All publishing packages will include:
Administrative services
— Assign ISBN number
— Include author’s copyright notice in book
— Guidance on the Legal Deposit with the National Library of South Africa
— Book page on the New Voices website (additional)
Full layout services
— Typesetting, book design and page layout as per trim size selected
— Professional processing and preparation of artwork
— E-mailing proof copy for author review as a pdf file and perform 1 hour of changes/corrections
— Create final print-ready book files for selected printer – create digital delivery via WETRANSFER of all book files for author
— Store and Archive digital files for book & cover for re-printing/re-editing (if required)
If you need more information, please go to Publishing Steps
New Voices Publishing Services
Typesetting & Book styling (as of March 2021):
We take your WORD documemt (which is in manuscript form) and process the type, take your story and create a beautiful book and prepare it for commercial printing (create a pdf file). This is a once off charge based on number of pages.
| TEXT ONLY: | ||
| Publishing Package 1 | Up to 150 pages | R2000.00 |
| Publishing Package 2 | Up to 200 pages | R2500.00 |
| Publishing Package 3 | Up to 300 pages | R2900.00 |
| Publishing Package 4 | Up to 350 pages | R3500.00 |
| Publishing Package 5 | Up to 450 pages | R5500.00 |
| Publishing Package 6 | Up to 550 pages | R6500.00 |
| Publishing Package 7 | Up to 600 pages | R9000.00 |
| TEXT WITH ILLUSTRATION: | ||
| Publishing Package 8 | Up to 150 pages | R3000.00 |
| Publishing Package 9 | Up to 200 pages | R3800.00 |
| Publishing Package 10 | Up to 300 pages | R5700.00 |
| Publishing Package 11 | Up to 350 pages | R6500.00 |
| Publishing Package 12 | Up to 450 pages | R7800.00 |
| Publishing Package 13 | Up to 550 pages | R10 500.00 |
| Publishing Package 14 | Up to 600 pages | R15 000.00 |
| COVER DESIGN SERVICES: | |
| Cover Design – Basic | R700.00 |
| Cover Design with illustrator image | R1700.00 + |
| Cover Layout only (Author has own cover design) | R200.00 |
| Stock photo | R300.00 + each |
| ADDITIONAL SERVICES: | |
| Editing | R0.45c per word |
| Proofreading | R0.20c per word |
| Typesetting per hour | R250.00 ph |
| Design, Layout per hour | R400.00 ph |
| Create Index | R800.00 |
| Cover Design – Basic | R800.00 |
| Stock photo | R300.00 + each |
| Logo Design | R1000.00 |
| Book files (all print files, open files, barcode)^ | R200.00 |
| Ebook service – addon* | R750.00 + |
^BOOK FILES: This service is only applicable to authors who have had a publishing package service completed.
* EBOOK SERVICE: This service we offer is an add on service if you have taken one of the Publishing Packages. This service will offer you a professional epub file uploaded to your own Amazon Booksite. This is an International online booksite so you have the benefit of having your book available everywhere! Here you will manage your own sales and have the ability to do your own online marketing. All we do is create the product – you do the selling!!