Pricing Your Self-Published Book
Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels I published my book, Frankenstein’s Science Project , through the Lulu platform . I have used it in the past for a running manual, Plan on Running Your Best , and a running memoir, Take 10 and Reach the Boston Marathon . Lulu has many advantages such as reasonable prices for publishing your book, wide international distribution, you control the publishing and it is pretty easy to use. When I was ready to publish, I had to decide on the price of my book. There were quite a few elements I needed to consider. The first element was the cost of printing and shipping. My book is a softcover children’s chapter book of 136 pages with one black and white illustration for each of the 19 chapters. The dimensions are A5 (14.8x21.0 cm or 5.83x8.26 in). The printing cost from Lulu is $5.78 per book. Shipping varies by the number of copies; if you only ship one book it would cost about $5. Lulu often offers rebates of up to 20% ...