10.5"x17"): $6.0000/sheet
Color printed end sheets
(hardcover): $1.2000/sheet
Plastic Comb Binding: $1.2500/book
Placement for Sale
Book placement in the Peak
Vista Press Bookstore: $50.0000/book
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