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| Package details | GhostwritingAuthors with a clear idea who want hands-on help developing the manuscript. | Editorial & ProductionAuthors with a complete draft who need editorial and production preparation. | MarketingAuthors preparing a release who want a focused plan before choosing promotion. | Complete PublishingAuthors who want coordinated writing, editorial, production, setup, and launch support. | Essential SetupAuthors with final manuscript, cover, and metadata ready for one platform. | Launch SetupAuthors who need print and ebook editions prepared for a single-platform launch. | Wide Distribution SetupAuthors with final publication files who want setup beyond a single platform. |
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| Package type | Publishing service | Publishing service | Publishing service | Publishing service | Publishing setup | Publishing setup | Publishing setup |
| Package feeFixed one-time QuillCairn fee for the listed scope. Outside costs are separate; expanded or unusual work is quoted separately. | $9,500 one-time | $4,500 one-time | $795 one-time | $14,500 one-time | $499 one-time | $1,299 one-time | $1,499 one-time |
| Best for | Authors with a clear idea who want hands-on help developing the manuscript. | Authors with a complete draft who need editorial and production preparation. | Authors preparing a release who want a focused plan before choosing promotion. | Authors who want coordinated writing, editorial, production, setup, and launch support. | Authors with final manuscript, cover, and metadata ready for one platform. | Authors who need print and ebook editions prepared for a single-platform launch. | Authors with final publication files who want setup beyond a single platform. |
| Included work | Voice and story discovery session; Book outline and manuscript draft up to 30,000 words; One revision round against the agreed outline | Developmental edit and line edit of one supplied manuscript up to 80,000 words; Cover design for the agreed book edition; Print and ebook interior formatting files | Book positioning and audience brief; Six-week launch calendar with practical milestones; Launch copy outline and promotion recommendations | Ghostwriting for one manuscript up to 30,000 words; Developmental and line editing; cover design; print/ebook formatting; Setup for one agreed publishing route; launch planning | One platform and one book edition setup; Listing entry using customer-supplied final copy and files; Submission-readiness check for the supplied materials | Print and ebook production setup using supplied final files; Launch-ready metadata and retail listing preparation; One-platform submission-readiness review | Setup for up to two agreed distribution destinations; Destination-specific metadata and file requirements review; ISBN strategy guidance and identifier placement support |
| Scope and separate costs | The one-time QuillCairn package fee covers one book up to 30,000 words: a voice and story discovery session, an outline, a manuscript draft, and one revision round against the agreed outline. Larger, unusually complex, or out-of-scope work is quoted separately. Optional ISBN purchases, printing, platform or distribution charges, and advertising spend are separate third-party costs. They are not included in the QuillCairn package price or checkout total. | The one-time QuillCairn package fee covers developmental and line editing of one supplied manuscript up to 80,000 words, cover design for the agreed book edition, and print and ebook interior formatting files. Larger manuscripts, additional manuscripts, extensive rewrites, or work beyond these deliverables are quoted separately. Optional ISBN purchases, printing, platform or distribution charges, and advertising spend are separate third-party costs. They are not included in the QuillCairn package price or checkout total. | The one-time QuillCairn package fee covers planning only: book positioning, an audience brief, a six-week launch calendar with practical milestones, a launch-copy outline, and promotion recommendations. Campaign execution and advertising spend are excluded; work beyond this planning scope is quoted separately. Optional ISBN purchases, printing, platform or distribution charges, and advertising spend are separate third-party costs. They are not included in the QuillCairn package price or checkout total. | The one-time QuillCairn package fee covers one book up to 30,000 words: ghostwriting, developmental and line editing, cover design, print and ebook formatting, setup for one agreed publishing route, and launch planning. Larger, unusually complex, or out-of-scope work is quoted separately. Optional ISBN purchases, printing, platform or distribution charges, and advertising spend are separate third-party costs. They are not included in the QuillCairn package price or checkout total. | The one-time QuillCairn package fee covers setup for one supplied, final book edition on one platform: listing entry with customer-supplied copy and files, plus a submission-readiness check. Print or ebook production, new creative assets, expanded distribution, and ISBN purchase are excluded; work beyond this setup scope is quoted separately. Optional ISBN purchases, printing, platform or distribution charges, and advertising spend are separate third-party costs. They are not included in the QuillCairn package price or checkout total. | The one-time QuillCairn package fee covers print and ebook setup for one book on one agreed platform, using customer-supplied final files: production setup, launch-ready metadata and retail listing preparation, and a submission-readiness review. Writing, editing, new cover assets, and expanded distribution are excluded; work beyond this scope is quoted separately. Optional ISBN purchases, printing, platform or distribution charges, and advertising spend are separate third-party costs. They are not included in the QuillCairn package price or checkout total. | The one-time QuillCairn package fee covers setup for one book using customer-supplied final files at up to two agreed destinations: destination-specific metadata and file-requirements review, ISBN strategy guidance, and identifier placement support. ISBN purchases, destinations beyond the two agreed, and all provider charges are excluded; work beyond this scope is quoted separately. Optional ISBN purchases, printing, platform or distribution charges, and advertising spend are separate third-party costs. They are not included in the QuillCairn package price or checkout total. |
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