Here you can very easily calculate how much your book project will cost you and what your profit will be per copy sold. The calculator computes in a few steps the different prices and costs, both net (without sales tax) and gross (including sales tax). Test various list prices and find out how this affects your earnings per copy.

 

Your information

You are:	Author	Publisher
Product category:	BoD Fun	BoD Classic	BoD Comfort
Paper colour:	white 90 g	off-white 90 g	photo glossy paper 200 g
Cover:	matt	glossy	textured
Binding:	Paperback	Booklet	Wire-O
	Hardcover	Hardcover with stitched binding
Trim size:	Standard (12.0 x 19.0 cm) (13.5 x 21.5 cm) (14.8 x 21.0 cm) (15.5 x 22.0 cm) (17.0 x 22.0 cm) (17.0 x 17.0 cm) (21.0 x 15.0 cm)	Large format (19.0 x 27.0 cm) (21.0 x 21.0 cm)	Maxi format (21.0 x 29.7 cm)

Number of pages of book block:
Of these, colour pages (ColorPlus):

Your potential earnings

We recommend a minimum profit margin of 10%, which equals a list price of €.....

If you wish to earn a different profit margin with your book, please establish a list price yourself:

	net	incl. sales tax
Absolute profit margin:
Profit margin in % of list price:

One-time fee for our publishing service

	net	incl. sales tax

Data management

Running costs are only incurred in the form of a minimum monthly data management charge. This ensures that the print master will always be available so your book can be produced at any time and any print run.

€1.99 per month and title (incl. sales tax)

Small print runs for personal use per copy

	net	incl. sales tax
1-24 books:
25-99 books:
100-199 books:
from 200 onwards:

Recoup your investment!

Royalties from VG Wort/Literar-Mechana
for nonfiction titles and textbooks:		approx. €380