Book Typesetting and Design Services
I’m a Top Rated freelance Graphic Designer who offers the Highest Value at the Lowest Cost.
I’m a top rated freelancer who offers a personal, tailored book layout and typesetting service at a competitive price. The books I design are indistinguishable from books by the largest publishing houses, and are so much better than the typical self published books that can be produced via automated services online.
I have designed fiction as well as non-fiction books, both the covers and the interior design and typography. I know how to design a book, inside and out, that will captivate and immerse your readers and keep them glued to the text.
I’ve worked with dozens of publishers and know what it takes to get a book noticed and look professionally designed. Whether you want typesetting and design for a novel or a scientific textbook I have the skills to ensure a professionally designed book you can be proud of.
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Submitting your Word document just doesn’t Cut it for most Books.
Yes, you can submit your Word document to Kindle Direct Publishing or Ingram sparks and hope for the best, but this can often result in poor quality typesetting, an inconsistent appearance with a basic table of contents or Index.
You just don’t get that fine level control and customization that you get from a professional application like Indesign — the industry standard for book layout and design.
I’m an expert in not just Indesign but Photoshop and Illustrator, so If you want the images for your book adjusted, cropped, sharpened or require any other graphic design, I offer this service also.
Working with me means you have direct influence over how your book looks, you get consistent results and I get to know your likes and dislikes. I also offer a fast turn-around so you get your book published in days rather than weeks.
Get an instant quote now and send me your manuscript today. I’m so sure you will be satisfied with my work I will even offer the first Chapter free of charge.
The Problem with Hiring Non-English speakers.
Many people hire non-English speaking freelancers, often from South Asia, because they offer cheap services at a fraction of the cost. While hiring a foreign freelancer can be cheap, poor communication often leads to frustration, wasted time and un-expected results. Cheap can mean they miss those small improvements, that when added up, separate a mediocre book from one that looks professionally designed. Also, while i’m not a proof reader, being a native English speaker means I will look out for any editorial mistakes I come across.
What do you get
A print-ready PDF file
A Print Ready PDF file ready to upload to Kindle Direct Publishing, IngramSparks or any other publishing platform, with no formatting errors or problems. All you will need to do is upload the PDF to your printer.
An eBook file
It’s common nowadays to have a paperback sold with an eBook, giving your readers the choice of buying a physical copy of your book or reading it on their mobile device. I will convert your word document into an epub file ready for upload to Kindle, ibooks or any other eBook publishing site.
My Kindle Conversion Service means you can sell your paperback book alongside your eBook on big publishing sites such as Amazon Kindle. My eBook service will incur an extra charge.
Professional Book Typesetting
I offer trade-publisher quality book typesetting so your book will look like any other book from major publishers.
My professional book layout service includes cleaning up text to remove any unnecessary tabs, spaces and paragraphs. Applying correct page numbering, running headers, and if required a table of contents and index. I will fix things like hyphenation and Justification violations ensuring the text is more readable and uniform, apply optical margin alignment, remove runt lines, fix widows and orphans — such as single lines of text appearing at the top of the page, which can make a book look un-professional.
I will make your book look more professional by making lots of small improvements that other book designers miss.
Multiple Revisions
I will work one-on-one with you so I will get to know your likes and dislikes and you can suggest any changes you would like to your book.
Hire me Risk Free
If you prefer you can pay via escrow. An escrow is a type of legal holding account for funds or assets, which won’t be released until certain conditions are met. The escrow is held by a neutral third party, which releases it either when those predetermined contractual obligations are fulfilled or an appropriate instruction is received.
After-service Support
Need help uploading your book or you still have questions after the design of your book. I’m here to offer support even after your project is complete. If you have any problems or questions just message me and I will get back to you straight away.
My typesetting service includes the following:
- Cleaning up text to remove any unnecessary tabs, spaces and paragraphs to ensure a clean document.
- Choose a font that is both readable and suits the genre of the book.
- Fix Hyphenation and Justification violations (This will ensure the text is more readable and uniform).
- Fix Widows and Orphans (A widow is the last line of a paragraph that gets trapped at the top of a page. An orphan is the first line of a paragraph that gets trapped at the bottom of a page, both look un-professional and are to be avoided if possible).
- Remove runt lines where the last line of a paragraph is shorter than the value of the indent of the paragraph which follows it.
- Apply optical margin alignment to ensure the punctuation and hyphens that occur at the end of the line are pushed beyond the edge of the text frame to sharpen up the justification.
- Dynamically fix orphaned words with GREP by using a grep style to ensure there are at least two words at the end of every paragraph instead of one.
