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Lets organize your book project.
Your Subject Matter
What's your topic/genre?
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Not sure? send us an excerpt.
What's your book/project title?
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Page Design
Do you need page design?
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Yes
No
Your Manuscript
Is your manuscript ready for formatting?
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Yes
No
We've been there! When will it be ready?
What is your proposed publication date?
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Words
Pages*
Costs**
per/50
/100
/250
25,000
83
$108
$215
$537
50,000
166
$142
$284
$710
80,000
266
$202
$404
$1010
120,000
400
$282
$565
$1412
*300 words per page
**(6 x 9) CreateSpace (09/2015)
The Size Of Your Book
Final word count?
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Printed Book size?
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Trade paper (6" x 9")
Mass Market (4⅜ x 7⅛)
Other
Other Size
Special Materials
Will you have Images?
Yes
No
How many images?
How many charts/tables (to be typeset)?
How many need captions (to be typeset)?
Typographic Finesse
We admire Robert Bringhurst,
"The Elements of Typographic Style"
Fix widows/orphans, bad line/word breaks, etc.
Keep it crude, unpolished
Fix the worst ones
Normal (fix most widows etc)
Bringhurst Perfecta, s'il vous plait
Check all that apply.
Wide/variable margins
Unusual line-breaks/formatting
Complex chapter openings
Sidebars/callouts
Inline quotes/excerpts
Inline iconography/code/glyphs
Foreign language fonts
Bibliography/index
Footnotes
Winged mythical beasts (animated)
Number of typographic items?
Number of Chapters?
eBook Version
I want to publish an eBook
Yes
No
I understand the formatting limitations
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Publishing the eBook will be managed by:
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The author.
I will select the vendor, (re-)format the final manuscript, submit it, order and review the proof(s), and make all publishing choices.
Both of us.
I will need guidance and some tasks done by small packages, but I want to do as much as I can, to save money and to learn.
small packages.
I need you to make recommendations, manage the formatting and submission, and to handle each step for me.
Special Instructions
Please add any other details that help us understand how simple or complex your project will be. Or tell us your special design concerns. Or anything else you think we might need to know.
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Cover Design
Do you need cover design?
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Yes
No
Creative Services
What are your creative needs?
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SOME
I have a title, cover texts, and images.
I have a firm idea of what I want.
I need production services, from concepts to finished art.
MANY
I have a title, some cover texts, and some images/ideas.
I need to co-evolve concepts.
I need all production services, from concepts to finished art.
ALL
I have a title.
I need complete creative direction and development.
I need all production services, from concepts to finished art.
Some (Fulfillment Services)
Many (Co-Development Services)
All (Complete Services)
Your Cover
Describe your cover ideas:
(500 chars left)
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Tell us what you DON'T WANT:
(500 chars left)
Optional: send us a sketch or image
I don't want to look "Self-Published."
I will need the following:
Professional, sourced (stock) photography
Original, professional, art-directed photography
Original high-resolution illustration
What Will Collaboration Be Like?
What Should We Expect?
Feed me, Seymour.
I need your professional and creative solutions.
I trust you, and will probably use anything you create.
Work with me.
I have my own ideas, but I know how to collaborate.
We'll move it forward with each of our 2-3 rounds of formal reviews/revisions.
I'm impossible.
I'm either indecisive, or I change my mind. I can't decide which.
But I'll know it when I see it.
Help me stay on track, indulge me some, and I won't drive you too crazy (4-5 rounds of revisions).
Bump up your estimate a bit, though so I won't worry about this—but apply a credit, too, for being self-aware.
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