We’ve got two broad packages and a surcharge for long books.
We will also organise the printing as part of whichever package you choose and charge you for books at cost only + delivery charge.
| Package includes | Fine Leaf | Extra Leaves |
|---|---|---|
| Full copy editing up to 95,000 words (copy editing picks up grammar and spelling mistakes & issues such as continuity or anachronisms). | ✔ | ✔ |
| Full proof editing up to 95,000 words (proof editing is the final polishing to check for typos, rogue spaces, anything that doesn’t look right). | ✔ | ✔ |
| Layout and interior design of book. | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bespoke cover design. | ✔ | ✔ |
| Distribution. | ✔ | ✔ |
| On-going admin to track trade sales & royalties. | ✔ | ✔ |
| Ebook versions (mobi and epub) — prose only. | ✔ | ✔ |
| Marketing Guide (a PDF with a full range of marketing advice for you to promote your book). | ✔ | ✔ |
| Prose: full creative & structural edit with feedback on your work.** Poetry art books/mixed media books: structural & extended design work. | ✖ | ✔ |
| COST OF SERVICE:* | ||
| PROSE/NON-FICTION: | £3,500 (less £500 advance on royalty) = £3,000 | £4,000 (less £500 advance on royalty) = £3,500 |
| POETRY: | £2,300 (less £500 advance on royalty) = £1,800 | £2,800 (less £500 advance on royalty) = £2,300 |
| Surcharge for books over 95,000 words | £40 per 5000 words over 95,000 (so a 120,000 word book would be an extra £200) | £40 per 5000 words over 95,000 (so a 120,000 word book would be an extra £200) |
| The books: | Printing and delivery will be at the cost we pay to the printers.*** | Printing and delivery will be at the cost we pay to the printers.*** |
*If you’ve already mentored your book, whether through the old Cinnamon mentoring scheme, our current Cinnamon Pencil scheme, or with Rowan there are extra discounts — email Rowan to find out more.
**Occasionally we receive a manuscript that is extremely promising but needs more in-depth mentoring before proceeding to publication. We want the books to be the best they can be and also to maintain high standards as a publisher so if this is the case we may advise a mentoring period before proceeding to publication. This would be an extra cost, with a subsequent discount on the publishing package and we negotiate this on a case by case basis.
**The minimum order is 100 books but (as a rough estimate) printing costs vary from just over £1.50-£2.80 a unit for poetry volumes and from to £4.00–£5.50 for a prose paperback, depending on length. (We can also arrange estimates for other formats and hardbacks.).