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Please note that our service fees are for
printing, editing, book design, and
distribution. Marketing services are a specially
priced package based on your need when it comes
to marketing your book. If your book is selected
for publishing by Starving Writers Publishing
then marketing services are included. If you
need marketing services only then Truesource
Marketing the firm that handles everything for
Truesource Publishing and a division of
Truesource Media Services will quote you a price
based on your needs when it comes to public
relations on your product. Contact
marketing@truesourcemedia.com
for more information or
Printing Services
We set up your book to be printed in paperback
or hardback and set the printing price for each
book to be purchased at from
TruesourcePublishing. The printing package
included the set up costs for printing your
books and one copy of the book.
Printing services cost $125.00
Editing Services
We edit by page and it’s based on the total page
count of your manuscript which is sized at 8 x
11.5 inches (regular paper size. When we edit
something we are not editing the actual page
count go the book once it’s been designed and
the layout size has been established.
Editing services cost $3.50 a page.
Distribution services
Our Distribution includes an ISBN number so your
book can be distributed through bookstores and
book dealers. We distribute through any
organization that will distribute books. Part of
the distribution package includes setting a
standard discount of 55% off the retail price (a
regular discount) on all books that we
distribute. We can distribute the book through
Starving Writers Books as long as you have a
good whole price for the book which is 35% to
40% off the book. We will submit your book
through distribution channels using your
marketing package for the book. If you need us
to create a marketing package for you in order
to distribute your book there will be an extra
$30.00 charge for us to create once. Our
Distribution channels are…
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Ingram Books
Baker and Taylor
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.UK
Bertram’s Books
Anderson Merchandising |
Cypher
Gardner Books
Matthews Medical
NACSCORPS
Spring Arbor
Hudson News Group |
Barnes and Nobles
Borders
Books a Million
Hastings Book Music and Video
Starving Writers Books
Indie Books inc. |
Our Distribution service is $100.00
Design Services
We can design your book including the interior
layout and the book cover. We set the margins
and page count of the book as well as place the
text and pictures in the proper place so the
book will be competitive with other books
designed by other publishers. The book has to
look professional so it can be distributed
properly and this is what our design services do
– we are professionals when it comes to the
design of your book so therefore your book will
have a professional look to it when it’s ready
to distribute. Our design services cost
$200.00 – this is for the cover and the
interior. If you just need the book cover or
interior of the book designed its $100.00
for each one.
Our design services cost $200.00
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Cover -$100.00
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Interior - $100.00
Illustrations
Part of our service is hiring someone to do
concept art or illustrations for your book. This
includes artwork for the book cover and
illustrations for the interior. If all you need
is someone to do artwork for you then we can
provide that service to you by finding true
professionals in this field in order to make
your work the best it can be- to make it a
professional product. If all you need is artwork
for the book cover then our charge for this
service is $100.00. Also for the service
of artwork there will be a supply charge of
$25.00 for the illustrator. The charge for
the artwork service are based on the number of
illustrations you need.
Book cover - $100.00
Supply Charge -$25.00
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4-6 illustrations |
$150.00 |
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7-15 illustrations |
$250.00 |
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15-25 illustrations |
$375.00 |
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26-40 illustrations |
$475.00 |
Service packages for the Partners Program
If you need more than one service and would
like to advantage of one of our packages that
combine all of our services then try our
Partners Program . By combining our services
into one big package you can still publish your
book through a partnership with us. Set your
title up with us to be published and after 600
copies of your book have been sold you receive a
Starving Writers Rebate matching your set up
costs. WE GIVE YOU MONEY BACK. All you have to
do is work with us to determine your level of
success. Once you have sold 600 copies of your
book you have started your book on to the road
of success so we reward you by giving you money
back, the same amount of money you paid us to
set the title up. Our packages are based on the
page count of the book. One price is based on a
book with illustration
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100-250 pages |
$165.00 |
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100-250 pages
(illustrations) |
$200.00 |
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Color Books with pictures 4-100
pages |
$200.00 |
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251-500 pages |
$180.00 |
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251-500 pages (illustrations) |
$230.00 |
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501-740 pages |
$200.00 |
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501-740 pages (illustrations) |
$250.00 |
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Poetry Books 100-300 pages
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$150.00 |
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Poetry Books 100-300 pg.
(illustrations) |
$175.00 |
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