Authors and publishers
Books from manuscript to Amazon
Authors come to me with a manuscript and leave with a finished book. I design covers, lay out interiors in InDesign and set up Amazon KDP print and ebook editions, including the spine math that changes with every page count.
The ask
Make the book look as good as the writing
Each author arrived with something different: a speaker with a new title, a writer with a manuscript and a folder of illustrations. All of them needed a book that looked professional on a shelf and on a phone.
What I did
Speak Different by David Rendall and Stan Phelps: front, spine and back cover for print and a matching ebook cover
Things Found Along the Way by Mark S. Simons: 8 x 10 in. illustrated interior in InDesign, cover, and KDP print and ebook files
The 4 Factors of Effective Leadership, The Freak Factor and The Freak Factor for Kids by David Rendall: cover design
Spine widths, bleeds and barcodes calculated to KDP specifications for each page count
Titles
5
Formats
Print and ebook
Platform
Amazon KDP
Speak Different, full print cover.
An interior spread from Things Found Along the Way.
The result
Covers that sell the idea, interiors that read well
Things Found Along the Way pairs Mark Simons’ illustrations with his text across the full book, and each title went out with print and ebook files ready for Amazon KDP.
More covers
Things Found Along the Way, ebook cover.
The Freak Factor and The Freak Factor for Kids.