Seven Principles PressComparative Pricing Table
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Publisher's name Kind of contract Manuscript Screening Distribution Paperback* Hardcover* Combo* Color* Royalties and discounts
Seven Principles Press Non-Exclusive Yes (Extensive)

$ 100 application
fee includes outside review

 Through our website, online retailers mostly, bookstore availability $ 250

Plus actual cost of editing,  typesetting, index development, cover design

 $  250

Plus actual cost of editing,  typesetting, index development, cover design.

 TBA TBA Royalties are 80% of net receipts. 


Authors can purchase copies of their book paying only the printing, shipping cost plus 10% retail price.
Virtual Bookworm
 		 Non-Exclusive Yes Through their site and online retailers mostly $360.00 $430.00 $590.00 $625.00 Royalties are 50% of net receipts.

Basic discount is 30%, bulk discounts may apply.
Lulu
 		 Non-Exclusive No Through their site and online retailers mostly $149.95 Not Available Not Available Not Available Royalties are 80% of net receipts.

Authors can purchase copies of their book paying only their printing costs (a word of caution here: their direct printing costs are $3.00 more expensive than their external printing costs).
WingSpan Press
 		 Non-Exclusive Yes Through their site and online retailers mostly $499.00 $599.00 $699.00 $899.00 Royalties are 100% of net receipts. There is a $1.75 fulfillment charge on direct sales and a 3% (of retail price) administrative fee on external sales. Authors can purchase copies of their book paying only their printing costs.
PageFree Publishing
 		 Non-Exclusive No Through their site and online retailers mostly $359.00 $509.00 $659.00 $489.00 Royalties are 75% of net receipts.

Authors can purchase copies of their book paying only their printing costs (these costs are higher than the ones paid by bookstores).
AuthorHouse
 		 Non-Exclusive
 		 No Through their site and online retailers mostly $698.00 Not Available $1048.00 $999.00 Royalties range between 5-15% on external sales and between 10-50% on direct sales (see 2+2=5).

Discount equals royalties on direct sales.
Aventine Press
 		 Non-Exclusive No Through online retailers mostly $349.00 Not Available $599.00 Not Available Royalties are 80% of net receipts.

Authors can purchase copies of their book paying their printing costs plus 10% of retail price.
Biblio Books
 		 Non-Exclusive No Through their site and online retailers mostly $1450.00 Not Available $1700.00 Not Available Royalites are 10% (of retail price?) on external sales and 20% on direct sales.

Basic discount is 20% of retail price, bulk discounts may be available.
Booklocker.com
 		 Non-Exclusive Yes

(No application fee)

 Through their site and online retailers mostly $492 $492 $591 $742 Author discounts are 35%-65% based on quantity purchased
BookSurge Publishing
 		 Non-Exclusive
 		 No Their site and some online retailers $599.00 $697.00 Not Available $699.00 Royalties are 25% of retail price on direct sales (15% for hardcovers), 10% on external sales.

Discount is 30%, some bulk discounts may apply.
Bookstand Publishing Non-Exclusive
 		 No Through their site $295.00 $699.00 Not Available $1249.00 30% of retail price on direct paperback sales, 15% of retail price on external hardcover sales. It is unclear whether or not paperbacks have any distribution beyond their site.

Basic discount is unclear.
ForemostPress
 		 Non-Exclusive Yes Through their site and online retailers mostly $347.00 Not Available Not Available Not Available Royalties are 20% of retail price on direct sales and 10% on external sales (it is unclear whether this is 10% of retail or wholesale price).

Discount is 50% of retail price.
Golden Pillar Publishing
 		 Exclusive
 		 No Through their site and online retailers mostly $500.00 Not Available Not Available Not Available Royalties are 70% of net receipts.

Authors can purchase copies of their book paying only their printing costs.
Infinity Publishing
 		 Non-Exclusive No Through their site $499.00 Not Available Not Available Not Available Royalties are 30% of retail price on direct sales and 15% of wholesale price on external sale (roughly 9% of retail price).

Discount is 40% of retail price plus wholesale royalties.
Inkwater Press
 		 Unknown
 		 No Through their site and online retailers mostly $399.00 $799.00 Not Available $1299.00 Royalties are 40% of net receipts (25% for color books).

Authors can purchase copies of their book at a 40% discount (minimum order is 12).
Instabook
 		 Non-Exclusive No None $150.00 Not Available Not Available Not Available 100% of net receipts.

Authors can purchase copies of their book paying only their printing costs.
iUniverse
 		 Non-Exclusive No Through their site and online retailers mostly $499.00 Not Available $698.00 Not Available Royalties are 20% of payments received by the publisher.

Basic author discount is 20%, bulk discounts are available.
Llumina Press
 		 Non-Exclusive Yes Through their site and online retailers mostly $699.00 $759.00 $899.00 $699.00 Royalties are 10% of retail price on externa sales and 30% on direct sales.

Discount is 30% of retail price bulk disconts are available.
Outskirts Press Non-Exclusive No Through their site and online retailers mostly $199.00 Not Available $1198.00 Not Available Royalties are determined by the author by choosing an amount on top of a base price.

Authors can purchase copies of their book paying only the base price.
Pleasant Word Non-Exclusive Yes Through their site $699.00 $699.00 Not Available Not Available No royalties paid as no distribution is available.

Discount is 50% of retail price.
Prairie View Publishing
 		 Non-Exclusive
 		 Yes Through their site and online retailers mostly $600.00 Not Available Not Available Not Available Royalties are 40% of payments received by the publisher.

Authors can purchase copies of their book paying only their printing costs plus $1.00.
Trafford Non-Exclusive No Through their site and online retailers mostly $1249.00 Not Available Not Available $2199.00 Royalties are 60% of gross profit (though unlike most publishers their online bookstore takes a discount, effectively profiting twice from the same sale).

Authors can purchase copies of their book paying only their printing costs.
Universal Publishers
 		 Non-Exclusive Yes Through their site and online retailers mostly $495.00 Not Available Not Available Not Available Royalties are 20% of retail price on external sales and 40% on direct sales. No royalties are paid on the first three copies sold in each quarter.

Discount is 40% of retail price, bulk discounts may apply.
Unlimited Publishing
 		 Exclusive
 		 Yes Through online retailers mostly $500.00 Not Available $625.00 Not Available Royalties are 50% of net receipts.

Authors can buy their books paying their printing costs plus a small administrative fee ($1.00-$1.75 per copy depending on page count).
Wheatmark
 		 Non-Exclusive No Through their site and online retailers mostly $799.00 Not Available $1448.00 Not Available Royalties are 20% of payments received by the publisher.

Discount is 40% of retail price.
Xlibris
 		 Non-Exclusive No Through their site and online retailers mostly $499.00 Not Available $899.00 $999.00 Royalties are 10% of retail price on external sales, 25% of retail price on direct sales.

Basic discount is 40% on paperbacks and 35% on hardcovers.
Xulon Press
 		 Non-Exclusive Yes Through their site and online retailers mostly $1499.00 Not Available $1648.00 Not Available Royatleis are 100% of net recipts on external sales and 75% of net receipts on direct sales.

Discount is not clearly defined (up to 70% on bulk orders, not defined for a single copy).
*In most instances these figures refer to the least expensive option offered by the publisher in question.

 

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