Publishing Services

FastPencil's Publishing Services team can help you tighten up your book. Whether you need graphics or illustration help, editing, marketing, or cover design, we've got you covered.

Order Before or After You Have A First Draft

Production
Data Entry (digitize book) Conversion of your existing printed manuscript into a FastPencil project. This only applies to printed or type-written manuscripts. Please call us: 1-866-960-9401
Graphic File Conversions Cropping and conversion to the TIFF format necessary for production, and if needed, extraction of graphics from a Word document or other word processing file. $50 Per 25 Images
Design — Covers
Custom Cover Creation of a cover based on your suggestions. Includes title, sub-title, author name, and royalty-free images. You may provide front cover image and an author photo. Up to two revisions if necessary. $80 Graphic Designer, 1 initial version, 2 rounds of revisions, 2-piece cover, Email support
Premium Cover Includes title, sub-title, author name, royalty-free images, ISBN bar code and spine. You may provide front cover image and an author photo. Up to two revisions if necessary. $399 Sr. Designer, 2 initial versions, 2 rounds of revisions, 1-piece cover, Email support
Deluxe Cover Includes title, sub-title, author name, royalty-free images (from a more extensive catalog), ISBN bar code and spine. You may provide front cover image and an author photo. Up to two revisions if necessary. $849.99 Cover Design Specialist, Phone Support, 3 initial versions, 3 rounds of revisions, 1-piece cover, Email support
Custom Cover Illustration High quality illustration tailored to your book. A variety of artistic styles are available, and you can choose the style that fits your book best. $399 Illustrations usually take 6 to 12 weeks to complete depending on our work queue and the complexity of your project.
Custom Back Cover Design Provide us with graphics files and we'll turn them into an integrated back cover design that suits your book's theme and contents. $149 The Personalized Back Cover is for authors who want the personalization of a portrait or other artwork, but do not need an entire cover design. If you do need your entire cover designed, you should review the Exclusive Cover Design option.
Editing
Page Review Review and suggestions for structure and flow improvement from a professional editor. $199 Flat
More editing and formatting services are available after your first draft is ready. See below.
Illustration — Interior Black & White
Clean B&W Evocative line art to enhance, magnify, and support your text. Takes 6 to 12 weeks. $139 Single
$749 Package of 6
$1,149 Package of 10
Fine B&W Line art with shadows, more detailed backgrounds, and more complexity. $159 Single Illustration
$829 Package of 6
$1,429 Package of 10
Illustration — Custom Color
Clean Color Full color art to add interest and excitement to your book. Takes 6 to 12 weeks. $179 Single Illustration
$899 Package of 6
$1,589 Package of 10
Fine Color Adds more shadows, highlights, detailed backgrounds, and visual complexity. $209 Single Illustration
$1,099 Package of 6
$1,829 Package of 10
Meticulous Color Adds more nuanced color, full textures, dimensionality, and visual richness. $239 Single Illustration
$1,499 Package of 6
$2,429 Package of 10
Marketing & Promotion
Online & Offline Promotion & Marketing Publishing your book is only half the job if you want to sell your books. We provide a wide range of online and offline services. Please contact us for a detailed quote. Please call us: 1-866-960-9401

Order After You Have A First Draft

Editing
If you're using the color layout tool, please email us for a custom quote.
Page Review A professional copy editor reviews your book to give you invaluable advice. $199 Flat
Line Editing Thorough examination of your manuscript for errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The editor will also review syntax and word choice and provide suggestions for improving the overall readability of the work. $0.029 Per Word, 2-3 week time frame
Advanced Editorial Advanced Editing – Tailored review of story ideas, plot development, suggestions for improvement of the work as a whole. This also includes line editing of your work. $0.076 Per Word, 8-10 weeks
Rush Editing Rapid, thorough examination of your manuscript for errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The editor will also review syntax and word choice and provide suggestions for improving the overall readability of the work. $0.035 Per Word, 7 business days for manuscripts of up to 70,000 words, 14 business days for manuscripts between 70,000 and 140,000 words.
Formatting
Custom Correction of errors and inconsistencies in spacing, indents, fonts, headers, footers, numbering, table of contents, and content ordering. $149 Formatting does not correct typos, misspellings, incorrect wording, incorrect punctuation, or other editorial issues.
Premium Correction of errors and inconsistencies in spacing, indents, fonts, headers, footers, numbering, table of contents, and content ordering. Placement of a maximum of ten author-supplied images. $199 Formatting does not correct typos, misspellings, incorrect wording, incorrect punctuation, or other editorial issues.
Deluxe For color books of up to 75 pages. Correction of errors and inconsistencies in spacing, indents, fonts, headers, footers, numbering, table of contents, and content ordering. Unlimited use of author-supplied images. $349 Formatting does not correct typos, misspellings, incorrect wording, incorrect punctuation, or other editorial issues.
Ultimate For color books of more than 75 pages. Correction of errors and inconsistencies in spacing, indents, fonts, headers, footers, numbering, table of contents, and content ordering. Unlimited use of author-supplied images. $599 Formatting does not correct typos, misspellings, incorrect wording, incorrect punctuation, or other editorial issues.

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