Our aim is to make it really simple: to charge one price, for one job that won't change if the spec doesn't change.
Full Photographic Service
£65 an hour
£300 per day, location
£500 per day Studio, all prices plus VAT
Graphic Design
£50 an hour plus VAT
Book design and publishing
£299 + £150 (+vat)
This price includes a unique ISBN, EAN barcode so you can sell in the retail trade, registration with the bibliographic services, making your book available via Amazon.
You supply your book in a Word document, laid out, sized up and ready to print, and we will convert it for the printers. Covers and any images should be hi res. The cost of print is additional.
An extra £50 gets your book into print with your first 4 books (up to 100,000 words, black only)
Text Only Starter Pack @ £795 + vat. This package is ideal for text only books and might include a novel, anthology, biography, even autobiography. It is also tailored towards academics looking to publish their work for research points. You supply text that is ready to go, in electronic format, and we will provide full colour cover designs for the front & back based on your ideas, including image(s) and text; internal page layouts; electronic proofs; opportunities for final amendments; preparation of artwork for the printer and all the print management. We issue an ISBN and EAN bar code, so that it can be sold in the retail book trade, arrange legal deposits and registration with bibliographic services, as well as listing on Amazon. We will give you continuous support via email, phone or face-to-face.
Text & Images @ £950 + vat. For books with text and images placed in sections, in colour or black only. This package also includes the same service, cover design, layout, proofs, ISBN and EAN bar code, print ready artwork, deposits and registration with bibliographic services and Amazon as above. You will need to supply fully edited and proof read text electronically with images supplied as hi-res jpgs or Tiffs at 300dpi, in separate files, on a disc or other electronic format - images should not be embedded in the text.
Intermediate package @ £1,450 + vat. This package gives you all of the above, plus placing of images throughout the book, making it an ideal package for a full colour, illustrated book. Images should be supplied electronically in separate files. Tables, graphs or other variations of illustrations can also be included but have a chat with us first about format. We will also shoot an original image for your front cover.
Tricorn Plus @ £1,950 + vat. For those who want support with marketing material, which might include producing artwork for adverts, posters, flyers or posters. A professional press release will also be prepared under your instruction. Up to 40 images can be scanned, copied or photographed - might even include an up-to-date author portrait.
Tricorn Gold @ £5,000 + vat. The full monty! In addition to all the above, we will design, populate & launch a website for you to use and update as a marketing and sales tool. We will also proof read & copy edit your work so you don't have to worry about any possible typos - and produce pre publication complimentary copies.
We are open and transparent in those prices with hourly rates and offers cited on our websites. You can also check out our online price calculator for text only books: http://www.tricornbooks.co.uk/gallery.html