- Have the running header at the top of each chapter match each of the Chapter titles.
- Remove the running header from pages containing the Chapter title.
- Add caption text to images if required.
- Lists and bullets if required.
- Layout of photos and images.
- Add contrast, lighten and/or sharpen any images if required.
- For book Index entries consolidate multiple versions of a word on multiple pages (for example pages where singular and plural versions of the same word appear).
- Correct page numbering throughout the book.
- If required create a table of Contents based on the Chapter titles and/or Sub-titles of the book.
- If required create appropriate Footnotes, endnotes, quotations.
- Help you design the front and back matter, including copyright, dedication and call to action pages.
- Keep a record of any spelling mistakes I come across.
- Setup to printer’s specification (bleed and crop marks, PDF preparation, colour management and colour profiles).
- Provide the final design as a print ready PDF ready for your printer.
- I will even help you upload your manuscript to your printer should you require help
Typesetting services FAQs
Q. Does typesetting include editing and proof reading?
No, typesetting is done at the very end after your book has been edited and proof read. Typesetting is the interior design and layout of your book, using your final edited manuscript. While I will look out for any spelling mistakes I come across this is best done by a professionally editor and proof reader.
Q. Can you make edits to the eBook if I want to make changes or fix typos.
Yes, and I will not charge anything for the first 10 changes. After this I will charge £1.00 or $1.25 for every editorial change/typo after that. For example, if you discover 20 typos to correct, this will cost 10 x £1.00 or £10.00 / $12.50.
Text Edits include single changes made to one place in the book (for example a typo, or punctuation change) and global changes when the same error appears several times in the book (for example the spelling of someone’s name). Each single change or global change counts as one Text Edit. Pricing is per round.
Q. What files should I send you?
You can send me your Microsoft word files including; .docx, .doc and .rtf. If you have any images you would like included you can also send these. Just visit this link and upload them now.
Q. How long will the interior design and typesetting take?
For a book that is around 70,000 words it should take less than a week to receive your typeset sample for review, although this will vary depending on the number of images/tables and the complexity of the formatting. It may then take another week to implement any ideas, suggestions or improvements to the book.
Q. How many changes can I ask for?
You can receive unlimited design changed at no extra charge. You can also receive up to 10 text changes for free, such as additional paragraphs you forgot to include or missed spelling mistakes you later discover. However I will charge £1.00 or $1.25 for every editorial change/typo after that. For example, if you discover 20 typos to correct, this will cost 10 x £1.00 or £10.00 / $12.50.
Q. What is Typesetting?
According to Merriam-Webster, typesetting is “the process of setting material in type or into a form to be used in printing.” They are rules that include everything from the typeface, to the spacing between each letter, word, line or paragraph. It can include not just letters but glyphs and symbols. It’s not just the words but the formatting of the text including margins and alignment that make your book more readable and professional enabling you to compete with the best sellers in your genre.
Q. Why Does Typesetting Matter?
Typesetting should include correct margins, alignment, letter spacing, line spacing and paragraph spacing. It should aim to prevent widows and orphans, isolated sub-headings at the bottom of the page or single lines of text at the top of a page. All the “rules” of typesetting make the text more readable and provide a higher quality book. Attention to these details, along with the design sense of a professional make your book look more attractive, ensures a pleasant reading experience and can minimize fraction of a second long pauses that distract the reader.
While Microsoft Word and other word processors enable anyone to type out a book, they are limited as far as typesetting is concerned. They do not follow the rules of typesetting and this can lead to poor quality results.
Adobe In-design on the other hand, is the industrial standard for designing professional books. It has many features and settings that enable designers to follow the results of typesetting, but only if the designer knows what settings to adjust. Experienced typesetters rarely use the software application at the default settings and will adjust the settings for the best results, sometimes paragraph by paragraph, line by line, and even word by word—a grueling yet satisfying activity that harkens back to traditional typesetters.
The Amazon Look Inside feature gives people a peek at the book page composition, making it a part of their buying decision and potentially exposing sloppy formatting. If the book is meant to compete with bestsellers in a genre, or has been produced as an educational book, as a marketing tool or to promote the author as a thought leader, book quality is of premium importance.
Q. How can I receive a quick price quote now?
Wondering how much my typesetting service will cost. This will depend on a number of factors such as the number of pages, images/tables, whether you want a cover for your book, a paperback and eBook version of your book. Just visit this link to get a free instant quote right now.
Q. What size should the images I send you be?
Please send them in the largest size possible. Print books require high resolution images. Small or low resolution images can mean the image looks blurry when printed.
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