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anamardoll · 03-12-2012, 04:20 PM

I keep meaning to write a post on how much I spent on my book. I'll crib here, but these numbers are guesstimates.

For a 60k word novel, I spent:

$100 - Front Cover
$100 - Back Cover
$250 - Character Sketches
$500 - Audio Book Narration
$250 - Editing
$75 - Smashwords Formatting
$300 - CreateSpace (paper edition) Formatting
$250 - 10 ISBNs
$35 - Copyright Registration

And... that was pretty much it. Sundry expenses for tools like Scrivener ($50, I think). Most of those things can be avoided entirely. Front Cover and Editing are the only things you cannot do without, imho.

03-12-2012, 04:20 PM	#10
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I keep meaning to write a post on how much I spent on my book. I'll crib here, but these numbers are guesstimates. For a 60k word novel, I spent: $100 - Front Cover $100 - Back Cover $250 - Character Sketches $500 - Audio Book Narration $250 - Editing $75 - Smashwords Formatting $300 - CreateSpace (paper edition) Formatting $250 - 10 ISBNs $35 - Copyright Registration And... that was pretty much it. Sundry expenses for tools like Scrivener ($50, I think). Most of those things can be avoided entirely. Front Cover and Editing are the only things you cannot do without, imho.