| Legacy Books biography service can help you, your family
or your organisation preserve memories for the generations to come. Personal
Life Story  Have
you always wanted to write your life story, but don't have the time or skill.
Our dedicated, sensitive writers can do it for you. Our services can focus on
particular aspects of your life story that you think are important for other people
to know about or it can cover your whole life so far.
The finished product
can range from a 50-page paperback book to a 200-page family history hardback
book with photographs and a family tree. Organisational History Our
biography services can also write and produce the history of your organisation,
whether that is a company, church group or sporting club. This means that important
milestones and memories are preserved for future generations. This can also act
as a fundraiser for your organisation. How does it work? How
much does it cost? How does it work?
Personal Below
is an example of the steps taken in writing your biography: 1. We
initally provide a no-obligation telephone discussion about our services. 2.
From this discussion we will provide a written cost estimate and an application
form with a background document for you to fill out. 3. We then arrange
an initial interview to further discuss your needs and give you dates and deadlines
for the service. 4. We then arrange a number of biography interviews depending
on your requirements. For example, if you want a personal biography of 50 pages
we would organise to interview you three times for 2 hours a session. Concurrently,
we will conduct research and collect information about the times, dates and places
surrounding your story so that we can represent your life in an historical and
geographical context. 5. When written, a draft will be sent to you for
approval prior to printing. 6. We then coordinate the design, photographs,
printing and binding to produce an heirloom-quality book for the narrator and
his or her family and friends. Organisational The process for
an organistaional history is very similar to our personal biography service. We
intially offer a no-obligation, free telephone discussion about our service and
can provide you with an estimate of cost. The main difference is that we would
organise interviews with a range of people associated with the club or organisation. A
series of one-on-one interviews are then conducted to help record the organisation’s
history. Individual interviews are essential for uncovering the personal stories
that help build a complete representation of the organisation. Importantly,
we will write about the people who are the organisation and the individual contributions
they have made. We also recommend that photos and documents, such as photographs
of founding members or copies of awards received, are collected. When written
and compiled, a draft copy is sent for comment and then final proofs for approval
prior to printing. How much does it cost? The
cost depends on the services that you require. Below are some cost examples. Life
story 1: cost $2,500
A finished paperback book of 50 pages including photographs
and a full colour cover. This would include 20 copies. Life story 2: cost
$5,000
A finished hardback book of 100 pages including photographs and a full
colour cover. This would include 50 copies. Organisation history: cost $7,000
A
finished hardback book of 100 pages including photographs and a full colour cover.
This would include 100 copies. Some clubs and groups recoup some of this money
through sale of the books. Extra copies of the book can be purches at a reduced
price. Payment is made in three stages: one-third deposit to begin writing,
one third on completion of first draft, and one-third on delivery of final books. The
above costings are examples only and may not suit your specific requirements which
is why costs are determined on a case-by-case basis in negotiation with you.
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