Editing

1. First-chapter critique & edit: Up to 15 pages for $50

2. Manuscript read & critique: $350.

Note: this fee applies to a full story edit if you choose to go that route after the critique.

3. Full manuscript edit:

Good Writer rate for writing and storytelling that shows strong promise of reaching a publishable level is $15 per 1000 words. Multiply your word count times .015 to compute the fee. For example, the fee for a 90,000-word manuscript would be $1,350.

Comparisons: the CreateSpace rate for this level of editing would be $1980, Lulu.com would charge $2000-$5000.

Coaching rate: For writers who need more intensivecoaching and line editing, my rate is between $20 and $25 per 1000 words, depending on how much work I anticipate from the sample, if I decide to take you on.

Icons by http://dryicons.com)

Design

1. Cover design

For Print & Internet: $350

For Internet only: $225

2. Interior design

The fee depends on the word count and nature of the book and the work to be done. As a rough guide, multiply your word count by .006. For longer books and nonfiction that requires graphics, it could be more. We will talk first, and I will want a look at the manuscript.

Note that commercial design services charge from $2.50 to $5 per page for interior design. For example, my 90,000-word novel, Gundown, would have cost between $700 and $1425 for the interior design, and my fee would have been $540.

Payment options

Editing: 50% up front, 50% when the edit is finished, though I will consider smaller payments over time.

Design: 50% up front and 50% when finished.

Checks and money orders are great, and the payment button above offers PayPal and credit card options.

Checks should be made out to Ray Rhamey.

Publishing help

Publishing account set-up: IngramSpark, Kindle Direct Publishing, etc.$25 per book (does not include cover design or editing).

Upload cover and text to publishing sites: $25

ISBN number:  $25 + cost of number (125).

Library of Congress control number $25 (the number is free).

ebook package for $400

1. Cover design: A creative cover designed with web pages in mind.

2. .epub book for epub and Kindle ebooks: The formatting and design necessary to upload a quality Kindle book to Amazon and to Smashwords for distribution to  Barnes & Noble (Nook), Kobo, Apple, Sony, and others.

3. Amazon Kindle publishing set-up: Help with setting up your book info and uploading files (cover, . epub file ).

4. Smashwords publishing set-up: Help with account set-up and information needed, cover and formatted manuscript (includes free ISBN number from Smashwords).