Chapbooks
If your chapbook is accepted, we will do the following free:
- Customize the Cover and Interior in consultation with you and our designer
Suggested production features:
- 5 ½ by 8 ½ trim size, inside copy would be about 4” by 7”
- (if the cover is a bleed then the trim size is 5” by 8”)
- copy in 12 pt with headings in 14 pt
- Text: 28lb Hammerhill Color Copy Digital
- Cover: 60lb Hammerhill Color Copy Cover Stock (with full color cover)
- About 30 pages of poetry, 8 pages of other things
Things you should think about
- Do you have pictures/illustrations that you want included?
- Do you have ideas for the cover, or do you want us to design it?
- Do you want to include a dedication or acknowledgements page?
- Do you want to include an author page with photo and bio?
- Do you have quotes for the back cover?
Post-publication features:
- Registration with Books In Print® Database
- Assignment of International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
- Worldwide Online Book Distribution
- Online Book Sales
Pricing
Retail price $10, Price to author: 1 to 25 copies @ 50% discount, 26 copies and up @ 55% discount
Moonstone will retain 10 copies of your book for sale at the Moonstone on-line store