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ARE YOU A WRITER?

Professional file and cover creation 

Many new and established authors are taking full control of their writing career and turning to independent or self publishing as a vehicle to get their writing out without delay to readers and at the same time, use writer marketing sites and social media as potential channels to interest traditional publishers. Becoming hybrid published where an author both self-publishes as well as becoming traditionally published through an agent, is a sensible objective to aspire to in a digital age. In addition to applying rigorous editing, you as a writer need a professional and appealing final product, better than a raw manuscript, to show to the world and potential readers what you’ve created. We provide an independent book service to do this and enable any writer or author to self-publish their work. With our competitively priced support in digital typography, layout & formatting, book cover design, writer websites plus individual creative consultancy we will help you quickly achieve your goal. A professionally printed paperback, hardback or digital eBook, ready for immediate marketing, retailing and selling.

What we need from you

Whether   you   self   publish   through   CreateSpace,   Ingram   or   use   a local   printer   they   will   want   two   uploaded   print-ready   Pdf   files   to manufacture your book. An inner text file and a cover file. For   the   inner   file   you   provide   us   with   your   final   and   completed manuscript, edited and ready to send to an agent or publisher. Using   professional   typography   we   prepare   the   file   to   the   correct specifications   wanted   including   style,   font,   size   for   paperback, hardback or eBook. For   the   cover   file,   we’ll   use   copyright   free   images   or   illustrations which   we   can   provide   to   your   liking   or   you   supply.   We   then create   a   front,   spine   and   back   cover   to   suit   the   inner   file   and book, again typed and formatted to the right specification. We    communicate    with    you    online,    continuously    along    the process   path   until   you’re   happy   and   sign   off   the   final   versions. These   will   be   ready   to   be   uploaded   for   publishing   and   printing. And   if   you’re   not   confident   of   doing   that   yourself,   or   don’t   have the   time,   we’ll   set   up   your   personal   account,   secure   to   you,   with CreateSpace   or   Kindle   Direct   Publishing   and   your   book   will   be on   Amazon   in   a   trice   with   all   sales   profits   going   to   your   bank only. That’s it! Find out more? Click here or go to Services and Pricing on the menu bar.
Book design and typography

Case Study: A typical project 

Women’s fiction author, Corri van de Stege, presented us with a final and copy edited digital manuscript of her 70,000 word novel, Notes on Anna, to be turned initially into a print paperback. Our proofing picked up a number of critical spelling and typo errors and we reset the corrected Word file into a suitable 5” by 8” format, improving the Arial font style to 11 point Minion Pro, a nice book font, and altering the line spacing appropriately. For the cover we agreed on a stock photo image which reflected the book ethos for the front which we digitally colour and size amended and merged with an author supplied own picture for the back providing a holistic and pleasing effect for the content and specification for the book inner. A few drafts and changes later and the files were signed off to be published immediately as both a paperback and kindle eBook.

ARE YOU A WRITER?

Professional file and cover creation 

Many new and established authors are taking full control of their writing career and turning to independent or self publishing as a vehicle to get their writing out without delay to readers and at the same time, use writer marketing sites and social media as potential channels to interest traditional publishers. Becoming hybrid published where an author both self-publishes as well as becoming traditionally published through an agent, is a sensible objective to aspire to in a digital age. In addition to applying rigorous editing, you as a writer need a professional and appealing final product, better than a raw manuscript, to show to the world and potential readers what you’ve created. We provide an independent book service to do this and enable any writer or author to self-publish their work. With our competitively priced support in digital typography, layout & formatting, book cover design, writer websites plus individual creative consultancy we will help you quickly achieve your goal. A professionally printed paperback, hardback or digital eBook, ready for immediate marketing, retailing and selling.

What we need from you

Whether    you    self    publish    through    CreateSpace, Ingram   or   use   a   local   printer   they   will   want   two uploaded   print-ready   Pdf   files   to   manufacture   your book. An inner text file and a cover file. For   the   inner   file   you   provide   us   with   your   final   and completed   manuscript,   edited   and   ready   to   send   to an agent or publisher. Using   professional   typography   we   prepare   the   file to   the   correct   specifications   wanted   including   style, font, size for paperback, hardback or eBook. For   the   cover   file,   we’ll   use   copyright   free   images   or illustrations   which   we   can   provide   to   your   liking   or you   supply.   We   then   create   a   front,   spine   and   back cover   to   suit   the   inner   file   and   book,   again   typed and formatted to the right specification. We    communicate    with    you    online,    continuously along   the   process   path   until   you’re   happy   and   sign off    the    final    versions.    These    will    be    ready    to    be uploaded   for   publishing   and   printing.   And   if   you’re not   confident   of   doing   that   yourself,   or   don’t   have the   time,   we’ll   set   up   your   personal   account,   secure to      you,      with      CreateSpace      or      Kindle      Direct Publishing   and   your   book   will   be   on   Amazon   in   a trice   with   all   sales   profits   going   to   your   bank   only. That’s it! Find out more? Click here or go to Services and Pricing on the menu bar.
Book design and typography

Case Study: A typical project 

Women’s fiction author, Corri van de Stege, presented us with a final and copy edited digital manuscript of her 70,000 word novel, Notes on Anna, to be turned initially into a print paperback. Our proofing picked up a number of critical spelling and typo errors and we reset the corrected Word file into a suitable 5” by 8” format, improving the Arial font style to 11 point Minion Pro, a nice book font, and altering the line spacing appropriately. For the cover we agreed on a stock photo image which reflected the book ethos for the front which we digitally colour and size amended and merged with an author supplied own picture for the back providing a holistic and pleasing effect for the content and specification for the book inner. A few drafts and changes later and the files were signed off to be published immediately as both a paperback and kindle eBook.
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