How much does it cost to publish a book at your own expense?
Everyone is familiar with personal publishing now, especially in recent years, the publishing market is extremely hot, and more and more people begin to write in their spare time and then publish books. Personal publishing can not only prove one's literary attainments, but also publicize one's personal brand or corporate culture through publishing books, which can not only improve one's reputation, but also help one's own enterprise.
As long as your manuscript is submitted to the publishing house for review after completion, as long as the publishing house does not reject it, you can publish the book. The book number is the first consideration in publishing books, because more and more people are publishing books at their own expense, and more and more people are preparing to publish books because publishing houses have strict requirements for publishing books at public expense. But now the book number is tight, so if it can be published, the main problem is the book number.
The biggest factor that determines the publishing cost of a book is the book number and printing. To prepare a book, you must first buy the book number. If the book number is about 20 thousand to 40 thousand, if it is from the book number, it will be cheaper, and a few thousand dollars will be enough. Therefore, the difference in the publishing cost of a book is still relatively large.
Self-funded book publishing process
1, the choice of ISBN. At present, there are single book numbers and series numbers commonly used. The cost of choosing different book numbers is different, but each has its own advantages and disadvantages. A single book number means that each book is an independent and unique book number, which can be sold at a separate price; The serial number needs to be sold together with the whole set of books, and it is not allowed to be sold at a separate price. In terms of price, the single book number is about 3W, and the serial number is about 6000. In the printing cycle, a single book number can be printed at any time, while the serial number needs to be printed with the same batch of books.
2. Typesetting, checking and proofreading of manuscripts. This part of the expenses cannot be omitted. In order to publish the book neatly, the publishing house needs to typeset the manuscript provided by the author, modify the wrong sentences and unsmooth sentences of the article, and then the final revision will cost money; Depending on the number of words in the manuscript, the typesetting review and arrangement process of the manuscript will cost thousands to tens of thousands of yuan.
3. Printing and publishing. According to the requirements of the author's early communication with the publishing house on printing quantity and paper quality, the final cost is determined in detail. Generally, the greater the printing volume, the less the average cost of each book, and the printing cost is around several thousand yuan.
These are the basic expenses of personal publishing. If you want books to be sold normally in the market, the above steps cannot be omitted. Of course, if the author publishes the book for other purposes, the specific problems can also be analyzed in detail.