Let us help you make your book
What sort of book?
We are happy to help you publish :
o your family history
o your novel
o memoirs
o travelogues
o poems and ballads
o historic documents
o out-of -print books, journals,
o event programmes
o books of specialist interest
o any out-of-print or antiquarian material.
We are particularly interested in preserving stories, memories and publications that are available to only a few or are in danger of getting lost altogether.
All you have to do is contact us and send us copies of what you have and, between us, we can decide how best to publish them and make them available as a book, pamphlet or eBook.
Publish through Clachan
We will format, proofread and edit your interior text file as well as work with you to create a cover.
Copies of the book will then be printed and the author can order any number of copies s/he wishes at a discounted rate. The advantage is that the author may order as many or as few copies as required on an ongoing basis and thus avoid over-ordering.
The author may wish to sell these through social media outlets, at book launches as well as through bookshops and internet outlets, if the book has an ISBN.
The Author may purchase copies of the book at discounted prices, up to 50% for larger orders, excluding P&P.
Clachan will supply an ISBN for a small fee. This enables the publisher to approach bookshops to stock the book and the major internet sites to list it .
You may wish to
self-publish
The author may wish to self-publish with our assistance.
We will format, proofread and edit the required files – the cover and the interior - to a print-ready standard.
The author may then take these to a printer of her or his choice. However, Clachan may recommend a reputable internet printer, if requested.
The author will be the publisher and responsible for purchasing the ISBN. S/he will also be responsible for ordering the required number of copies, their sale and distribution.
Our price for book production
Proofreading, editing and publishing is charged at £2.00 per thousand words. This price involves Clachan receiving a largely accurate, proofread text requiring only minor editing. Substantial revisions and further alterations will incur additional charges and Clachan may return the text to the author to do further work on it.
A Word document is required, preferably using Style-based formatting. Images should be submitted as jpegs.
Inserting images will be charged at £2.50 per image. These should be of high definition (300 dpi). More may be charged if cleaning and enhancing the images are required,
The cover will usually cost from £30 upwards if an image and the book’s blurb are supplied, depending on quality of image and complexity of layout.
Charges of £18 per hour are charges for consultation by email, phone and in-person.
An ISBN can be supplied for £20. An ISBN is required by all websites and bookshops. It is not required if the book is for private distribution.
EBook editions of print books Clachan has already prepared will usually cost £50. Otherwise a new text will be subject to the proofreading, editing and publishing prices quoted above. It will also include costs for an ISBN, preparing the cover and inserting images.
Statutory Legal Deposits and other bodies require/request one free copy of any print publication in the UK. Clachan will dispatch these and charge 50% of listed price to the author + P&P. These are The British Library, Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford, Cambridge University Library, The National Library of Scotland, The Library of Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, The National Library of Wales and the Linen Hall Library, Belfast (which is non-statutory and therefore voluntary).
Ours is a very personalised service
.Drop us an email or give us a call and tell us what sort of book you want to make.
Send us the text and any photos by email, if you wish.
We can help you get them ready for publication.
We can also help you scan photos and documents.
Once all the material is collected we can talk about how it is to be presented and arranged.
We do this all time for people who have never published before, so don't worry.
You will be consulted at every stage.