If I can get a good print price on the books, self publishing is a real option. The base rule is that you get about 40% back from retailers of the price you sell fur. I punted the quote out onto the internet and have got one reply - the quote was for A5 portrait (the books are landscape, but I forgot to say) which does effect the price, but I have a base idea, and they're coming back on monday with the exact price. The price when printing 1000 is around .£1.38 per book. Obviously if I start printing loads this'll go right down but it's acceptible.
The price for books that are about A5 in format are around £4.99 it would seem (although there are a lot of half-price and three for two offers)
even at half price (£2.49) that would leave £1.11 profit. there are other costs of sale, obviously...
To do the first 6 books (1000 copies of each) would require a fund of £8,280 (although if they haven't quoted with VAT it could be £9,730. My guess is that a viable business plan would require us to have a fund of £20,000 but would give us stock worth at least £14,940 at a 40% take and a marketing/promotions/distribution budget of over £11,000.
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