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The following packages are intended as guidelines. They may be a perfect fit for your requirements, or they may provide a starting point for discussing a custom set of design and production guidelines. Either way, you can count on Ikon to provide a firm price and delivery schedule up front, and guarantee that the quoted costs will be the real costs.

Packages
The following samples are based on a finished book size of 5.5” X 8.5” and 150 pages plus cover, or 150 manuscript pages (approx 300 words per page). Fill out our Free Consultation & Estimate Request Form to get a quote and suggestions for a custom package. 

NOTE: Costs in Canadian Dollars. Click here for US pricing.

A) Standard  

Your finished manuscript needs careful detailed editing, fact-checking and professional polish.

  • Copyediting and proofreading package

  • Cover design and inside typographic design

  • Production-ready layout and typography

  • ISBN registration and bar code generation

  • Cover printing on 12-point coated stock with 4-color process and full UV protective coating

  • Inside pages printed with high-resolution digital process on 60 lb. archival quality acid-free book stock

  • Perfect binding and trim

  • Packed in boxes  

Costs (CAN)

Editorial and design services: 

$2,160.00

Production set up and pre-printing costs

$670.00

Printing and binding of up to 500 copies
in lots of 100, per copy

$6.70 ea   

B) Comprehensive  

Your finished or unfinished manuscript needs experienced editorial suggestions on structure and style, careful detailed editing, fact-checking and professional polish.

  • Full editorial support (basic substantive edit* and full copyediting and proofreading).

  • Cover design and inside typographic design

  • Production-ready layout and typography

  • ISBN registration and bar code generation

  • Cover printing on 12-point coated stock with 4-color process and full UV protective coating

  • Inside pages printed with high-resolution digital process on 60 lb. archival quality acid-free book stock

  • Perfect binding and trim

  • Packed in boxes

  • Development of promotional website including domain name registration and uploading to hosting service, with 1 year hosting  

  • Development of promotional email blast or bookmark

  • Short press release for booksellers

  • Submission to Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com, above press release and cover scan for those websites

* For a Full substantive edit, price is based on author's requirements and partial reading of a manuscript. See editorial page for details.
   
Costs (CAN)

Editorial and design services: 

$2,880.00

Production set up and pre-printing costs

$800.00

Printing and binding of 1000 copies

$6.05 ea   

Website domain and 1 year hosting

$160.00

Author website--design and production

$1,340.00

Ad or promotional item--design and artwork only

$540.00

C) Library

  • As in A) except bound in traditional hardcover with 4-color dust jacket design and printing.

Costs (CAN)

Editorial and design services: 

$2,160.00

Production set up and pre-printing costs

$400.00

Printing and binding of up to 500 copies
in lots of 100, per copy

$12.00 ea   

D) DIY (Do-it-yourself)

You have a finished, edited manuscript and will edit and proofread yourself.

  • No editing - author will proofread the text.

  • Cover design and inside typographic design

  • Production-ready layout and typography

  • ISBN registration and bar code generation

  • Cover printing on 12- point coated stock with 4-color process and full UV protective coating

  • Inside pages printed with high- resolution digital process on 60 lb. archival quality acid- free book stock

  • Perfect binding and trim

  • Packed in boxes  

Costs (CAN)

Design services: 

$1080.00

Production set up and pre-printing costs

$670.00

Printing and binding of up to 500 copies
in lots of 100, per copy

$6.70 ea   

 

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