We’ve got two broad packages and a small 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 100,000 words (copy editing picks up grammar and spelling mistakes & issues such as continuity or anachronisms). | ✔ | ✔ |
| Full proof editing up to 100,000 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. | ✔ | ✔ |
| Professional cover design in consultation with your brief. | ✔ | ✔ |
| Distribution. | ✔ | ✔ |
| On-going admin to track trade sales & royalties. | ✔ | ✔ |
| Ebook version — prose only. | ✔ | ✔ |
| Marketing Guide (a PDF with a full range of marketing advice for you to promote your book). | ✔ | ✔ |
| Prose: The Extra Leaves service covers full creative & structural edit with feedback on your work** or books that incorporate several black and white images and need extra layout design. Poetry The Extra Leaves service is available for poetry collections that are also art books/mixed media books, for works that need structural &/or extended design or layout work or are over 120 pages. | ✖ | ✔ |
| COST OF SERVICE:* | ||
| PROSE/NON-FICTION: | £3,700 (less £500 advance on royalty) = £3,200 | £4,200 (less £500 advance on royalty) = £3,700 |
| POETRY: | £2,300 (less £500 advance on royalty) = £1,800 | £2,800 (less £500 advance on royalty) = £2,300 |
| Surcharge for books over 90,000 words | £40 per 5000 words over 90,000 (so a 120,000 word book would be an extra £240) | £40 per 5000 words over 90,000 (so a 120,000 word book would be an extra £240) |
| 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, there are extra discounts — email Rowan to find out more. We also offer discounts to returning authors.
**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 tend to vary from just over £1.80-£3.50 a unit for poetry and from to £4.50–£6.50 for a prose paperback, depending on length. (We can also arrange estimates for other formats and hardbacks at extra cost, see below.).
OTHER EXTRAS
The above services suit nearly all our Leaf by Leaf authors, but other bespoke options can be added if we are able to schedule the time. These could include
Duplex covers: Additional design cost: £400
(a duplex cover has full colour inside and outside the cover and allows for more book information)
Hardback editions: Additional design cost: £1200
Additional printing costs dependent on page length
Promotional material: Additional design cost for flyers, bookmarks, banners etc
£100 per hour (subject to availability)
For any other extras please email Rowan