Book Designers, Self-Publishing Consultants, Book Designers, Cover Illustrators, Ebook Conversion
Copyrights, ISBN Numbers, Printers, Distribution, Marketing
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.
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Book Layout: This includes converting the manuscript from MS Word to Adobe InDesign, stripping out errant tabs and double-spaces and going through the book page-by-page to get rid of widows and orphans.
Revisions: One round of minor revisions is included before the type is adjusted to eliminate widows and orphans. After that, additions or deletions that cause the text to repaginate will incur an added cost (usually $2 per affected page). Some changes may only affect a few pages of a chapter; larger changes can cause an entire book to shift by several pages, making it necessary to completely rework the bookblock page-by-page.
Book Illustration and Special Typography: Need illustrations, diagrams or special text elements like sidebars, running chapter heads or callouts? E-mail me to discuss your project. Work is priced according to the complexity of the job.
Cover Design: Most covers can be designed for $5–600. Others require special graphic work, 3D modeling and rendering, custom photography or other detail work that can affect costs. All cover designs are delivered set up to your printer’s specifications.
PATTI FRAZIER is a self-publishing consultant who works with indie authors to find the best pathways to get their work out into the world. From book design to book distribution management, Patti has guided corporations and individuals through the entire book publishing process. Don’t know how to speak the publishing industry language? Feeling bogged down by ISBNs and digital content management, copyrights and Library of Congress numbers? Don’t know what a trim size or metadata is? Patti can work with you to jump publishing hurdles and make the process worry-free and easy.
Services include:
Book consultation services: how to get your book in print and on ebook
Guidance on how to apply for ISBNs, Library of Congress numbers, and copyright
Book design: includes headers, footers, page numbers, placing graphic elements such as tables, diagrams, pictures, and captions
Basic Cover Design: 1-2 image cover design (includes spine and back cover)
Writing or editing book description
Ebook conversion
Account setup/guidance with major print-on-demand and ebook printing and distribution services: CreateSpace, Lulu.com, IngramSpark, KDP, Bookbaby, and others