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Our Services
This page contains two sections. The first lists services that may be useful as you create your book, and below that are prices for you to receive printed copies of your finished book. Please contact us to discuss your needs and identify a smooth path to reach your goals.
"Print and deliver" is a good way to publish books destined for family, business associates or other specific readers, or those for which the author has in hand a sales or distribution plan. Books of high quality may have additional marketing possibilities worth discussing.
Peak Vista Press does not push unneeded services; it provides honest assistance at a competitive price. Authors do well to have local friends, family, and others of literary talent review and make suggestions about their ideas and manuscripts before calling upon us, but we welcome you to chat with us at any stage of your project, whether to have us review a finished draft or to ask about ways to get started.
The prices shown below are a reliable reference, but you may have questions or special circumstances. We look forward to discussing your particular needs, identifying the most effective services for your project, and tailoring a quote that gives you the best value.
Our Services and Prices
Relationship and Support
Discussion of author's goals
and needs: FREE
Work scope and price
estimating: FREE
E-mail support: FREE
Composition
Idea development: Help writer
come up with ideas for book, by random words, discovering knowledge and interests, etc.: $50.00/hour
Content development guidance:
a class or process to build core ideas, story and dynamics, structure, presentation, and completed skeleton: $50.00/hour
Ghost writing: Whole or partial works, to meet periodic approval of customer. Includes discussion, planning, and writing of author-provided story line and data.: $0.2222/word
Transcription of legible,
organized manuscripts: $0.0185/word
Removal of unusable
formatting inserted by author: $2.00/page
Editing and Preparation
Merging of multiple text
files into one: $5.00/file
Conversion of non-standard
text files to MS Word: $25.00/book
Quick review: Light fix of 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 analysis: $0.0139/word
Level 3 edit: Level 2 plus manuscript organization: $0.0179/word
Level 4 edit: Level 3 plus edit of complete base manuscript: genre, audience, plot, pace, characterization, dialogue: $0.0526/word
Normal formatting: Usual
parts, chapters, paragraphs, front and back matter: $0.0017/word
Complex formatting: Styles,
numbered paragraphs, tables, footnotes, etc.: Needs calculation
Custom fonts and layout
styles: $3.00/insertion
Custom page headers: $2.00/section
Footnotes: $4.00/insertion
Chapter/book endnotes: $1.00/insertion
Index creation: $0.30/insertion
Color insert pages: $0.50/page
Tipping in pages: $0.33/sheet
Images
Up to 10 TIFF/JPEG image
insertions to internal pages (result is B&W): FREE
Additional TIFF/JPEG image
insertions to internal pages (result is B&W): $2.50/image
Image file conversion to
TIFF/JPEG (must transform to quality 300 DPI image): $2.00/image
Sorting of images, digital or
physical, if not in sequence: $0.50/image
Small image extraction or
scanning for internal pages: items not submitted as TIFF/JPEG: $2.50/image
Large image digitization from
originals 11” x 17” to 24” x 36”: $20.00/image
Minor image correction of
color, brightness, contrast, crop: $2.00/image
Moderate image correction:
Minor items plus simple dodge/burn, reflections, red-eye,
dust and lines: $1.50/image
Image special effects and
manipulations: $4.00/manipulation
Production Specifications
7 day rapid release of completed manuscript: Edit and
normal format, 80,000 words max, no proof in that time: $0.01/word
30 day rapid release of completed manuscript: $0.0056/word
Approx. 90 day normal release of completed manuscript: FREE
Normal (approx. 10 business day) printing and delivery: FREE
Cover Creation
Standard cover design with
title, author, maybe short biography: $70.00/book
Consultation and creation of
custom front/back color cover design: $250.00/book
Registrations
ISBN & price scan code: $50.00/book
Registered copyright: $75.00/book
Library of Congress Control Number: $50.00/book
Printed Proof
Set up to print: $25.00/book
Proof soft cover: $2.50/book
Proof text block: $0.0250/page
Proof text S&H: $12.00/book
Simple author corrections to
proof: $0.50/change
Major revisions of book proof: $5.00/change
Binding Options
Soft cover (color): FREE
Hard cover (color): $13.00/book
Dust jacket (color): $2.00/book
Hand marbled sheets (cover
skin, end sheets, etc., 10.5"x17"): $6.00/sheet
Color printed end sheets
(hardcover): $1.20/sheet
Plastic Comb Binding: $1.25/book
Placement for Sale
Book placement in the Peak
Vista Press Bookstore: $50.00/book
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