INVESTING IN YOUR BOOK
We offer flat, transparent pricing with no hidden fees. Look below to learn the cost to publish your book with Argyle Fox Publishing.
Basic Publishing Package
Fiction, Nonfiction & Children’s: $1,200
What does the cost to publish your book provide?
All our authors receive the services listed below.
1. Custom Interior Design
Every element of your book’s interior gets designed and formatted specifically for your book. We do not use templates.
2. Custom Cover Design
Your book’s entire cover—front, back, and spine—gets created, just how you want it.
3. Editing
Your book undergoes a light editing process to correct spelling, grammar, or usage mistakes. (See Add-Ons for more in-depth editing services.)
4. Image Placement
Placement of up to 20 (fiction & nonfiction) or all (children’s) images in your book. Note: You must provide your images. (See Add-Ons to have us provide illustrations for your children’s book.)
5. Physical & Digital Formatting
We format your book for paperback, hardback, and/or ebook publishing. (Note: picture books are not published in ebook format.)
6. ISBNs
Each version of your book receives a unique International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
7. Printing & Distribution
Your book is made available for purchase at more than 40,000 retailers and libraries.
8. Assistance
Argyle Fox Publishing provides ongoing support throughout your publishing journey.
9. Profits
Every penny your book earns goes directly to your bank account, via direct deposit.
10. More Profits
Refer fellow authors to us and earn cash! Learn more about our Refer-A-Friend program.
Add-Ons
Additional Services to Make Your Book the Best It Can Be
Fiction/Nonfiction Editing: $200/10k words
If your book hasn’t been edited, it needs to be. It increases the cost to publish your book, but it’s worth it. Professional editing makes your book better. Through our editing process, we pull out all the tricks to make your story flow, so readers remain engaged. Not sure if professional editing is worth the fee? Email us 1,000 words of your book and we’ll show what our editing can do for your story—for free.
Children's Book Editing: $250
Most picture books have 1,000 words or fewer. That means every word counts. With this add-on, our professional editors edit your entire manuscript five or more times to make sure every word is just right. Wonder what professional editing could do for your story? Email us your manuscript for a free sample.
Illustrations: $250+
Need an illustrator for your book? We’ve got you covered, and we’ll do it within your budget. Children’s picture book illustrations are $400. Want some custom black-and-grey illustrations to sprinkle throughout your picture book or middle grade novel? That costs $250. Prices depends on your budget and amount and style of art desired.
Copyright: $110
Your book is copyrighted the moment you write it. For that reason, many authors never file for an official copyright with the US Copyright Office. For those who do, we’ve created an easy-to-follow video that shows how. Rather have us do it? No problem!
“Argyle Fox offered incredible insight into the entire publishing process.
—John S. Calhoun, Author of The Insecure King