How much self-publishing a photography book actually costs
a very practical nitty-gritty post
Beauty Hunting is now a book - it has been for about six months now. Like, an actual book that you can hold in your hands and buy a copy of. A book with my name on it that exists in the world.
It’s quite something.
It’s always so nerve-wracking to put something like this into the world, especially something so deeply personal. You never quite know whether people will get what you’re trying to say - or not.
Based on the feedback and the little notes I’ve been receiving so far, people do get it. It makes me very happy.
But this post isn’t about it. I thought I’d get nitty-gritty and write down all the numbers and tell you how much publishing a very modest print run of a quality photography book actually costs. So here we go.
Book design
I’m not a stranger to putting photographs in sequences and layouts - I’ve worked as a people photographer for 15 years now, and have designed plenty of family and wedding albums. But this was something completely different and I have quickly realised that I m…