Sample Quotes

The following book design quotes are examples only and may not reflect the actual price of your project. Please complete the quote request form and I will send you a firm quote for your book design.

The quote you receive is based on your specifications and the final price will not be more than the quote, unless you change your specifications midway through the project. If your project runs under-time you will only be charged for the actual time spent.

Yes I would like a FREE guaranteed quote on my book design. Quotes are guaranteed; you will not be charged more than the quoted price so long as the job doesn't change.

Design examples

Cover Design for Paperback

Example Price 1

This first example is the simplest. It assumes that you have chosen your cover image and it is essentially a single image that does not require photo manipulation. All text will be laid out but does not require extensive treatments.

Design: 2 hours

Layout: 2 hours

Proofs: 1 hour

Changes: 1 hour

Make ready for printer: 1 hour

Total hours 7 at $50.00 per hour

$350.00

Shipping

$40.00

Barcode

$15.00

Total

$405.00

Applicable taxes not included.

 

Includes

Up to three rough sketches or layouts

Full colour mock-up

Full colour front, back and spine to your size specifications

High resolution files shipped to your printer in PDF format

All rights to your book design

Client provides

Text in digital format (WordPerfect, MS Word or other)

Graphics and images in digital format (photographs 300 ppi at book size, CMYK or greyscale, lineart 1200 ppi at book size, vector art in Illustrator or EPS format)

Contact information for your printer

Possible additional costs

Scans: sheet $20.00, transparencies $40.00

Image adjustment and manipulation in Photoshop
$50.00 per hour

Yes I would like a FREE guaranteed quote on my book design. Quotes are guaranteed; you will not be charged more than the quoted price so long as the job doesn't change.

Design examples

Example Price 2

This example is typical. It assumes you haven't yet settled on a cover image so we need to do some searching and brainstorming to settle on a cover idea. Time is included for some moderate image manipulation and more extensive text treatments.

Design: 3 hours

Layout: 5 hours

Photo manipulation: 1 hour

Proofs: 1 hour

Changes: 3 hours

Make ready for printer: 1 hour

Total hours 14 at $50.00 per hour

$700.00

Shipping

$40.00

Barcode

$15.00

Total

$755.00

Applicable taxes not included.

 

Includes

Up to three rough sketches or layouts

Full colour mock-up

Full colour front, back and spine to your size specifications

High resolution files shipped to your printer in PDF format

All rights to your book design

Client provides

Text in digital format (WordPerfect, MS Word or other)

Graphics and images in digital format (photographs 300 ppi at book size, CMYK or greyscale, lineart 1200 ppi at book size, vector art in Illustrator or EPS format)

Contact information for your printer

Possible additional costs

Scans: sheet $20.00, transparencies $40.00

Image adjustment and manipulation in Photoshop
$50.00 per hour

Yes I would like a FREE guaranteed quote on my book design. Quotes are guaranteed; you will not be charged more than the quoted price so long as the job doesn't change.

Design examples

Cover Design for Hardcover

Remember that this is an example only and may not reflect the actual price of your project. Please complete the quote request form and I will send you a firm quote on your project.

Example Price

Cover jacket design: 3 hours

Cover jacket Layout: 5 hours

Cover photo manipulation: 1 hour

Cover layout: 1 hour (this is usually just the title on the hard cover area and the information on the spine, usually gilded)

Proofs: 1 hour

Changes: 3 hours

Make-ready for printer: 1 hour

Total hours 15 at $50.00 per hour

$750.00

Barcode

$15.00

Shipping

$40.00

Total

$805.00

Applicable taxes not included.

 

Includes

Up to three rough sketches or layouts

Full colour mock-up

Full colour dust jacket front, back and spine to your size specifications

Front, back and spine with foil stamp layout

High resolution files shipped to your printer in PDF format

All rights to your book design

Client provides

Text in digital format (WordPerfect, MS Word or other)

Graphics and images in digital format (photographs 300 ppi at book size, CMYK or greyscale, lineart 1200 ppi at book size, vector art in Illustrator or EPS format)

Contact information for your printer

Possible additional costs

Scans: sheet $20.00, transparencies $40.00

Image adjustment and manipulation in Photoshop
$50.00 per hour

Yes I would like a FREE guaranteed quote on my book design. Quotes are guaranteed; you will not be charged more than the quoted price so long as the job doesn't change.

Design examples

Interior Simple Page Book Design
(based on 224 pages, novel format)

Remember that this is an example only and may not reflect the actual price of your project. Please complete the quote request form and I will send you a firm quote on your project.

Example Price

Design: 3 hours

Typeset 224 pages: 4 hours

Copywrite and title page: 1 hour

Proofs: 1 hour

Changes: 3 hours

Make-ready for printer: 1 hour

Total hours 13 at $50.00 per hour

$650.00

Shipping

$40.00

Total

$690.00

Applicable taxes not included.

 

Includes

Up to three rough layouts

Mock-up to specifications for proofing

Typesetting and layout of all pages

High resolution files shipped to your printer in PDF format

All rights to your book design

Client provides

Manuscript in digital format (WordPerfect, MS Word or other)

Contact information for your printer

Possible additional costs

Indexing $5.25 per page

Scans: sheet $20.00 each, transparencies $40.00 each

Placing images $5.00 each, converting files $20.00 each

Image adjustment and manipulation in Photoshop
$50.00 per hour

Yes I would like a FREE guaranteed quote on my book design. Quotes are guaranteed; you will not be charged more than the quoted price so long as the job doesn't change.

