How much does it cost to publish a 16 300-page illustrated photo book? How much is the cost of each book?

If it is full color, the price is higher. If it is black and white, the price will be lower.

The expenses mainly include:

The ISBN management fee of publishing house is about 1.2- 1.5 million.

Editing and proofreading cover design typesetting fee: about 5,000 yuan.

The printing cost depends on the number of copies you print and whether it is full color. According to full-color printing 1000 copies, the printing cost is about more than 20 thousand. The more copies printed, the higher the total printing cost, but the lower the single copy cost. If 1000 copies are printed in black and white, the printing cost is about 16000.

So the total cost should be around thirty-three thousand. If you count 1000 copies, the cost of each copy is around 33 yuan.

In terms of printing, printing 1000 volumes is relatively small. If 5000 copies are printed in black and white, the total cost is about 60,000, and the cost per copy is about 12 yuan, which will reduce the cost per copy a lot.