Don’t bother explaining what your book is about-this is all about printing, not publishing, not editing, not literary criticism, and not promotion. (I double checked with people here at Bookmobile who both buy and sell book printing.)Įmail this along with a brief note to your contact at the printer and you’re good to go. natural, no bleedsĮverything on this quote request is essential information, and there is no information missing.
INVOICE BOOK PRINTING QUOTES PLUS
Indesign application files with all fonts and high-resolution images placed.Ĥc process one side plus gloss lay-flat film lamination, with bleeds, on For more information, also see How Making the Right Printing Choices Adds Value to Books.īecause the number of possible variables are huge, I’m going to use this example of a simple paperback quote request, which I’ll discuss point by point below: Title:Ģ50 / 500 / 750 / 1,000 - +/- 5% overs/unders The guidelines should help you decide production specifications based on what kind of book you are publishing and how you are selling it. If you want to be more analytical about it, you can follow these guidelines for choosing binding, trim size, and paper.
(Aside: David Byrne argues similarly and persuasively that cutting edge art is made not by bursting the constraints of genre, but on the contrary accepting them, in How Music Works.) There is no shame whatever in this: there have been thousands of wonderful books published in similar boring old page sizes on similar paper: their wonderfulness is not because somebody chose a wacky and expensively inefficient page size or an exotic paper, it is because of 1) what’s in the book, and 2) the designer’s imagination in working within the constraints of a generic format. The most intuitive way to constrain your choices is to simply pick a book in the same genre as yours and use it as a model in terms of page size, paper, etc. Resist the temptation to request quotes on any more than three combinations: more will sabotage your decision-making, not help it-too many quotes will mess with your head. Narrow down your specifications to at most three total combinations of binding, paper, and page size, with the page count determined by the manuscript length. A printer can do nothing with the question “How much does it cost to print a book?” any more than a builder can answer the vague question “How much does it cost to build a house?” Books, like houses, vary tremendously in terms of the amount of work required to make them and the cost of materials. First: Figure Out What You Want for Your Book Printing Quotesīefore you can actually write a printing quote request, you need to know what you want. My last Print Positive post covered ways to save money on book printing this one is about writing clear printing quote requests. In addition, sending a professional-quality quote request communicates to the printer that you’ve done your homework: while this will not necessarily result in lower pricing, rightly or wrongly an amateurish quote request signals that you are a rookie who will cost the printer more in time and headaches. Worse, errors created by inaccurate quote requests can carry through the production process, resulting in delays and sometimes costly alterations. Writing a request for book printing quotes is simple, but don’t just dash it off: ambiguity and missing information will result in inaccurate quotes, wasting your time.
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