So you've written a book, a precious lot of work that you can't wait for the world to see. Publishing a book - or at least attempting to - can be a painful experience, approaching publisher after publisher only to be slammed down until you only want to crawl away and hide. Well - Despair ends here. With modern digital printing methods you have every respectable chance to print a small run of your book to start with, as many or as little as you like, without the prohibitive setup costs of the old printing world. All 'Case study' costs are shown in New Zealand Dollars. Although I am in New Zealand I am able to work with you in any country. I do however recommend printing is done locally near you and i can liase with them just the same.

Case Study 1 Here is an example of cost, a case study on a recent book project. Title: 'A Very Different Drummer' Author: M.A. Holmes No. Words: 68,000 No. Pages: 268 (when printed) No. Copies: 100 First Run Original Form*: Typed paper Manuscript, 25 years old Work Needed: Stage 1: Scanning, OCR, Formatting, Print Wire-bound manuscript A4.(stage 1 may not be needed) $600 Stage 2: Proof + corrections, repeat proof and corrections x 3 $200 Stage 3: Lodge application for ISBN, add barcode + ISBN to book $60 Stage 4: Re-format to final size**, print 2 x bound galley-proof (no cover) $200 Stage 5: Design Cover, Meeting / discussion re cover design, adjust cover Design, Print Cover Proof. $200 Stage 6: Send files to printer, liase on adjustments / results. Stage 7: Print 100 copies, full colour cover, high gloss. 'perfect bound', cut. Shrink wrapped ready for distribution $1800

Case Study 2 Another example of cost. Title: 'The appearance of something useful' Subtitle:Famous NZ Junk Collections Author: J Smitsen No. Words: 40,000 No. Pages: 180 (when printed) No. Copies: 100 First Run Original Form*: MS-Word File, Images in place (on 12 pages). Work Needed: Stage 1: Strip Position Formatting,* Print B/W Wire-bound manuscript A4. (* strip formatting to double line space, 10pt Courier, re numbering A4) $200 Stage 2: Proof + corrections, repeat proof and corrections x 3 $200 Stage 3: Lodge application for ISBN, add barcode + ISBN to book $60 Stage 4: Re-format to final size**, re-match appendix, print 2 x bound galley-proof (no cover) $200 Stage 5: Design Cover, Meeting / discussion re cover design, adjust cover Design, Print Cover Proof. $200 Stage 6: Send files to printer, liase on adjustments / results. Stage 7: Print 100 copies, full colour cover, high gloss. 'perfect bound', cut. Shrink wrapped ready for distribution $1500