The cost to print your POD book is instrumental in determining your book’s retail price and calculating royalties—both of which can affect your overall profit. But if you’ve played around with the POD printing calculator above, you’ll see that many factors affect your printing costs.
https://www.millcitypress.net/author-learning-center/book-printing-costs
POD book printing costs are usually determined by a per-cover charge plus a per-page charge. This per-page charge makes your book’s page count instrumental in the cost per book, which is why it’s the first item you’ll fill out in the printing calculator. But while page count is integral to your per-book cost, it’s not something you’ll know until your book has been fully formatted.
https://www.millcitypress.net/author-learning-center/book-printing-costs
Renowned literary agent Steve Laube wrote to correct my calculations (thanks, Steve!). He says: One thing forgotten in the calculation…the author’s royalty. That is a cost as well when considering the “break even” point. The up front advance is considered a (sort of) production cost in the publisher’s model. This means that with the models presented the break even sales number are probably closer to 8,000 – 10,000 units.
http://www.rachellegardner.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-publish-a-book/
When you choose print-on-demand distribution with your Mill City Press publishing plan, you can use this calculator to estimate book printing costs. To start, enter your approximate page count. You'll find additional information on the factors that influence printing costs below the calculator.
https://www.millcitypress.net/author-learning-center/book-printing-costs
All too often, authors are lured by a low upfront cost - but, it's not the self publishing costs that ruin your profit, it's the book printing prices! If you think your book will sell 100 units or less, then going with the least expensive option for self publishing costs is your best choice..
https://www.dogearpublishing.net/ak-author-purchase-prices.php
Why book publishing costs are less important than book printing costs... All too often, authors are lured by a low up front self publishing cost - but, it's not the cost of publishing a book that ruin your profit, it's the book printing costs! If you think your book will sell 100 units or more, Dog Ear provides the best value for your money!
https://www.dogearpublishing.net/ak-author-purchase-prices.php
Analysts estimate profit margins at 20–30% for the industry, so the average cost to the publisher of producing an article is likely to be around $3,500–4,000. Most open-access publishers charge fees that are much lower than the industry's average revenue, although there is a wide scatter between journals.
http://www.nature.com/news/open-access-the-true-cost-of-science-publishing-1.12676
One of the benefits of purchasing a publishing package and becoming a Dog Ear author is access to our exclusive book printing prices. The costs to print books listed below are solely reserved for authors who have published with Dog Ear Publishing.
https://www.dogearpublishing.net/ak-author-purchase-prices.php
But unlike other self-publishing companies (just compare your POD printing costs here with theirs), Mill City Press charges the street price for POD books, which allows you to set a more competitive retail price for your book.
https://www.millcitypress.net/author-learning-center/book-printing-costs
TOTAL: $58,000 not including your advance. If the cover price is $19.99, the net price is $9, and the breakeven point is 6,444 copies. Keep in mind that publishers could not stay in business if all they ever did was break even. As you can see, the publisher needs to sell a few books to recoup the cost of publishing.
http://www.rachellegardner.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-publish-a-book/
cost of publisher
The cost of a publisher is $3,500 to $4,000. The cost of a publisher is from $3,500 to $4,000.  