Price List
Hardback cover design and formatting – £699
Paperback cover design and formatting – £599
Ebook cover design and formatting – £399
Hardback, Paperback and Ebook cover design and formatting offer – £1199
Social Media Kit – £999
Twelve months of book coaching for novelists – £2499 or £215/12 months
Custom vector logo design – £499
Author website design – from £1999
Arabic to English academic and literary translation – £120/1000 words
Arabic and Persian transliteration – £25/hour
Proofreading and editing – £25/hour
Monthly instalment payment options available
For more information about our services contact us at enquiries@maktaba.co.uk and tell us about your project.
Our Services
Hardback
Cover Design and Formatting
Hardback book cover design and formatting, including optional dust jacket, PDF files ready for black and white or colour printing through print-on-demand channels and help and advice to get your book distributed through major online retailers and brick and mortar booksellers. We work with you to understand your vision for your book and suggest various options for you to choose from.
£699
Monthly instalment payment options available
Paperback
Cover Design and Formatting
Paperback book cover design and formatting, including matte or gloss finish, PDF files ready for black and white or colour printing through print-on-demand channels, and help and advice to get your book distributed through major online retailers and brick and mortar booksellers. We work with you to understand your vision for your book and suggest various options for you to choose from.
£599
Monthly instalment payment options available
Ebook
Cover Design and Formatting
Ebook cover and EPUB file formatted and ready to publish through online Ebook retailers. We work with you to understand your vision for your Ebook and suggest various options for you to choose from. Three to five cover mock-ups for you to choose from using your graphic and photo assets and/or stock library assets. Five revisions included for both cover and interior files. Additional revisions are charged at an hourly rate of £25.
£399
Monthly instalment payment options available
Offers
Hardback, paperback and Ebook book design and formatting
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Best price for all three formats.
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Working together to understand and clarify your vision for the look and feel of your books, including book size, paper type, style, fonts and colours.
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Three to five cover mock-ups for you to choose from using your graphic and photo assets and/or stock library assets.
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Five revisions included for both cover and interior files. Additional revisions are charged at an hourly rate of £25.
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Cover design and interior formatting provided as PDF and EPUB files, ready for use through print-on-demand channels and Ebook retailers.
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Reach a wider audience through providing print and digital formats
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Help and advice on getting your book distributed through major online retailers and bookstores.
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The price quoted is for a normal manuscript. If your manuscript is very long or has complicated design or formatting requirements you may receive a higher no-obligation quote once your project has been assessed.
Social Media Kit -Brand clarity and content strategy for your author platform
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branding consultation to choose fonts, colours and style to give your social media posts a cohesive feel and the look you want.
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10 social media assets designed according to your social media needs and ready for posting, which can also be used as templates for your future posts, including up to three one minute videos for reels, tiktoks etc.
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Instruction on how to use templates to create new posts using free software.
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Assets are designed using your own audio visual materials or materials sourced from stock sites. Graphics, audio, video and photos from these sites are subject to the terms of use stipulated for them and you are responsible for using them in accordance with these terms.
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Appeal to a wider audience through a well-designed, more attractive social media presence.
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Choose designs and types of post according to the social media platforms you are most active on and your marketing goals, for example instagram reels or carousel posts, Pinterest posts, Amazon A+ content, Book launch announcements, endorsements etc.
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Does not include logo design. Maktaba can design a custom vector logo for you for £499 if you need one.
Twelve months of book coaching for novelists to finish your first draft
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Monthly guidance through the process of structuring your novel and writing your first draft
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Receive in-depth feedback and suggestions on your ideas and your writing
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Learn to connect with your reader to enable them to feel like they are experiencing your story themselves, becoming immersed in it.
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Ensure your novel has enough tension and suspense to make it a page-turner.
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Create characters your readers can relate and connect to and a story they will really enjoy.
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Make your novel memorable and meaningful.
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Discover how to overcome writers' block by stepping back and seeing the overall structure of your novel.
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Learn to introduce foreshadowing and give your readers puzzle pieces to figure out what is going on and character dilemmas to contemplate, engaging them more personally in the story.