Book Design - Layout - Formatting
Your book cover is the "sale or fail" first impression. The book cover and interior design/layout represents the best of you. After the months or years spent writing your book, you should put the same effort and care into the cover design. Our professional book cover designers represent the best in creativity and quality.
From creative concept to final press, our designers know how books are made—at the same time can create a visual design that represents the subject of your book with original art apart from the competition.
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Michael has been a professional technical and business writer for over thirty years and has written over 200 book-length documents. In 2006, he published a book that explores forecasts for human science, spiritual culture, technology, media, economics, and governance. In 2008, he delivered a presentation on The Impact of Advanced Media Technology to the World Future Society conference in Washington, DC. His educational background includes studies at Harvard University (Social Relations), Temple University (Technical Writing), and Villanova University (Computer Science), plus a wide array of seminars and continuing education courses in psychodynamics and spiritual psychology. Read Michael's article: People DO Judge a Book by Its Cover: How Your Book Cover Design Represents You TED RYDEL
InDesign CS3 / CS5 Lisa Vento is an award-winning graphic designer with 35 years of experience. Clients include self-published authors, Hal Leonard Publishing, Miller Brewing Co., Coors, Mercury Outboard, Kimberly Clark, Sargento, Oster, and Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival. Lisa works with authors on all their graphic design needs to create a unified promotional package. Her specialties include:
Lisa works quickly and often has ideas before the initial discussion with a client has ended. She’s noted for having a keen sense of what is needed without being stuck in a specific style. As a former art director, Lisa can manage the entire project, including hiring talented photographers, printers, illustrators, and copywriters. She enjoys freelancing from her cabin in the beautiful mountains of California.
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Submission Cut and paste the questions and answers into an e-mail: Alternates You may send your initial submission to all addresses to make sure it's received. Required: A sample is required to receive an estimate Along with a sample, the following information is required. Ignore questions that do not apply to your project (e.g., footnotes). (01) Word count of complete project (under "Tools" in MS Word): (02) Put your 100-word (approx) synopsis/description here (or attach): (03) Describe your genre and topic (e.g., nonfiction/self-help, science fiction, horror, romance, mystery, Western, young adult, children, poetry, Christian, creative nonfiction, literary): (04) Deadline date, if any, for return of complete project. (Please be realistic. Remember that professional editors usually have a project in process.): (05) If you have no immediate deadline, when do you want to start the editing process?: (For instance: within 30 days, within 60 days, within 90 days, 4-12 months) (06) Level of editing desired/expected --
(07) Number of charts/tables/pictures (if any): (08) Writing style/format manual (e.g., Chicago Manual, APA, MLA), if applicable: (09) Number of footnotes/references: (10) Do you have a contract with an agent or publisher?: (11) Do you plan to self-publish?: (12) What is your budget for the entire project? (13) Your name: (14) E-mail addresses: (15) Day/evening phone numbers (required -- in case the response to your e-mail bounces or the editors need clarification regarding the scope of service needed, deadline, etc.): (16) City, State, Country (or time zone): (17) The name(s) of the editor(s)/writer(s) you'd like to contact. (18) Do you want the coordinator to reroute your submission if you requested editors/writers who (a) are not available by your deadline date, (b) do not handle the type of material you submitted, and/or (c) do not perform the service(s) you want? (19) How did you learn about our service?: (20) Attach the first 50 pages of your manuscript (include prologue/preface, proposal, query) Notes: No hidden charges To learn more about the rates charged by professional editors, please see: Editorial Freelancers Association It is a mistaken notion that freelance editors work "on spec" (speculation) with no payment to the editor. It is basically asking the editor to work for free. There's no guarantee that a book will see a profit (or even be published). The editors posted here do not work on spec. Note: Questions about price and turnaround times cannot be given over the phone or via chat.
Contact live support if you do not receive a response within three hours (M-F, 9a-7p central). Expect longer response times if you submitted after U.S. business hours or on weekends. Help2012 at Airmail.net You may also leave voice mail for the network coordinator: 469-789-3030. This number is for verification of e-mail submissions only. Please be as complete as possible in representing your project's scope and size so you will receive the most accurate estimate. Disclaimer: Your agreement, whether oral or written, is with your editor or publishing consultant, not with the editing network as a whole or its coordinator. |
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Born a military brat, Ted has lived throughout the United States and Europe for most of his life. Even after graduating high school, his addiction to traveling didn’t subside. Experiencing art and creative culture from all over the world inspired Ted to make creativity a life-long career. After graduating from the Art Institute of Dallas with a degree in visual communication, Ted worked for various advertising agencies and major corporations, including Neiman Marcus, Dieste Harmel & Partners, and Tracy Locke & DDB Needham. Eventually Ted landed a position of creative director at a Dallas vanity press, which marked the beginning of his creative path into the expressive world of book design and publishing. "It is an amazing feeling to be freely creative; each book design is its own work of art, always different from the next, always a new challenge to interpret a book visually." As creative director, Ted realized that there was a better way to help independent authors achieve their dreams of becoming published authors without all the hidden fees and contracts. Ted is advancing the world of traditional book publishing into the new age of digital press and e-books and giving authors complete control of their publishing direction and experience. "Publishing your own book is no longer a major publisher's game; no longer will you need to invest in a book agent when you can just invest in your own book."