We publish books and booklets; in black & white and full color, from 8 to 828 pages of text, or text and images. In addition to this, we'll give you detailed instructions on how to format your book for printing using the Press-Ready PDF standard and we'll coach you through the entire project. If you don't already have your book cover we can also design one for you. We'll provide the ISBN number and Barcode and can even set-up a webpage to help promote your book.

Using your correctly formatted Press-Ready PDF files (one for the interior and one for the cover) it is possible to publish your paperback or hardback book in as little as ten business days. If the book is perfect, you could then place an order for one or as many books as you want. You'll have your book order in about 15 business days—depending on holidays, weekends, etc. Plan your events accordingly. Remember you can always place another order and have your order shipped to your specified destination.

And how much will it all cost? Less than you might expect!   Price examples below are for orders under 25 copies and do not include sales tax (tax not applied if you have a resale license), or shipping costs.

Note: For 26 copies or more a quantity discount applies.

* Paperback and Hardback Title Set-up Fee: Fee is based on page count, type, trim size and includes:

~ ISBN and Barcode
~ Review of your text files
~ PreFlight review on your Cover and Interior Press-Ready PDFs
~ Title submission to Bowkerlink Books-in-Print

In most cases our review process takes a few days. If your PDFs are correct we'll advise you and submit your files. If we discover layout or formatting errors we will advise you so that you can make the appropriate adjustments in your original document and submit a new PDF.

(Set-up Fee does not include any layout adjustments, corrections, or design work.)

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Book Covers and Ad Copy:

Cover Layout & Design Services or Creating Ad Copy~ $45.00 each half hour, plus cost of photos purchased (if needed). We can create a professional cover for your book from your text and files, this includes the front/back covers and spine. Design time will depend on the complexity of your cover. You supply the back cover text, then we will take your layout ideas and spice them up, so your book "jumps off the shelf".

Below are a few layout examples. Sign up for the Toolkit Section to see 42 additional book cover layout ideas.
Note: layout & design of your book cover is usually more than an hour.

Two Special Offers:

Two Special Offers for the Author's First Title (published through Robertson Publishing)

1. We'll setup your book for Full Distribution and submit your First Title with Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Ingram, and Baker & Taylor, free for the first year. After the first year a $25.00 annual fee will apply to continue listing of your title.

2. We'll also give you 100 Free Business Cards, Bookmarks, or Postcards to help you with your sales and marketing efforts. This special offer is for your first title only. ($20.00 set-up fee applies.) Additional marketing materials can be purchased at our discounted author price.

Author's Webpage:

We'll Design One Basic Webpage, Free ~ (Hosting fee will apply)

To support publicity, marketing, and sales, we will design one basic webpage for our authors at No Charge. This page will contain book description and picture, the author's bio and photo, plus purchasing information. Add this web reference to all your sales materials. Annual hosting fee of $36.00 will apply.

Webpage Extras: Web Photos and Text, or add'l Webpages

Additional photos and/or text can be added to your main webpage or additional webpages (for sample chapters, etc.) can be designed and cross-linked to your main webpage.
* Webpage or Photo editing $30.00 per 1/2 hour.
* Each additional webpage layout $45.00 (max 2 pages).

Digital Catalog ~ $25 for each ISBN, (12 month listing). (Listing for full distribution with US distribution partners Barnes & Noble, Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and Amazon.com and International distribution partners e.g. Bertrams, Gardners.)

This service must be requested at initial set-up, and can be renewed annually.
We'll list your title with the largest wholesalers, retailers and distributors in the book industry. The annual fee provides standardized BISAC subject coding with up to three subject categories, detailed title listings in all daily catalogs provided to US, UK and International distribution partners, title summary (annotation), and cover image preparation. Ongoing changes and updates in price and/or discount are also included. Publishers may remove a title at anytime, but there will be no pro-ration of the digital catalog fee.

Inclusion in Ingram's Printed Catalogs ~ $75 for each catalog inclusion. (This monthly catalog is distributed to over 17,000 booksellers and libraries around the world)

This service must be requested at initial set-up and title can be listed in additional catalogs if requested.
Titles are eligible to be included in the catalog on a monthly basis. With this marketing service, Ingram will produce a short paragraph describing the title. Retail pricing information, and a black & white cover image will also be included. Titles submitted will appear in the catalog 3 to 4 months after the request so plan accordingly.

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