Design examples

Interior Complex Book Design
(images, charts, special text formatting, based on 224 pages)

Remember that this is an example only and may not reflect the actual price of your project. Please complete the quote request form and I will send you a firm quote on your book design.

Example Price

Design: 7 hours

Typeset 224 pages: 9 hours

Placing 15 images: 2 hours

Footnotes: 2 hours

Indexing: 3 hours (This assumes that the indexing has already been done and codes inserted in the manuscript text. Full indexing will be quoted separately.)

Proofs: 1 hour

Changes: 7 hours

Make-ready for printer: 1 hour

Total hours 32 at $50.00 per hour

$1600.00

Shipping

$40.00

Total

$1640.00

Applicable taxes not included.

 

Includes

Up to three rough layouts

All pages to your specifications (1 colour)

Mock-up to specifications for proofing

Typesetting and layout of all pages

High resolution files shipped to your printer in PDF format

All rights to your book design

Client provides

Manuscript in digital format (WordPerfect, MS Word or other)

Images in digital format (300 ppi greyscale), charts in usable format (EPS)

Contact information for your printer

Possible additional costs

Indexing $5.25 per page

Scans: sheet $20.00 each, transparencies $40.00 each

Placing additional images $5.00 each, converting files $20.00 each

Typesetting charts $50.00 per hour

Image adjustment and manipulation in Photoshop
$50.00 per hour

Yes I would like a FREE guaranteed quote on my book design. Quotes are guaranteed; you will not be charged more than the quoted price so long as the job doesn't change.

Design examples

Interior Complex Book Design: every page laid out (multicolumn, magazine style, cook books, colour, based on 224 pages)

Remember that this is an example only and may not reflect the actual price of your project. Please complete the quote request form and I will send you a firm quote on your project.

Example Price

Design: 9 hours

Typeset 224 pages: 18 hours

Place 30 images: 4 hours

Place 20 callout texts: 3 hours

Footnotes: 2 hours

Indexing: 3 hours (This assumes that the indexing has already been done and codes inserted in the manuscript text. Full indexing will be quoted separately.)

Proofs: 2 hours

Changes: 10 hours

Make-ready for printer: 2 hour

Total hours 53 hours at $50.00

$2650.00

Shipping

$40.00

Total

$2690.00

Applicable taxes not included.

 

Includes

Up to three rough layouts

All pages to your specifications (1 colour through 4 colour)

Mock-up to speck for proofing

Typesetting and layout of all pages

High resolution files shipped to your printer in PDF format

All rights to your book design

Client provides

Manuscript in digital format (WordPerfect, MS Word or other)

Images in digital format (300 ppi CMYK or greyscale),
charts in usable format (EPS)

Contact information for your printer

Possible additional costs

Indexing $5.25 per page

Scans: sheet $20.00 each, transparencies $40.00 each

Placing additional images $5.00 each, converting files $20.00 each

Typesetting charts $50.00 per hour

Image adjustment and manipulation in Photoshop
$50.00 per hour

Yes I would like a FREE guaranteed quote on my book design. Quotes are guaranteed; you will not be charged more than the quoted price so long as the job doesn't change.

Design examples

Full colour children's book design
(based on 24 pages)

Remember that this is an example only and may not reflect the actual price of your project. Please complete the quote request form and I will send you a firm quote for your book design.

Example Price

Design: 11 hours

Cover layout: 5 hours

24 interior pages full layout: 7 hours

22 images placed: 2 hours

Proofs: 2 hours

Changes: 5 hours

Make-ready for printer: 2 hours

Total time 34 hours at $50.00 per hour

$1700.00

Shipping

$40.00

ISBN barcode

$15.00

Total

$1755.00

Applicable taxes not included.

 

Includes

Up to three rough layouts

Full colour mock-up

Cover, spine and back in full colour to your specifications

Inside pages also in full colour and fully laid out

Full colour mock-up to speck for proofing

Typesetting and layout of all pages

High resolution files shipped to your printer in PDF format

All rights to your book design

Client provides

Manuscript in digital format (WordPerfect, MS Word or other)

Images in digital format (300 ppi CMYK or greyscale, 1200 ppi line drawings)

Contact information for your printer

Possible additional costs

Scans: sheet $20.00 each, transparencies $40.00 each

Placing additional images $5.00 each, converting files $20.00 each

Image adjustment and manipulation in Photoshop
$50.00 per hour

Yes I would like a FREE guaranteed quote on my book design. Quotes are guaranteed; you will not be charged more than the quoted price so long as the job doesn't change.

Design examples

A small note about taxes

Taxes are inevitable but in this particular case there probably aren't any. In Canada we have both Federal and Provincial taxes. On work that I do for customers outside of Canada neither apply — so no tax. You may be subject to tax assessed by the government where you reside.

If you are a resident of Canada then GST applies. You may also be subject to tax assessed by your province of residence. I am based in British Columbia so I will not be charging those taxes, if any. If you reside in British Columbia then PST applies but graphic design work is exempt as long as it's not accompanied with printed material not including proof copies — so no tax.

So to recap, the only tax I will charge is GST and then only if you are a resident of Canada. It will be up to you to disclose the sale to your government of residence for tax purposes.

     

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