Files for e-book publishing or printer-ready
PDFs for print-on-demand
Amazon Kindle – Barnes and Noble Nook – Apple iPad
Your book cover is the “sale or fail” first impression. The book cover and interior design/layout represents the best of you. After the months or years spent writing your book, you should put the same effort and care into the cover design. Our professional book cover designers offer the best in creativity and quality.
From creative concept to final press, our designers know how books are made—at the same time, they can create a visual design that highlights the subject of your book with original art that sets it apart from the competition.
Book Designer and Self-Publishing and Print-on-Demand Consultant
DAVID EMERY is an MFA Graphic Designer with over twenty-five years of experience. He’s the author of five books: three novels, a memoir, and a popular guide to self-publishing. Though he doesn’t care to edit professionally, he has a good eye; he often finds details that editors overlook.
As a publishing consultant, Dave offers guidance through the maze of options and around the many pitfalls you’ll encounter. He’ll answer your questions about copyright, ISBN Numbers, choosing printers, getting distribution and marketing your work. Expect straight talk about bookselling expectations.
As a designer, Dave loves old-school typography. Big publishers print in huge volumes; they use tiny type and thin margins to save paper and ink on huge print runs. By leveraging the advantage of print-on-demand technology, you have the opportunity to produce elegant books that are easy to read – like those produced with hot metal type in the early twentieth century. Whether you need something classic or a more contemporary design, book typography is a specialty.
A good cover involves more than slapping centered text with a drop-shadow on top of a stock photo; it requires the artist to become familiar with the message and spirit of your book. An experienced designer will also steer you past design clichés that may inspire a sense of false security to the untrained eye. An understanding of printer’s specifications is just as essential. Have you written a remarkable book? Don’t settle for anything less than a remarkable cover.
PATTI FRAZIER has worked as a copy editor and proofreader for more than 15 years. She has edited or proofread 100+ books for Llewellyn Worldwide, Flux, and Midnight Ink. With an MFA in Creative Writing, she specializes in literary fiction, magical realism, young adult fiction, gay/lesbian fiction and nonfiction, and general fiction.
Patti has worked with many indie authors as a publishing consultant. She guides authors through every step of the self-publishing process, including obtaining copyrights, ISBNs, and Library of Congress Control Numbers.
As a book designer, Patti:
- designs book interiors using InDesign, creating paragraph and character styles, and working with master pages to create consistency throughout document;
- designs basic covers using InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop;
- exports documents to pdf and uses preflight panel to ensure compliance with PDF/X-1a;
- creates Kindle and epub files and ensure documents pass epub check;
- works in Sigil to correct HTML coding issues;
- helps publish books with self-publishing vendors such as CreateSpace, KDP, and BookBaby;
- write promotional copies for the books she edits and/or designs; and
- works with authors to get books distributed through print-on-demand vendors and eBook vendors.
Book Design Services
PAT HOWARD is a self-employed book design professional with 25 years experience.
Original layout, design, typesetting.
Mac-based production including 1 color through multi-color book covers and complex four-color interiors for:
Education: Pre-K through college level, multi-subject books including student textbooks, teachers’ editions, ancellaries, readers.
Trade: covers and interiors for photo-essay books, cookbooks, instructional books, coffee-table books, inspirational books and self-help publications
Mac-based Production SkillsQuark 4-9
Adobe CS2-CS6, Acrobat Pro, York’s Math, InMath, Microsoft Office
Ability to work with client-supplied templates, stylesheets and master pages, Epub and electronic reader options