How much does it cost to publish a book with Western Reflections?
There are two routes and they cost very different amounts. If our editorial board acquires your book we pay for the editing, design, printing and distribution ourselves and you pay nothing. If you are publishing independently and buying our services, most books come to between $2,500 and $6,000 for editing, cover, layout and files, which matches the range our own costing guide gives for an independently published book produced properly.
Do you take a share of my royalties for services work?
No. When you buy services from us the fee on this page is the whole cost and your sales are entirely your own. A royalty share only exists on books the house acquires and publishes at its own expense, and that arrangement is set out in a contract before anything is signed.
Are these prices fixed or an estimate?
Fixed. We read a sample of your manuscript or take a brief, then send one number in writing. It does not move unless you change what you are asking for, and then we requote rather than add to the invoice.
What decides where my ghostwriting quote lands?
Length first, then how much research and interviewing it takes, then the deadline. A memoir built from conversations costs less than a business book that needs its claims checked against sources. Industry rates run from about ten cents to a dollar a word; ours sit between twenty and thirty-two cents.
Do I have to buy a package?
No, and we would rather you did not. Packages make you pay for stages your book does not need. The most common first purchase here is a single developmental edit, and for a good number of authors that plus a proofread is the whole bill.
My book is much shorter or longer than 80,000 words. What then?
The editing rates are per word, so the price scales with your actual word count. The 80,000 word column is only there so the rates can be compared. Below about 20,000 words the minimum fee of $450 a pass applies.
When do I pay?
Editing, design and production are half on booking and half on delivery. Ghostwriting is paid in stages against delivered chapters, so you are never paying for work you have not seen. We do not ask for a full project fee up front.
Do you work with authors outside Colorado?
Yes. We are a Colorado house and much of what we publish is regional, but the services on this page are bought by authors across the United States and the work is done by email, telephone and video.
