How much does it cost to design and publish a book?
From 2,400 euros, print on demand, no warehouse.
Quick answer: Keryx Design packages for publishing a book start at 2,400 euros and include interior layout, cover design and publication on Amazon KDP. The price varies with page count and complexity: images, tables, notes. With Amazon's print on demand the book is printed when someone orders it, so the warehouse disappears from the costs. All the details: books.
What is inside the 2,400-euro package
- Interior layout: grid, fonts, line spacing, handling of chapters and headings. It is the work that keeps the book readable to the last page
- Cover design: front, spine and back, built around the reader the book speaks to
- Publication on Amazon KDP: preparing the files to spec, uploading, the book listing, going on sale
In practice: all the technical work that separates a finished manuscript from a book you can order on Amazon.
The variables that move the price
Three above all. The number of pages: 120 pages and 400 pages are two different jobs. The complexity of the interior: images, tables, notes and quotes multiply the steps compared to plain text. The state of the manuscript: a clean, final file gets laid out; material that still needs fixing has to be put in order first, and that time is billed.
The fastest way to a real number: send the manuscript as it is. The quote is made on that, with a delivery date in writing.
Print on demand takes the warehouse off the bill
With a traditional print shop the independent author pays for a full print run before knowing whether the book will sell: hundreds of copies up front, boxes to store and copies that risk staying unsold.
With Amazon's print on demand the book is printed when someone orders it: Amazon produces the copy, ships it and keeps its share of the sale. Zero minimum run, zero warehouse, and the book stays on sale with no expiration. The math changes nature: you pay for the project once, and printing covers itself with each order.
600 copies without a publisher
The fear of every independent author: publishing and selling ten copies to relatives. The result depends on how the book is designed, starting with the cover.
If the book also has to bring clients to your business, the design changes again: a cover that promises a precise benefit, paths back to you inside the text. How it works: a book that brings clients.
Rights, earnings, timing: every author's questions
Do the rights stay mine? Yes, if you publish from your own author account.
How much do I earn per copy? Amazon keeps the print cost and a percentage of the sale; the rest goes to the author. The exact figure depends on cover price, pages and format: it is calculated before publishing, so the cover price is set with the numbers in front of you.
How long does it take? The date is set in the quote, in writing. The biggest variable is the state of the manuscript: if it is final you start, if it is "almost done" everything stretches. Timelines for other materials are in how long does design take.
The first step if the manuscript is ready
The Feasibility Analysis costs $147: we look at the manuscript and the goal of the book, then tell you in writing what we would do, at what cost and with what realistic expectations. If the project goes ahead, the $147 is deducted from the deposit. The full packages are described in books.
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