text: how much will it cost? how much would it cost to publish a book (ink, paper and other fees also). it's one thing to "publish" a book...but to print it...that's another story...anyone can have that done. publishing requires a lot more work. you have to send it out to companies to see if they are even interested in it and think it could be marketable.   for printing, you need to know the size/format of the book. that is the first step. you need to figure out how many pages it will take up in that particular format. figure out if you want a color cover/back sleeve or not. color costs more to print. how many copies do you want to print as well. what type of paper do you want it printed on? it's going to take money and research to complete a project like this.  i would suggest doing a google search. try cheap book printing. i did and i've listed a couple of the sites that i think would help you out.