powerHouse Open House

One friend of mine calls this a “coming clean of how they do business”. Selling book deals to talented photographers has been the way of photography book publishers for years. I’m pleased to see  that powerHouse is offering a model for even smaller scale book runs. Photo book publishers normally print less than a few thousand copies of any title. Now, for a few thousand dollars less than what was previously charged, almost any photographer has the opportunity to be published by this new powerHouse imprint. I think I’ll try Blurb first.

powerHouse Books is pleased to announce the launch of

PCP
An Innovative Approach
to Custom Publishing

New York, February 6, 2009—
powerHouse Books announces the launch of PCP (powerHouse Custom Publishing) a new book imprint combining the high-quality aesthetics and innovative marketing for which powerHouse Books is best known, with high quality print-on-demand services.

PCP will offer aspiring artists, photographers, and storytellers of all kinds the opportunity to create, publish, share, and ultimately market professional-quality illustrated books with a personalized professional approach to editorial, design, and marketing publishing services.

As an added benefit, all PCP projects will be reviewed by powerHouse Books for consideration to be published under the pH imprint with the potential for mainstream trade distribution.

PCP service packages include the trademark powerHouse Books approach in sequence, editing and design as well as high quality manufacturing:

Creative Services
Basic Edit and Design: $950
Submit up to 100 pages of content for a 50-70-page book and PDF.

Advanced Edit and Design: $1,750
Submit up to 200 pages of content for a 80-100 page book and PDF; pH to provide up to two rounds of revisions.

Additional Pages (Edit and Design): $250
Billed in increments of 10 pages (supply up to 20 additional pages of content per additional page order).

Additional Revisions (Edit and Design): $95/hour
Billed by the hour in 30-minute increments.

Color Management and Retouching: $95/hour
Billed by the hour in 30-minute increments.

Production Services
All books are hardcover, printed in full color throughout, include a printed and laminated dust jacket, and bound in natural cloth with a foil stamp on the front cover and spine. In lieu of a jacket, you may opt instead to have a color photo tipped directly onto the cover for no added cost.

BASIC: 50 pages, maximum 10 inches tall x 8.5 inches wide
•    50 copies $3,150 + $950 for design
•    100 copies $4,600 + $950 for design
•    300 copies $12,750 + $950 for design

BASIC +: 100 pages, maximum 10 inches tall x 8.5 inches wide
•    50 copies $3,500 + $1,750 for design
•    100 copies $5,250 + $1,750 for design
•    300 copies $13,900 + $1,750 for design

DELUXE: 50 pages, maximum 10 inches tall x 12 inches wide
•    50 copies: $4,000 + $950 for design
•    100 copies: $6,150  + $950 for design
•    300 copies: $16,500 + $950 for design

DELUXE +: 100 pages, maximum 10 inches tall x 12 inches wide
•    50 copies $4,500 + $1,750 for design
•    100 copies: $7,125 + $1,750 for design
•    300 copies $19,875 + $1,750 for design

Please note that the above are estimates. All jobs are quoted individually based on precise size, page
count, and other variables such as cloth color availability.

Additional services
Marketing: $1,500
•    Description and categorization of project
•    Email blast announcement to PCP subscribers
•    Availability via PCP bookstore
•    Availability via Amazon.com

Workshops: $500 – $950
•    Design
•    Marketing
•    Editing and Sequence

Exhibition at The powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn
Please contact us to discuss details.

Book Launch Reception at The powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn
Please contact us to discuss details.

For more information, please contact
Craig Cohen, PCP Director
powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: 212-604-9074 x113, Fax: 212-366-5247, email: craig@powerHouseBooks.com