The prices listed below are estimates for a book between 25,000 and 39,000 words, printed in black and white (except for cover, which is in color and included), comprising approximately 120-144 pages in a 6” x 9” format.
Each tier offers progressively more time and expertise from our editing, design, graphic arts, and marketing professionals. Additional charges are incurred based on several factors, including word count, fact-checking, indexing, pull quotes, footnotes, images, illustrations, charts, graphs, color ink, and paper selection.
To qualify as a TEACH Services Publishing, Inc. (TSI) author, your manuscript must align with Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Christian beliefs and serve a specific segment of readers in the book-publishing market. Biographies and memoirs should either share a conversion-to-Jesus story or detail an inspirational account of Christian service in fields such as business, government, healing sciences, education, ministry, missions, or other areas of interest to readers. Theological, medical, or dietary books will be reviewed and approved by two SDA ministers, medical doctors, or dietitians, all of whom will be selected or approved by the TSI publishing team.
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Standard From Standard Edit
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Advanced From Advance Edit
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Premium From Premium Edit
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Book Discounts |
40% |
40% bulk discounts up to 80% |
40% bulk discounts up to 80% |
40% bulk discounts up to 80% |
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Format and Binding Options |
PB or HB |
PB, EB Optional HB Optional AB |
PB, & EB, HB Optional AB |
PB, EB, HB, & AB |
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Free Author Copies |
5 PB copies | 10 PB copies | 25 PB copies | 100 PB copies |
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ISBN/LOC Numbers & BISAC Code |
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Book Cover Design For the STANDARD, ADVANCED, and PREMIUM Levels, our book designers will create four customized 4-color covers for you to “Pick One” to grab the buyer’s attention. This includes the back cover copy, including your photograph, a short author biography, BISAC topical codes, and an ISBN barcode. Special art or illustrations can be supplied at additional cost. –MORE– |
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Royalties Publisher pays Author royalties based on the Suggested Retail Price (“SRP”) of each copy sold:
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Rights Management |
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Website Ordering |
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International Distribution |
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E-Books |
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Layout and Design |
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Electronic Proof |
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Creative Back Cover |
The Author will supply all Back Cover and Biographical Copy |
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Professional Editing
The main goal of the editing phase is to polish your book and make your message as straightforward as possible for readers. Our book editors will approach your manuscript with a fresh perspective and a keen eye for detail. If you speak with other authors, they will tell you that a professional editor is vital to the production process. Although professional editing does not guarantee that your book will sell, it is essential to put your best foot forward. TEACH Services typically handles editing and copyediting during the initial editing phase. Unless an author has paid for proofreading, they are responsible for secondary copyediting (verifying sources other than the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy and looking for grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors) after the editing phase. They are also responsible for proofreading after typesetting is complete. In addition, professional editing ensures that your writing follows The Chicago Manual of Style* and publishing industry styles and standards, including gender-neutral language. Our experienced editors will also ensure that the writing and organization of the book are cohesive and consistent throughout, enhancing it where necessary. See our Style Guidelines (PDF) for details. TEACH editing prices are based on the author submitting a manuscript in a Microsoft Word format in complete and final form. Other editing approaches, if approved, will cost significantly more due to the increased time and labor involved. All editing projects require the author to fact-check all Bible texts, Spirit of Prophecy references, and check other facts to ensure accuracy. Our professional editors will spot-check about ten percent (10%) of all quotes, and if they find errors, you may be required to have us check and confirm all quotations at additional charges (click HERE for U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index). Our editors will utilize the tracked changes feature in Microsoft Word so that you can review and approve all of the changes made to your manuscript. You will receive a PDF of your manuscript after the editing process. At that time, you will review the changes and work with the editor to make further corrections to your manuscript before moving on to layout and design. |
