HOW MUCH?
Three years ago we had to increase our standard package price to £449.
That price still stands today although many authors pay less. Details are summarised below and if you have completed some of the preparatory work the price is likely to be lower. We time all our work at the rate of £30 an hour so your invoice will be the lower of our package price of £449, or will be based on our hourly rate, plus any extras for which you opt which are listed below.
As we are a very small company, you get the benefit of your book being dealt with throughout by one of our two partners. You also benefit by us being small, as, under present regulations, VAT is not payable on our fee, or on the purchase of books from us.
We feel our standard package to be very competitive, but why not compare our prices to those of other self-publishing companies? But please be sure to jot down our web address to return to 'Farthings' web page as in most cases we find we are cheaper than the competition.
Our web address is http://www.farthings-publishing.com
Our £449 package includes:
Accepting and assessing your manuscript.
Sending you a copy of a book we have previously published if you wish to have an idea of the finished product.
Processing your manuscript into book form. This includes agreeing with you a book size, converting your manuscript to this size and formatting the entire book to meet bookshop standards.
Adding up to 6 photographs/graphics.
Supplying and adding an ISBN both to interior and by barcode to the rear cover.
Designing three, full colour book covers from which you can choose. Alternatively, at extra cost we will provide additional optional covers. Or, if you prefer, you can use your own designer for whom we can provide exact cover measurements and requirements but in this case you will be responsible for their fee.
Providing you with a professionally printed proof copy of your book for you to check. This will also enable us to check our technical layout.
After we have made any final corrections which you (or we!) identify from your proof copy - correcting these is included in the price - we will upload all files to our printer who will then be in a position to print as many (or as few) books as you require. From one copy upwards to a million can be printed. The price per book reduces with quantity.
Your book will be published and printed to professional bookshop standards.
The finished product will normally be a soft-backed book with a full colour, gloss laminated cover, complete with ISBN number. You can opt for a hard cover version of your book, or one with a full colour interior if you prefer. Full colour throughout are more expensive; hardbacks are more expensive and take longer to arrive as they are printed and bound abroad.
We will then send you a fully bound copy of your book together with an invoice for the balance owing to Farthings. Under present guidelines VAT is not payable. If you decide to order books from us these will be invoiced separately, and you can reorder over at least the following 12 months.
If you decide to go ahead:
If you are new to Farthings and instruct s to publish and print your work, we will normally summarise your requirements by letter and ask you to sign one copy by way of agreement. A deposit of £150 is usually asked from new Farthings authors, with the balance of the fee being payable on completion of the work.
Book orders:
Without obligation, you can order from us as few or as many copies of your book as you require, from 1 upwards. We will provide you with a quote for various quantities as part of your balance invoice for the publishing work we have undertaken. The average cost is around £6 a book, plus postage, but this can vary upwards or downwards as prices depend on format, page count, book size and type of binding. Quantity discount for book purchase is given, which rises the more books you order.
Manuscripts:
We prefer manuscripts to be submitted to us online by e-mail, or by mail by CD, memory stick etc.
Copyright of your book contents remains yours at all times.
Our fee includes all preparation, digital typesetting, formatting, layout and design of a plain text manuscript of up to 100,000 words, and a cover design. You may include up to 6 photos/graphics within our package price for the interior of your book.
There will be a percentage supplement for books of over 100,000 words; or for more graphics than 6; or in cases where manuscripts are submitted typed (ie not on computer), or are handwritten, or in cases where interviews are needed for us to tape record your book, from which we will then type the manuscript and proceed to lay out your book.
However, in all cases a guaranteed maximum price will be quoted to you at the outset as soon as we know your requirements. This is without any obligation on your part to proceed.
Also remember, at the time this web site is being updated (January 2021), no VAT is payable on our fees or on the purchase of print copies of your book.
Extras which may be charged:
If you require any of the following the cost will be additional to the cost of our standard package.
Photographs/graphics (in excess of the 6 which are included in our package) for scanning, improving, sizing, cropping, aligning, and placing and adding captions - £5 each.
Typing into computer from audio tape or typed document, £20 an hour or pro rata.
Typing from fully legible handwritten manuscript, £20 an hour or pro rata
Typing Poetry or tabulated work - £20 an hour or pro rata
Proof-reading, editing and correction is normally included in our fee. When your book is nearing completion will will send you a pdf file to allow you to check layout and presentation yourself. When you have checked this we will make any necessary amendments before a proper printed proof copy is ordered for you. At that stage any further amendments should be very minor and of a layout nature.
Interviewing (to record your story for subsequent publication) - £20 an hour plus travel expenses if travel above 20 miles total per return journey is involved.
Estimates are provided on request and without obligation.
If you have any queries please contact us initially through our CONTACT US page on this web site, or direct to enquiries@farthings.org.uk, or dgfowler@gmail.com
We shall be pleased to advise you without any obligation on your part.
And we aim to be friendly. We do not bite!!
