"Book design is the art of incorporating the content, style, format, design, and sequence of the various components and elements of a book into a coherent unit." From the Wikipedia page on book design
No Surprises Book Design Pricing
While not all costs can be accurately estimated in advance, most can.
A defined basic cost and clearly outlined extra cost items let you know in advance what you will be spending for your book.
Black-and-White interior text-based book for printing with Ingram Spark or Amazon KDP
Professional page layout using your edited text.
Assistance uploading your book to Ingram Spark or Amazon KDP
Interior page layout cost: $425 for first 275 pages
- Additional pages at $2.00 per page
- Cover design for Amazon printing with KDP or Ingram Spark using your image or stock image graphics - add $150.
- To also create as an e-book for Amazon KDP: add $150.
Black and White interior text based book for printing with Ingram Spark or Amazon KDP
Professional page layout using your edited text.
Simple cover design at no extra cost using stock graphics or your own picture
Assistance uploading your book to Ingram Spark or Amazon KDP
- Additional pages at $2.00 per page
24-50 page full color interior childrens book or graphic novel formatted for printing with Ingram Spark or Amazon KDP
Professional page layout using your edited text for interior text and using graphics supplied by author.
Cover design using author supplied graphics
Assistance uploading your book to Ingram Spark or Amazon KDP
Image Cost: $3.50 per image for resizing, and other simple manipulation of supplied digital images.
ebook in KDP or epub format
formatting your edited text in KDP or epub format
add $75 for Cover design using image you supply
All Book Design Projects Include
- Page layout to format your nonfiction, novel, poetry, or children's book for printing using Amazon KDP.
- Zoom remote support for design discussion.
- Finalized and in-progress layouts provided for review and approval.
- Most simple format adjustments or corrections are included in basic price.
- Information and assistance with uploading your book to Amazon KDP or Ingram Spark.
- Extensive revisions, such as substantial changes to the text after page layout, will be an additional cost of $45 an hour.
Covers
Many self-published authors contract with a cover designer for their book cover.
If you don't have a cover designer, we can provide cover designs using your art or purchased stock art and your back-cover text. The starting cost for a simple cover design is $150.00. Final cost may be more or less depending on the design, number of revisions, and cost of any purchased stock art.
What About formatting for both Ingram Spark and KDP?
While the interior design requirements are basically the same for Amazon and Ingram printed books, The cover requirements are different between printers and cover types.
Our standard cover pricing includes formatting a cover for printing using Ingram Spark or Amazon KDP. The cover formatting paperback and hard cover are also different. This requires a separate cover file to be created for each cover type and printer. As a general rule, formatting for extra cover styles will add $75 each to the cost for the project.