With your manuscript now completed and your book size selected, it’s time to have your manuscript contents formatted!
Have you typed your manuscript in MS Word? Are you finding it too stressful to work with? Or do you not have the time to complete the formatting process yourself?
Rates are applied at between $2.00 and $10.00 per page. (Depending on the layout structure and time involved). Your consultant will advise and can give you a locked-in quote.
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Formatting children’s picture books cost between $10.00 and $20.00 per page – up to 20 pages. Reduced rates apply if you have more than 20 pages.
Gold Coast City includes these suburbs, townships and rural localities of Advancetown, Alberton, Arundel, Ashmore, Austinville, Benowa, Biggera Waters, Bilinga, Bonogin, Broadbeach, Broadbeach Waters, Bundall, Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Waters, Carrara, Cedar Creek (part), Clagiraba, Clear Island Waters, Coolangatta, …
If you insist on having a service provided in a particular way, against our advice we will not be liable for the outcome with any complications within the files or their association in the marketplace. We may choose not to be acknowledged as the designer or publisher.
Page Count: Ensure that your word count equals as close as possible to your page size. Readers that buy books expect approx 500 words on an A4 manuscript page, approx 200 words to an A5 size page and 100 words on an A6 size page.
It is not good practice as an author to attempt to fool readers by asking us to place lots of blank spaces and/or blank pages when working with the formatting of your manuscript, in order to extend the content of your manuscript to a higher page count.
It is not good practice to make your book margins substantially wider than what is required for printing.
Imagine the disappointment for a reader who buys say, a 100-page book, only to find out the content was not satisfying according to the price the reader paid for the book.
