Thursday, March 18, 2010
The costs of independent publishing
For those who are interested, here are the breakdowns of the costs of self-publishing my tome.
Writing/revising/finalising the book:
4 years; £0.00 (costs of medications and alcohol excluded)
Preparing the book webpage:
1 week; £0.00 (I love coding websites)
Formatting the book for hardcover publication:
3 days; £25.00 (the cost of two books for proofing)
Formatting the book for eBook publication:
2 hours; £0.00
Preparing the cover:
2 days; £0.00 (maybe spend some cash on this in due course)
Cost of distribution packages:
£0.00 (no need for an ISBN with my distribution channels)
Publishing hardcopy (lulu.com):
2 hours; £0.00 (did the process twice)
Publishing eBook (smashwords.com):
1 hour; £0.00
Promotional spend/budget:
£0.00 (ain't got no cash to spend on promotion)
Total cost: £25.00
Writing/revising/finalising the book:
4 years; £0.00 (costs of medications and alcohol excluded)
Preparing the book webpage:
1 week; £0.00 (I love coding websites)
Formatting the book for hardcover publication:
3 days; £25.00 (the cost of two books for proofing)
Formatting the book for eBook publication:
2 hours; £0.00
Preparing the cover:
2 days; £0.00 (maybe spend some cash on this in due course)
Cost of distribution packages:
£0.00 (no need for an ISBN with my distribution channels)
Publishing hardcopy (lulu.com):
2 hours; £0.00 (did the process twice)
Publishing eBook (smashwords.com):
1 hour; £0.00
Promotional spend/budget:
£0.00 (ain't got no cash to spend on promotion)
Total cost: £25.00
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