Colour & Children’s Books
The all-inclusive is great for illustration-heavy books. It covers up to 16 illustrations. We design and distribute your book in paperback and hardcover. We also polish it with a content edit, a copy edit, and a post-layout proofread. Plus, we help you develop a custom marketing strategy, and create a book backgrounder and an author website.
Includes:
Editing
- Children's book substantive edit (two editing rounds, up to 12,500 words)
- Children's book proofread (up to 12,500 words)
- Editing consultation
Design
- Professional design of your book’s front and back cover
- Interior layout and proper formatting for print-on-demand*
- Two revision rounds to incorporate your feedback on the cover and interior layout
- Full colour interior
- Up to 16 basic illustrations
- Electronic cover and interior layout proofs
Distribution
- Paperback and hardcover format distribution
- Print-on-demand availability to 40,000 booksellers including Amazon.com, Chapters.Indigo.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Booktopia and others
- Two ISBNs
- Up to 100% net royalties
Marketing
- One-hour consultation with a book marketing consultant
- Tellwell’s marketing 101 guide (20 pages)
- Custom marketing strategy (25–30 pages)
- Book backgrounder (two-page professionally designed book resume)
- Basic author website
Project Management and Support
- One-on-one author support with a project manager
- Access to Tellwell’s publishing content, including our help centre with dozens of articles, as well as video tutorials and webinars related to each step of the publishing process
- Full copyright ownership
- Book sales and royalty accounting
- Quarterly royalty payments
- One paperback and one hardcover author copy
Add more
- Marketing outreach: see our à la carte marketing services
The Tellwell Advantage
- We offer two distribution options and are the only Canadian company offering up to 100% royalties
- We are 100% transparent about the talent working on your book
- * While design is included for most books, design-intensive books (e.g., more than 30 images, charts, complexities) will require a quote.
You'll have the chance to choose your artistic collaborator for the packages below. Check our sample work by our illustrators here.
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Standard $1,699 |
Professional $2,999 |
Illustrated $2,999 |
All-Inclusive $6,499 |
Traditional $8,499 |
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| Paperback Author Copy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Revision Rounds | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Image Insertions | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
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| ISBN | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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| Marketing Bundle | Children's |