Novels and Simple Memoirs

Novels and Memoirs

Our book design service for novels and memoirs is for books that consist of typical chapters and perhaps a few images, but do not have block quotes, sidebars or pull quotes, subheadings, tables, lists, charts or graphs, endnotes or footnotes, or any other special elements. If your book contains any of these items, you will need one of our other level of services.

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Value Book Layout | Custom Book Design

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Value Book Layout

Template-Based Layout

Are you an author on a tight budget who still wants a professional design for your book? With our Value service, we will format your book to our Value book style, a simple, but classic book style that will give your book a well-designed, professional look without having a huge impact on your wallet.

Our Value Book Layout service for novels and memoirs includes:

  • Novels or simple memoirs with no images
  • Set to a classic book style
  • Style settings: Adobe Garamond Pro, 11pts, chapter titles centered, running heads top/centered, page numbers bottom/centered, chapters start on next immediate page, no drop caps, no ornamentation, no table of contents
  • No customization allowed
  • Available book sizes: 5×8, 5.5×8.5, and 6×9
  • For Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, or Lightning Source
  • Simple, text-only books with no quotes, block quotes, poems, headings (other than chapter titles), images, lists, bullets, endnotes/footnotes, index, or other special elements
  • 100,000 words or less; $10 per 10,000 additional words
  • 15 edits included with 1 round of revisions; additional edits are $1 per edit, and additional rounds are $10 per round
  • Professionally formatted in Adobe InDesign
  • Print-ready PDF set to your printer’s requirements

Cost: $75 / add eBook for $25

Value PLUS Add-on

Upgrade your look for $25

Upgrade your Value Layout with the options below:

  • Chapter title page ornamentations
  • Drop caps
  • Chapter title alignment (left, center, or right)
  • Table of contents
  • Font size (10, 11, or 12pts)
  • Any book size
  • Start new chapters on either the next immediate or next right-hand page

Cost: $25

Submit Your Order

Value style example

Value plus upgrade

Custom Book Design

Custom Layout

Are you unique? Then your book’s design should be too! Our Custom Book Design service offers you a custom layout created specifically for your book to make it stand out from the rest of the crowd. You will be able to communicate directly with your book’s designer, not a middleman, either over the phone or by email.

Our Custom Book Design service for novels and memoirs includes:

  • Design of two layout concepts of one of your book’s chapters for review and feedback
  • Consultation via phone or video conference with your book designer to discuss the concepts
  • Two more design concepts, if needed, following your consultation
  • Layout of your book’s interior in Adobe InDesign to the style of your approved concept
  • Draft PDF of entire book for your review
  • Up to 15 text corrections after you review the draft PDF at no additional charge; additional corrections are $1 each with a $10 PDF recreation fee after the third round
  • Print-ready PDF set your printer’s requirements
  • Up to 10 images (additional images are $2 each)
  • 100,000 words or less; $10 per 10,000 additional words

Cost: $350 / add eBook for $50
50% deposit to get started: $175

Submit Your Deposit

Book design samples

Need More Than an Interior Design?

Our self-publishing package comes with a custom interior, cover, and eBook conversion.
Upgrade your package with consulting and a book marketing kit.

Create Your Self-Publishing Package

Have a question?

Contact us at mail@jerapublishing.com to discuss our services.

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