08 — Services
Book Design & Production
A book that looks like it was made with care.
Design is the reader's first impression and their constant companion. We handle covers, interiors and production files so the finished object matches the writing inside it.
Who this is for
- Independent authors producing print and ebook editions
- Small presses needing production support
- Authors reissuing or redesigning an existing title
Services
10 services in this discipline.
Book Cover Design
An original cover designed for your book and its readers.
Read more →Interior Book Design
The look of the pages: type, spacing, headings and openers.
Read more →Typesetting
Professional typesetting for print.
Read more →Book Formatting
Formatting a manuscript correctly for its destination.
Read more →Print Preparation
Preparing files that meet your printer's specification.
Read more →Ebook Formatting
Clean, reflowable ebook files that behave on every device.
Read more →EPUB Preparation
Validated EPUB files ready for retailers.
Read more →Print-Ready Files
Final production files delivered and checked.
Read more →Interior Layout
Page layout for illustrated and complex books.
Read more →Book Production Support
Oversight across the whole production process.
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What we examine
- Genre conventions and what a reader expects to see
- Typography, margins, and readability over hundreds of pages
- Print specification and the requirements of each retailer
- How the cover holds up at thumbnail size
What you receive
- Design concepts and rounds of revision as agreed
- A typeset interior in your chosen trim size
- Print-ready PDF and validated ebook files
- Source files and a record of the specification used
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