Itemized intellectual-property estimate
Books and handbooks: how each was priced
The website offers these texts for free. Because no book sales, royalties, or comparable rights transactions were supplied, the figures below estimate the cost to commission equivalent new text—not a retail price or guaranteed resale value.
Combined content replacement-cost estimate
CAD $18,700–$28,100
Sum of the 12 rounded title ranges below. These works are already included in the whole-site estimate above; do not add this subtotal to that figure.
Book · Title 01
Published text: 1,030 words · about 4.1 page-equivalents
CAD $550–$825
Indicative content replacement cost
Book · Title 02
Published text: 1,324 words · about 5.3 page-equivalents
CAD $700–$1,050
Indicative content replacement cost
Handbook · Title 03
Published text: 3,128 words · about 12.5 page-equivalents
CAD $1,675–$2,500
Indicative content replacement cost
Book · Title 04
Published text: 3,520 words · about 14.1 page-equivalents
CAD $1,875–$2,825
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Book · Title 05
Published text: 7,799 words · about 31.2 page-equivalents
CAD $4,150–$6,250
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Book · Title 06
Published text: 2,253 words · about 9.0 page-equivalents
CAD $1,200–$1,800
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Book · Title 07
Published text: 667 words · about 2.7 page-equivalents
CAD $350–$525
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Handbook · Title 08
Published text: 1,457 words · about 5.8 page-equivalents
CAD $775–$1,175
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Book · Title 09
Published text: 3,859 words · about 15.4 page-equivalents
CAD $2,050–$3,075
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Book · Title 10
Published text: 1,547 words · about 6.2 page-equivalents
CAD $825–$1,250
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Book · Title 11
Published text: 2,653 words · about 10.6 page-equivalents
CAD $1,425–$2,125
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Field guide / handbook · Title 12
Published text: 5,879 words · about 23.5 page-equivalents
CAD $3,125–$4,700
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Method and assumptions
- Use the cost approach. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office describes replacement or recreation cost as one accepted IP valuation method. It is the most defensible starting point here because the supplied site bundle contains no title-level sales, royalty, or licensing data for an income or market comparison.
- Count the published text. Each title’s word count was measured from its “Read the full edition” text on the Library page, excluding the synopsis repeated above it. Across all 12 entries, the measured total is 35,116 words.
- Convert words to page-equivalents. For this model only, 250 words equal one page-equivalent. This is a calculation convention, not a claim about the actual page count or print layout.
- Apply a Canadian writing-service benchmark. The Writers’ Union of Canada lists a C$40,000 minimum fee for ghostwriting a 200–300 page book. Dividing that benchmark by the two page-count endpoints gives a model range of about C$133–C$200 per page-equivalent. I pro-rated it linearly for these shorter web editions and rounded each title to the nearest C$25. This pro-rating is my estimate, not a per-page rate set by the Union.
The Ontario Job Bank’s C$40.38 hourly median for writers is a cross-check, not part of the calculation. Editing, research fees, translation, taxes, cover art, and print or e-book production are excluded because the scope and deliverable specifications were not supplied. Editors Canada notes that editing rates vary with text difficulty and service; BookDesign.ca lists separate e-book conversion costs of about C$125 for simple books and up to C$450 for complex PDFs.
Interpretation: these are replacement-cost indicators for the posted text, not a professional appraisal, legal opinion, retail recommendation, or offer to buy. Copyright transferability and any commercial market would need separate review. The existing whole-site figure is a separate model and already includes these works.