Book Design, Layout, and Graphic Arts (Fiction and Nonfiction)
My goal is to provide authors with visual designs for books and marketing materials that elegantly convey your message and style. The design services I offer include:
Book Layout & Design (internal text and cover design)
Technical Illustration & Graphic Arts (diagrams, charts, drawings, and graphics)
Digital Photography Enhancement (Photoshop expert)
Imprint Logo Development (for cover, title page, and promotional materials)
Book Design, Layout, & Illustration
I have done book design and illustration for my own publications and for clients. I offer book design for all subjects and genres, nonfiction and fiction. Depending on your requirements, this service may include:
Cover Design
Colors and font selection, cover image design (graphics, illustrations, and photo montage), spine copy layout, back cover blurb and testimonial layout, ISBN barcode placement, imprint logo design and placement, author head shot enhancement (on back cover or inside)
Internal Text Layout, Formatting, & Design
Front matter (title page, copyright page, table of contents); title page for part divisions; chapter first page design; text and headings (fonts and layout); special formatting (bullets, lists, bolding, italics, indents, etc.); tables (layout, text leading, spacing, design, captions); figures, photos, and illustrations (placement in text, sizing, captions, design)
Illustration Graphics
Creation and/or revision of drawings, diagrams, maps, charts, graphs, information graphics, photos, and decorative designs; artistic illustrations in a variety of styles: line drawings, shaded gray-scale images, and color illustrations
Digital Photography Enhancement (PhotoShop)
Cropping, sharpening, adjusting color balance, color to black & white, retouching, contour cut-outs, photo montage, image blending, and resolution setting, plus photography advice for how to take head shots and illustration photos. Also includes finding and modifying stock photos from online sources.
Imprint Logo Design
Creating a graphic symbol for your book imprint, marketing materials, and after-market products. Brand system includes the logo image and imprint name.
"I found Michael to be incredibly knowledgeable and skillful in his innumerable publishing talents which include, but are not limited to, book design, layout, formatting, cover creation and logo creation. He brought my book to life with his professionalism, artistry and insight. It is my pleasure to highly recommend his services." Published Acknowledgement: "Michael -- for invaluable expertise in everything including book design, formatting, cover creation, and for helping me set up PranaCreations. I absolutely would not have been able to do this without you." – Judy Myers, Author, Managing the Mommy Years
"I’ve worked with Michael for over 12 years and found him to be an intelligent analyst, an effective project manager, and a remarkably good writer." – James Sherry, VP Sales, Devon Consulting
"I highly recommend Michael for his strategic planning, organizational development, project management, business analysis, and writing abilities. He has consistently delivered high quality results." – Michael Toomey, Former National IT Director, The Devereux Foundation
"I would highly recommend Michael. His work was well received, on schedule, within budget, and facilitated rewriting our business practice standards. He melded well into our team while maintaining a leadership role." – Rosemary Myers, Director of Information Systems, The Franklin Mint
"Mike, we have gotten praise from Technical Operations on the quality of your work. It’s great to have a project so well managed. Thanks." – Tom Cole, Director of Systems Integration, The Vanguard Group
"After observing his effectiveness on other projects, I asked Michael to help us with our High-Performance Computing Environment. I have been more than satisfied with the quality of his results and would whole-heartedly recommend him." – Simon Kearsley, PhD., Director of Molecular Systems, Merck & Co.
"Michael listened to our needs and wrote a clear, focused, and practical Strategy Plan that was perfectly suited to our objectives. It was well-written and logical, delivered on time and within budget. We would whole-heartedly recommend him to his future clients for any business writing or strategy development project." – Siti Crook, CEO, EcoBuilt Efficient Buildings
REQUEST FOR ESTIMATE/CONSULTATION
Cut and paste the text that follows into your e-mail editor (e.g., Outlook, Word) and answer each question.
A sample is required to receive an estimate for editing services
6. Describe your project: (e.g., book, business document, dissertation)
7. Describe the level of writing or editing required: (e.g., copyediting, proofreading, content editing, fact-checking, ghostwriting, formatting)
8. Current word count of document:
9. Your deadline date:
10. Required manual of style, if any: (e.g., Chicago Manual, APA, MLA, AP, AAA, CBE/CSE)
11. Number of charts, tables, and pictures:
12. Do you need charts, tables, pictures edited/formatted?
13. Do you have a budget for the project? (Please be specific.)
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