What Service do you provide?
- Our book design service will turn your your manuscript into professionally designed files ready to upload to Amazon or IngramSpark? or other printers for printing and distribution.
What are the advantages of Self Publishing with Amazon or IngramSpark?
- No local printer has the marketing heft of Amazon or the international reputation and reach of Ingram.
- Your books will be available world wide, online and for bookstores to order.
- Amazon KDP and IngramSpark have no minimum number of book purchase requirements.
- Ability to have small print runs of author copies for your use of your novel or poetry book.
- Compared with having your book published by a small publisher, you are likely to make more money per book sold.
What are the disadvantages of Self Publishing with Amazon or IngramSpark?
- You will have to setup an account with Amazon KDP or Ingram Spark and upload files. For those not comfortable online that can be a challenge.
- You will have to purchase an ISBN for you book or use an ISBN supplied by Amazon KDP or Ingram Spark.
- Note - We provide remote online assistance to help to help you setup your Amazon KDP or Ingram Spark account and upload files.
How does the design process work?
- First step is to gather information about your book.
- Establish the anticipated price for the book design - you to upload the final proofed manuscript in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice format.
- An initial phone discussion will give us a detailed description of any special requirements such as graphics, pictures or other requirements you book may have.
- Once the design work has begun you will be provided with updates and opportunity to review and give feedback on progress.
How long does it take from beginning to finished files?
- As an average, it takes about a month from beginning to finished files.
- The actual time for your project depends on the number of revisions during the design process.
What do I get for a finished result?
- You will get a finished PDF interior file formatted for Amazon KDP printing or Printing by IngramSpark.
- If we supply the cover you will get a PDF cover file formatted for Amazon KDP printing or Printing by IngramSpark
- If your project also includes formatting an e-book, you will receive an epub format e-book file.
What is the cost of a book design project?
- We have examples and information for estimating your cost on the Book Design Price page.
- The first part of the design process is for us to review you submitted information and manuscript to get a more firm estimate of the project page count and special needs.
- After reviewing your manuscript, and before we send you the the first invoice, we will give you and updated cost based on the anticipated number of pages and your submitted information about any special requirements.
How do I get my book printed?
- We provide finished files for printing by Amazon KDP or IngramSpark.
- You need to have or create an account with Amazon KDP or IngramSpark or both and upload the files.
- We can provide remote assistance to help you sign up and upload your files.
- Once your book files are approved by Amazon KDP or IngramSpark, You can order books from them when ever you want.
What is an ISBN and do I need one?
- The ISBN is the international standard product identifier used by publishers, booksellers, libraries, internet retailers.
- It represents the exact size, shape, and content of a book.
- Every book sold commercially requires an ISBN
- Amazon KDP or IngramSpark offer 'free' ISBNs for books they print, but those books are identified as published by Amazon KDP or IngramSpark.
- In the US you can buy one or more ISBN from Bowker Publishing Services (Bowker is the official source of ISBN in the US. Other countries have their own official source of ISBN)