Post by account_disabled on Jan 2, 2024 10:56:29 GMT 5.5
How much does it cost to create an ebook to sell it in self-publishing? Have you ever counted your expenses? I, as a good calculator, yes. In today's post we take one of our hypothetical novels and try to calculate how much it will cost us to produce it as an ebook. First we need to know its length. How to consider the length of a novel? To give an example, I discovered that Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is about 152,000 characters long (I don't know the Italian or original version), so, taking an editorial folder of 1800 characters, it's about 85 folders. An Italian edition of it is 144 pages, but all inclusive, not actual of the story.
It by Stephen King is around 2,740,000 characters (I don't know the Italian or original version), so around 1522 pages, but an Italian edition is around 1300 pages. The number of pages Special Data depends on the edition, therefore. In the case of It they certainly increased the size of the editorial folder, otherwise it would have resulted in a 2400-page book, if we take the folder/page ratio of Stevenson's novel as a reference. For a cost analysis, let's consider a novel with a length of 300 editorial pages - which therefore does not correspond to 300 printed pages, but a little more. The cost of editing Is it really necessary? Isn't a bunch of beta readers enough? No, as far as I'm concerned. A reader, no matter how strong, is a reader, while an editor is a professional .
For me, having beta readers is important – and I'll talk about it in a post – but to publish paid stories and novels I will rely on an editor. How much does editing cost? Much. I checked several sites and found different prices. The minimum cost per page (which for some is 1500 characters, including spaces, for others is 1800 and for others is 2000) was 3 euros + VAT. The maximum cost is 18 euros. I averaged the costs found and it turned out that the price varies from an average of 5.1 euros + VAT to an average of 11.8. The cost of editing a novel of 300 pages (one page = 1800 characters, spaces included) therefore varies from a minimum of 1530 euros + VAT to a maximum of 3540 euros + VAT . The cost of proofreading Is it necessary? I'd say no, to be honest. I believe the work of the author and editor is sufficient. But, if we also want to add this service, perhaps once the novel is finished, i.e. after the final editing, we have to add a few euros.
It by Stephen King is around 2,740,000 characters (I don't know the Italian or original version), so around 1522 pages, but an Italian edition is around 1300 pages. The number of pages Special Data depends on the edition, therefore. In the case of It they certainly increased the size of the editorial folder, otherwise it would have resulted in a 2400-page book, if we take the folder/page ratio of Stevenson's novel as a reference. For a cost analysis, let's consider a novel with a length of 300 editorial pages - which therefore does not correspond to 300 printed pages, but a little more. The cost of editing Is it really necessary? Isn't a bunch of beta readers enough? No, as far as I'm concerned. A reader, no matter how strong, is a reader, while an editor is a professional .
For me, having beta readers is important – and I'll talk about it in a post – but to publish paid stories and novels I will rely on an editor. How much does editing cost? Much. I checked several sites and found different prices. The minimum cost per page (which for some is 1500 characters, including spaces, for others is 1800 and for others is 2000) was 3 euros + VAT. The maximum cost is 18 euros. I averaged the costs found and it turned out that the price varies from an average of 5.1 euros + VAT to an average of 11.8. The cost of editing a novel of 300 pages (one page = 1800 characters, spaces included) therefore varies from a minimum of 1530 euros + VAT to a maximum of 3540 euros + VAT . The cost of proofreading Is it necessary? I'd say no, to be honest. I believe the work of the author and editor is sufficient. But, if we also want to add this service, perhaps once the novel is finished, i.e. after the final editing, we have to add a few euros.