Book Pricing Guide

CO$TING OUT YOUR BOOKS

This page features a price guideline for printed books published and supplied by Busy Fingers Publishing.

Cost ranges cover the following:

  • Binding and Cover Type
  • Minimum to maximum page counts
  • Print Colour
  • Sizes and Orientation
  • Cover Weight
  • Paper Type and Weight
  • Minimum Quantity

For prices Square and Landscape Orientation books:

PERFECT BOUND Options

Ideal for Novels:

  • 48-240pg B&W A5 Portrait
  • 48-214pg Colour A5 Portrait
  • 48-300pg Colour A5 Portrait

SADDLE STITCHED Options

Suitable for Poetry Books, Short Stories:

  • 8-68pg B&W A5 Portrait
  • 8-80pg Colour A5 Portrait

View pricing guidelines below on approximate page counts and quantities of 100 books.

 

PERFECT BOUND – Soft Cover

Colour Cover – 350gsm – Laminated

MINIMUM QUANTITY 100 – Price per book

DO NOT INCLUDE THE COVER PAGES IN PAGE COUNT

  • 48pg B&W A5 Portrait (100gsm internals) … $
  • 120pg B&W A5 Portrait (100gsm internals) …$
  • 240pg B&W A5 Portrait (100gsm internals) … $
  • 48pg Colour A5 Portrait (150gsm internals) … $
  • 108pg Colour A5 Portrait (150gsm internals) … $
  • 214pg Colour A5 Portrait (150gsm internals) … $

PERFECT BOUND – Soft Cover

Colour Cover – 250gsm – Laminated

 

  • 48pg Colour A5 Portrait (115gsm internals) … $
  • 150pg Colour A5 Portrait (115gsm internals) … $
  • 300pg Colour A5 Portrait (115gsm internals) … $

SADDLE STITCHED – Soft Cover

Colour Cover – 350gsm – Laminated

MINIMUM QUANTITY 100 – Price per book

Page count must be multiples of 4

INCLUDE COVER PAGES IN PAGE COUNT

Cover Pages include:

Front and Rear Cover / Inside Front and Rear Cover = 4pg

  • 40pg B&W A5 Portrait (100gsm internals) … $
  • 80pg B&W A5 Portrait (100gsm internals) … $
  • 36pg B&W A5 Portrait (115gsm internals) … $
  • 68pg B&W A5 Portrait (115gsm internals) … $
  • 40pg Colour A5 Portrait (115gsm internals) … $
  • 8-80pg Colour A5 Portrait (115gsm internals) … $

FREIGHT AND SHIPPING COSTS

Freight is additional cost, depending on total weight of order

eg. To USA and UK around $100 AUD per Qty of 50 books weighing approx 100gm

An A5 Size 50pg Printed Book weighs around 100gm

Freight can be calculated for you when you nominate a destination or you can use the Australia Post Freight Calculator for a guide.