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I'm curious about the economics of self-publishing. What does it cost for an editor to edit a 300-400 page novel written by a decent author? How about cover a

• jseliger 15y ago
  It depends. Most seem to hover in the neighborhood of around $.01 – .02 per word; take someone like this guy, who I've thought about hiring: http://www.mikesirota.com/fees.htm http://www.mikesirota.com/fees.htm . A typical novel will run about 85,000 words, so he'll probably charge about $1500. I think these guys: http://www.bookdocs.com/ http://www.bookdocs.com/ charge similar prices. If you want to publish a 250,000-word epic fantasy novel, that's obviously going to cost more. How about cover art? About $500: http://www.extendedimagery.com/info.html http://www.extendedimagery.com/info.html . You can probably find people charging more money or less. This is a topic of great interest to me because I'm probably going to take the plunge in the next six months, if not sooner.