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About Digital Book Designs

Digital Book Designs offers a full range of design and production services, from manuscript development to final print production

At DIGITAL we specialize in producing:

• Manuscript Development
• Layout and Book Design
• Cover Spreads
• Inside Formatting
• Typesetting
• ISBN & Barcode
• Logos

We have more than 40 years of experience in printing production, sales, and graphic design

Our service offers help for writers who have an old or handwritten manuscript, or audio tapes, which need re-typing before the writer can proceed with submission or publication. Our expert typist will work from a handwritten version, a typescript or audio tapes. As part of the package we email the work back to you and can also provide you with a disk and hard copy of your manuscript. What you’ll end up with is your work in pristine form, ready to rework, submit to agents or publishers, or to publish yourself. You will be amazed to see how much better your work will look once it has been clean-typed. It’s certain to improve its chances of publication.

Your cover will be created in Adobe Photoshop and you will receive a print ready PDF of the finished book cover for the printer created using Adobe Acrobat Pro. We will work very close with you on the cover spread to make sure it is exactly what you want. You can use photo's or anything you desire to make your cover unique. After completion, we work with you and the printer to make sure the cover is correct.

• A full spread, one piece, paperback book cover design and layout of the front, back and spine set to printer's specifications.
• A smaller, lower resolution image of the book cover suitable for use on a website or emails.

The layout of your book's interior including the title pages, copyright page, any front matter sections (dedication, acknowledgments, table of contents, etc.) that you need, chapters pages with chapter titles, running headers and page numbers, and back of book sections such as an about the author page. A PDF draft of your completed book layout for you to review before the final PDF is made and digital delivery of your finished book layout as a print quality PDF file created with Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Typesetting for your book includes choosing a font or typestyle, type size, line leading, and hyphenation settings for the text of your book. Type styles should be chosen carefully for their readability. Serif fonts are traditional for novels and books, while San-serf fonts are used more often in manuals and children's books. The type size should be adjusted for readability.

Illustrations and logos add excitement and character to your book. Simple, small illustrations added to the chapter page enhance the style and layout. Full page illustrations of fictional characters give the reader a sense of familiarity that lends credibility to your character development. Maps and drawings can be used to support your storyline and lead the reader through the world you have created.









 



— Digital Book Designs —
Ken Small
Blue Springs, MO 64015
816-229-6504

kensmall@digitalbookdesigns.com