What Freelance Professionals Do I Need to Publish a Book?

Going the self-publishing route in South Africa means assembling your own publishing team — unless you use a full-service provider like Creative Books SA, who bring all these professionals under one roof.

A professionally self-published book requires: a developmental editor or manuscript assessor; a copyeditor; a proofreader; a cover designer; and an interior layout designer/typesetter. Sourcing these separately can be time-consuming and expensive.

Creative Books SA offers all of the above services with transparent, per-unit pricing: Proofreading at R0.25 per word; Copy Editing at R0.30 per word; Structural Editing at R0.40 per word; Cover Design from R1,650 to R3,850; Typesetting from R10.50 to R19.50 per page; and Printing from R5,500 for 100 copies. Their Full Packages from R21,000 bundle everything together at a saving.

When your editor, designer, typesetter, and printer all work together under one project manager — as they do at Creative Books SA — the production process is faster, more cohesive, and less prone to the communication breakdowns that occur when you're coordinating multiple freelancers independently.