The cost of publishing a novel varied according to the type of book, the publishing company, the publishing cycle, and other factors. Generally speaking, the cost of publishing a novel included: 1. Planning fee: Including the cost of choosing the topic, organizing the author's information, setting up the characters, and the outline of the story. 2. Editor's fees: The editor would edit, delete, and polish the novel to ensure the quality of the book. 3. Typography fee: The cost of converting the edited novel into an electronic format. 4. Print costs: Print is the cost of printing the novel on paper. 5. " Circulation fee: " The cost of distributing the novel to bookstores, libraries, online bookstores, and so on. The above fees could not completely summarize all the costs of publishing a novel. The specific fees needed to be determined by the type of book, publishing company, publishing cycle, and other factors. For non-self-funded books, they would usually subsidize the publishing fees to help the publishing house publish the novel. However, the amount of subsidy could not guarantee that the specific cost would need to be negotiated with the publisher.