How Much Does it Cost to Publish a Book?

hey pn, i was wondering does it cost a lot to publish a book and how mush does it cost i was wondering cause me and my friend used to write books when we were little and i was wondering how much it would cost to publish them one day and show people what kids our age used to write when they were little like me and my friend were? please answer thanks

I think you must be referring to books that are paid for by the writers themselves, since most authors of books don’t pay anything at all–the publisher pays them.  That’s the way we make our living; it’s our job.  I don’t know how long your book would be or if you were thinking of paperback or hardback copies, but it would be several thousand dollars.  Pictures, and color pictures, would make it more expensive. People can do such marvelous things with their own printers these days, or at a Kinko’s store, that this seems the best way to go to make a book of your early stories.