Budget and break-even calculator
Adds up what the book costs to make, then works out how many copies it takes to earn that back at your list price.
What the book costs to make
Defaults are mid range for the independent market, not our prices. Replace them with the
quotes you are actually holding, including the ones you have talked yourself out of.
How it sells
Print cost is worked out from the page count the way the print on demand houses do it,
a fixed charge plus a rate a page. For a closer number on one specific retailer, use the
royalty calculator.
Break-even
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Copies to break even
$0
You keep, a copy
Total to produceEverything above, once$0
Print cost a copy$0
Retailer takes$0
If it sells
Worth knowing
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Send what you have. Even a half-written manuscript is enough for a reader to tell you what it needs.