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HYBRID Text & Cover Design
The elements of Custom Book Design and Do-It-Yourself Design have been combined into an affordable Hybrid Design option. First, we supply you with a MS Word template for you to lay out your text. This template is easy to use and includes proper margins, headers, folios, title page and copyright page.
Your job is to copy/paste your existing word manuscript into this template and organize your text pages the way you would like for them to appear in the finished book.
We will then convert your finished word file into a print ready PDF. For your cover you will select a cover design from a wide assortment of pre-designed formats. If needed, you will either supply a hi-resolution image for your front cover or choose from thousands of images we offer.
If wanted, you will supply a high res image of author photo and fill in text data into an easy to understand form.
We will then combine all these elements into the finished, press ready cover. It doesn’t get much easier.*
HYBRID Text Layout from $99
Basic fiction and prose-style non-fiction ONLY. If your book has illustrations, bullet lists, tables, charts, subheadings or footnotes, this option is NOT available. This is the ultimate text layout for the budget minded shopper. It combines some do-it-yourself elements, along with minimal designer interaction. If you have some time to invest, you can’t beat the price. Recommended for: C, S
Package Includes:
- Email consultation with designer
- Choose from 3 different standard text designs
- Creation of title page
- Creation of copyright page
- Creation of table of contents (if needed)
- Layout up to 256 pages of text with running heads and folios (page numbers) from your MS Word or WordPerfect document
- One PDF proof for proofreading
- Corrections to page layout additional $1 each ($25 minimum)
- Final PDF files for offset or digital printing*
- Can be upgraded to Standard fiction and prose-style non-fiction text layout
HYBRID Cover Design- $149
This is the ultimate cover design for the budget minded shopper. It combines some do-it-yourself elements, along with minimal designer interaction. If you have some time to invest, you can't beat the price. Recommended for: C, S
Package includes:
- Email consultation with designer
- Choice of one of 12 different basic templates
- Choice of any cover image available on www.photos.com or hi-res image supplied by author
- Insert author photo supplied by author as digital file
- One electronic proof of final cover
- No corrections included in price
- Minimum correction charge - $35
- Can be upgraded to Custom Cover at any time
- Final PDF files for offset or digital printing*
*Note: There is only minimal customer support for this service. You are expected to do your part and supply accurate information the first time around. You will be given one proof to OK. If corrections are necessary to text there will be a minimum charge of $35, each additional cover proof is $15. This program is based on printing with RJ Communications. A copy of your files, if requested, will be sent to you after the first printing of your book for $25. You can request a copy of your print ready files, prior to the first printing, for an additional $495.