it’s what’s on the inside that counts

MAKE YOUR BOOK A WARM & WELCOMING READING EXPERIENCE

 

An experience. That’s what your book is for your reader. Don’t forget that the inside is just as in need of design as the outside! The cover may have drawn in your reader, but they will be spending their time on the inside—and you want that experience to be a great one. The process of getting your book’s interior ready for print is called “typesetting” or interior layout.

Typesetting is the process of setting the text from your manuscript’s document onto the properly sized and numbered book pages in preparation for printing.

 

We can create a beautifully typeset interior layout that complements your book’s cover and creates a completely cohesive end-product. We will design a unique and custom look for your book that borrows components from the cover, and arranges all of your manuscript’s elements in an artful way. (We never use templates—so your book won’t ever be a copy of anyone else’s.)  At the end of the process, you are provided with clean, print-ready files.

We will need to know a little about your book before giving you a quote:

• 1. What is the trim size? (5.5 x 8.5? 6 x 9? etc.)
  2. What is your binding style? (Paperback? Dust Jacket? Casebound?)
  3. Is the interior going to be standard black/white? or color?
  4. Does your manuscript have any of the following:
     • Photos
     • Charts/Graphs/Infographics
     • Call out boxes or pull quotes
     • Sections of boxed text (like special portions that need to be visually different or framed)
     • Footnotes
     • Endnotes
     • Running Headers

(Please include this info when requesting a quote.)

 

Download our PROCESS GUIDE (to get a look at how the design process will go
from start to finish) as well as our PAGE LAYOUT ELEMENT GUIDE.