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Optional Features Pricing
In addition to our FREE features, we offer many optional features that add more customization and value to your book. Optional features will raise your suggested selling price. We recommend you double the cost of each optional feature and add it to your selling price.
Prices effective February 1, 2022.
Extra Charge = Throughout site, indicates a feature at an extra charge

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Covers
ITEM | ADDITIONAL INFO | PRICE |
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Plastic lamination on front & back covers | FREE | |
Full-color stock covers | imprinted in any in-house inks; includes coordinating back cover |
FREE |
Custom front cover ink options | printed in one in-house ink | FREE |
printed in multi-color (2 or more inks) or full-color | 25¢/book | |
Designer Series Cover Template (includes FREE full-color back cover) |
25¢/book | |
Gold or silver foil stamping | limited to the front cover only (and spine on 3-Ring) |
200 books…$1.30/book |
300 books…95¢/book | ||
500 books…65¢/book | ||
1000 books…45¢/book | ||
2000 books…35¢/book | ||
3000 books…30¢/book | ||
Custom back cover ink options | printed in one in-house ink | 15¢/book |
printed in multi- or full-color | 25¢/book | |
Printed liners (for 3-Ring or hardback only) |
full-color stock liners L1a and L5 | 35¢/book |
printed in one in-house ink | 25¢/book | |
printed in multi- or full-color | 55¢/book | |
EZel™ bookstand | for 3-Ring only | 80¢/book |
Plastic coil binding | soft cover only; not available with more than 500 recipes or tabbed dividers |
FREE |
Plastic comb binding | FREE | |
Imprinted plastic comb binding | 100-299 books…$1.60/book | |
300-499 books…75¢/book | ||
500+ books…30¢/book |
Dividers
ITEM | ADDITIONAL INFO | PRICE |
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Divider style | non-tabbed standard full-color stock divider set of 8 | FREE |
non-tabbed heavy full-color stock divider set of 8 | 35¢/book | |
tabbed heavy full-color stock divider set of 8 for hardback | 70¢/book | |
tabbed heavy full-color stock divider set of 8 for 3-Ring | 60¢/book | |
non-tabbed standard custom dividers | 7¢/divider (per book) | |
non-tabbed heavy custom dividers | 10¢/divider (per book) | |
tabbed heavy custom dividers for hardback | 25¢/divider (per book) | |
tabbed heavy custom dividers for 3-Ring | 20¢/divider (per book) | |
Custom divider ink (in addition to "divider style" charge) |
printed in black ink | FREE |
printed in one in-house ink | 5¢/divider (per book) | |
printed in multi- or full-color | 15¢/divider (per book) | |
Designer Series Divider Templates | 15¢/divider (per book) | |
Printing backs of custom dividers | Helpful Hints | FREE |
custom material printed in one in-house ink | 5¢/divider (per book) | |
custom material printed in multi- or full-color | 15¢/divider (per book) | |
Printing backs of stock dividers | Helpful Hints are standard and cannot be omitted or changed. Custom material is not available. | FREE |
Colored paper for custom dividers | stock paper colors | FREE |
Recipe Pages
ITEM | ADDITIONAL INFO | PRICE |
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Paper for recipe pages | standard white paper | FREE |
cream paper | 35¢/book | |
Recipe formats | Discount Format F15 | Subtract 20¢/book |
FREE Formats: F1, F2, F4, F7, F8, F9, F21, F22, F23 | FREE (add non-continued recipes for 20¢/book) |
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Non-continued recipes | not available with Discount Format F15 | 20¢/book |
Recipe Subcategies | charge is per book, not per subcategory | 5¢/book |
Recipe notes | 25¢/book | |
Recipe symbols | charge is per book, not per recipe symbol | 5¢/book |
Recipe Fillers | only available with non-continued recipes | 15¢/book |
Indexes | of recipes or contributors | FREE |
Personal Pages
ITEM | ADDITIONAL INFO | PRICE |
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Personal pages | 4 FREE pages included | FREE |
additional pages | 6¢/page (per book) | |
Photos or artwork printed in black ink | 1 FREE on personal pages | FREE |
additional photos | 5¢/image (per book) | |
Multi- or full-color photos or artwork | 10¢/image (per book) |
Cookbook Extras
ITEM | ADDITIONAL INFO | PRICE |
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Cooking hints | 16 FREE full-color pages | FREE |
Recipe pocket envelope | 20¢/book | |
Advertising pages | press-ready pages | 6¢/page (per book) |
set-up fee if not press-ready | Add $30/page |
Sales Tools
ITEM | ADDITIONAL INFO | PRICE |
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Printable marketing material | download from our site | FREE |
Miscellaneous
ITEM | ADDITIONAL INFO | PRICE |
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Change orders & corrections | make changes from originally submitted material | Change Order & Corrections Pricing (PDF) |
Cookbook proof | first text and cover proof - on books we type | FREE |
corrections - on books we type | FREE | |
changes from your original order at proof time | Change Order & Corrections Pricing (PDF) | |
unlocking typensave® to make changes | $30.00 |
You will be able to make corrections to your digital proof FREE. Changes that require us to unlock your account (adding recipes, adding or changing recipe page options, and changing cover) will incur a fee.