Book Services
The more professional your book looks and feels, the stronger its market appeal. Traditional publishers have set a high bar for book presentation and quality, and it is their books that your title will primarily be compared to.
In order to increase your chances of being considered by book reviewers, bookstore buyers, the media, and our publishing partners, we have developed an extensive suite of editorial, design, and other publication-related services designed to help you increase the appeal of your book in the marketplace.
Editorial Services
To reduce distractions that can take away from your book’s readability, such as convoluted book structure, incorrect grammar, and persistent typos (those that manage to get through spell-check unnoticed), the following optional editing services can be an excellent resource. These services can greatly enhance the chances of your work being picked up by book reviewers and the media:
Design Services
Professional touches, such as the use of custom illustrations, indexing (ideal for non-fiction genres, such as how-to books, self-help books, and cookbooks), and our hardcover edition, can play an important role in attracting the attention of bookstore buyers:
Distribution Services
The following services enhance the effectiveness of the channels available to distribute your book. For example, returnable books have a much higher chance of being stocked by bookstores than non-returnable titles, which are typically special-ordered:
Pre-Publication Services
The following services are designed to help you speed up the production of your manuscript. From the conversion of hardcopy text and images into layout-ready electronic files to our rush production service, our staff will help you turn your manuscript into a professionally designed book that will stand up to the quality of traditionally-published titles:
Production Services
Depending on the specific nature of your title, your book design may need to include some of the following special layout elements: footnotes, endnotes, text tables, images (including photographs, drawings, illustrations, and charts), callouts, drop caps, glyphs, mathematical or scientific formulae, special graphic elements, or other special formatting requirements. The following services allow you to add a number of specialized formatting elements to your manuscript:
- Table Insertions
- Footnotes & Endnotes
- Layout Complexities
- Digital Image Insertion
- Digital Image Adjustment
Post-Publication Services
The following services apply to published or nearly published books that require changes to their content or listing data. Typical changes include: revisions to an existing edition, new editions, changes to listing details such as retail price and book marketing information, and proofing changes:
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