Self-Publishing Full-Color Plans

If you need a full-color interior for your book, three full-color publishing plans are available. In addition to the plans, services may also be purchased individually (Services À La Carte) to accommodate more specific needs.

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Full-Color Silver Plan—$999

  • Book usually available in less than 120 days
  • Non-exclusive contract
  • Custom manuscript formatting (up to 8 hours)
  • Custom full-color cover design (up to 8 hours)
  • 1 proof copy
  • 1 complimentary update of text after proof copy reviewed
  • ISBN assignment
  • ISBN bar code printed on cover
  • Books-in-Print listing
  • Library of Congress cataloging and registration
  • U.S. Copyright Office registration
  • Author page on the Gom Publishing web site
  • Book available through the Gom Publishing online store
  • Internet marketing on BarnesandNoble.com and Amazon.com (and affiliates)
  • Industry Standard Wholesale and Retail Returns Policies
  • Author participation in the Gom Publishing royalty program
  • 5 free printed books

Additional options are available with Services À La Carte.

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Full-Color Gold Plan—$1,999

  • All of the features of the Full-Color Silver Plan
  • Custom manuscript formating (up to 16 hours)
  • Custom full-cover cover design (up to 16 hours)
  • 1 additional proof copy, if required
  • Participation in the Author Marketing Program
  • 10 free printed books

Additional options are available with Services À La Carte.

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Full-Color Platinum Plan—$2,799

  • All of the features of the Full-Color Gold Plan
  • Custom manuscript formating (no hourly limit)
  • Custom full-cover design (no hourly limit)
  • Developmental editing
  • Manuscript indexing
  • Inclusion in Book Distribution Program
  • 15 free printed books

Additional options are available with Services À La Carte.

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Services À La Carte

In addition to the above plans, we offer the following optional services to accommodate your needs. Many of these services are included in the above plans already and therefore would not consitute an additional charge. However, if you like, you can add on any of these services to any publishing plan if it is not already included with it. Note that some services listed may be required depending on your individual needs.

  • Book Distribution Program — $795 (automatically included with the Platinum Plan)
    The Book Distribution Program involves inclusion in Gom Publishing's book distribution service that uses 3rd party distribution companies to place your book in a variety of retail outlets throughout the United States (subject to change at any time).
  • Text Scanning — $2 per page
    Convert a printed, hardcopy manuscript into a word processing file.
  • Galley Set — $20 plus S&H (per set of three)
    5.5" x 8.5" tape-bound galley.
  • Poster Set — $199 plus S&H (per set of five)
    18" x 30" full-color featuring author photo, book cover, and ordering information.
  • Indexing — $50 per hour
    Gom Publishing will help an author produce an index for a book. The author and a Gom Publishing support person will determine the most appropriate technique to be used.
  • Assistance — $50 per hour
    An author may engage a Gom design specialist to resolve difficult manuscript formatting issues such as image placement, table creation, special internal text formatting, and custom cover designs. Additional assistance will also be required for corrections and revisions that are required after book production has begun.
  • Post Card Set — $75
    200 4"x6" postcards. Each card has the full-color book cover on one side with the author’s photo or book summary, and book ordering information on the other.
  • Bookmark Set — $45
    200 bookmarks. Each card has the full-color book cover on one side with the author’s photo or book summary, and book ordering information on the other.
  • Business Card Set — $45
    200 business cards. Each card has the full-color book cover on one side with the author’s photo or book summary, and book ordering information on the other.
  • Drop Shipment Service — $25 per month
    Proprietary toll-free number is provided allowing an author to call-in book orders and have them drop shipped to a designated address. (S&H added to author’s cost for the books.)
  • CD-ROM — $50
    A CD-ROM containing the final version of the book in desktop publishing, PDF, and e-book formats; the text in a word processing form; and the corresponding graphic files (if appropriate).
  • eBook — $75
    An eBook version of the book using your custom security settings.
  • ISBN & Books-in-Print Listing—$35.
    ISBN assignment and printing on book cover. Book listed in Bowker’s Books-in-Print.
  • Additional Proof — $45
    An additional proof copy.
    Note: To receive a proof copy reflecting corrections and revisions made after any proof has been received and/or after book production has begun, you must purchase at least one Additional Proof.
  • Online store listing—$50.
    One-time set-up fee to have a book listed on the Gom Publishing online store.
  • Author Marketing Program — $1,245 (automatically included with the Gold Plan & Platinum Plan)
    Participation in the Author Marketing Program, which includes the following (subject to change at any time):
    • 1 Galley Set
    • 1 Poster Set
    • 1 Card Set
    • 1 copy of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books by John Kremer
    • 1 copy of The Joy of Publishing by Nat Bodian
    • 1 CD-ROM
    • Drop Shipment Service (lifetime for this book)
    • Press Release (for author’s use)
    • Press Releases sent to targeted media
    • Up to nine Galleys distributed to selected media book reviewers