Limited Chapter Wide: Optional Book Wide: |
Standard Chapters Wide: Enhance the first Summarize the Enhance difficult Pull-Quotes Book Wide: |
Advance Chapters Wide: Enhance the first Summarize the Enhance all Pull-Quotes Add chapter Check for any duplicated content Book Wide: |
Premium Chapter Wide: Enhance the first Summarize the Enhance all Pull-Quotes Add chapter Developmental Structural Create a Write a Check for any duplicated content Book Wide: |
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Video Book Trailer |
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Standard Book Trailer |
Advanced Book Trailer |
Premium Book Trailer Including a UGC (User Generated Content) Video |
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Promoting/Featuring Titles at Conventions |
None |
Featured at all Conventions attended the first year title is released at no charge. Displayed (depending on sales levels) on future Conventions attended. |
Listed with all major book distributors. Promoted on major Social Media sites, at Conventions attended, and Direct Mailings to ABCs and SDA Ministries. |
Listed with all major book distributors. Promoted on major Social Media sites, at Conventions attended, and Direct Mailings to ABCs and SDA Ministries. |
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Specialty Marketing to the Adventist Community |
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Facebook/Social Media Advertising |
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Wholesale E-mail Promotion |
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Retail E-mail Promotion |
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News Release |
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Bookmarks |
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Our policy for payment is 1/3 down in advance, 1/3 when your book is finished editing, and the remaining 1/3 after the approval of the final text proof. Other payment options include 6, 9, 12, 18 or 24 monthly payments. (No book is published until 30 days after final payment is processed.) Payment may be made by check, money order, or credit card. Checks drawn on non-USA banks will be charged a $20.00 processing fee. We accept MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, and PayPal.
As stated, the above prices are based on a "basic" book. Advanced services for your book, including various editing levels; color photographs; printing on inside covers; embossing, foil or screen printing; matte lamination or spot varnish; specialty covers or gilding of book edges; ribbons, charts, gatefolds, artwork or photography, or inserts; transcription; advanced typesetting (callouts, special positioning, indexing, or endnotes or footnotes); or scanning (images or OCR). These types of services cost extra. If you are interested in one or more of these options, we will quote you a price upon receipt of your materials. All prices reflect a $200 discount for proofing via email and Acrobat commenting.
Please remember that work cannot begin on your book without receipt of your final manuscript, signed Publishing Agreement, and first installment payment, nor can the remaining steps be completed without timely receipt of the remaining installment payments. Delays from author over 90 days will place work in STOP/ARCHIVE status. Minimum restart fee is $170.00 Any changes not covered in our basic allowance will add at least two weeks to the projected completion date.
Royalties are paid annually before June 30 only when royalties owed exceed $25.00. Royalties may be paid quarterly only when royalties owed for any one quarter exceed $500.00.
Discretionary changes to your manuscript after submission incur additional charges and evaluation. Corrections and small changes are part of the editing process. How do we count a change? Read our white sheet for details—https://www.1ref.us/zzzcount. Please note that you are only allowed a limited number of editing or design changes at no charge (see the chart below). As an author, you may be tempted to direct every detail of the layout of your book—fonts, colors, tints/hues/contrast adjustments, reverse type, phantoms, picture selection/replacement, etc. Layout changes (such as margins, fonts, highlighting, underscoring, bolding, italics, headers or footers, and line/word/letter spacing requested during the Text-GALLEY stage are without charge, however, layout changes when returning the Text-DRAFT will incur a minimum $120 charge while layout changes during the Text-PROOF will incur a minimum $300 charge. Changes or corrections after your book goes to press will incur charges depending on the time to correct and resubmit to all our distributors. Restarting a previous unfinished job from a STOP/ARCHIVE status may require repricing of the total job with a minimum restart charge of $170.00 (depending on total time in archived status). We do not guarantee any "sales amounts" or "returns on your investment" unless in writing. These fees are subject to change without notice.
| ADDITIONAL PROOF CHARGES Editing / Text Design / Cover Design |
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| Text Galley, Draft, or Proof | Min $ 0 | N/A |
Hourly rate= $85/hour |
| 1st Add'l Proof after above | Min $ 340 | + 4 wks | |
| 2nd Add'l Proof or more | Min $ 340 | + 4 wks | |
| Hourly rates cover actual work, oversite, review, billing, and shipping of extra proofs. Delay times are based on loss of sequence in job queue and additional time needed to restart job to complete. | |||