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Book Editing Prices

You can find out more about our editing services and our editors.

Prices for an Australian manuscript assessor
$120 +GST for up to 5,000 words
$400 +GST for up to 40,000 words
$500 +GST for up to 100,000 words
$825 +GST for up to 150,000 words

Prices for an Australian proofreader or editor
$88 inc GST per hour

The time required depends on your manuscript, but may be in the following range:

2–4 hours for up to 5,000 words $160–$320+GST
10–27 hours for up to 40,000 words $800–$2,160+GST
25–67 hours for up to 100,000 words $2,000–$5,360+GST
40–107 hours for up to 160,000 words $3,200–$8,560+GST

Proofreading is likely to be on the lighter side, and line editing, which involves some rewriting and commenting, may be on the heavier side. To find out which your manuscript needs, please go for a FREE quick look by one of our editors or a manuscript assessment of the first 5,000 words. The quick look involves a FREE 15-minute sample edit if your work is more than 30,000 words. Contact us


Cover design prices

Please visit our book cover design portfolio and view our book cover design packages for full details and prices.

Printed book + Ebook publishing prices

There are so many variables in managing a book publishing project. Your business situation and your book will determine what we need to do for you. We are flexible to offer complete publishing services (we do it all for you) as well as support you to do your own distribution. Below is a typical summary of a book design and ebook quote where we are going to support the author to do their own printing and distribution via print-on-demand and major ebook sellers. It combines book design and ebook conversion with publishing consultation. '+' symbol indicates where service costs can increase due to project parameters and length of book. The below prices would apply, with no increases, for a work of fiction or a simple memoir of up to 50,000 words with no images, tables or references.

Task and parameters

 

Price in AUD

(ex GST)

Project management: set-up, contract fee, work with ISBNs, book registrations and update book databases

 

$205+

Cover design for print and ebook: custom, bespoke front, spine and back designed just for your book. Includes 1 image we will source.

See cover design packages for other options

$595+

Printed book design: typesetting, layout proof-check and PDF print readiness

 

$820+

Ebook creation quality control and device compatibility testing

 

$299+

Print-on-demand consultation

$140

TOTAL (ex GST)
Nb. GST will be added to the total of each invoice made out to an Australian entity

 

$2,199

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