Nonfiction Book Design

Our interior design for nonfiction books is for books that have any images, block quotes, simple tables, basic lists, charts or graphs, endnotes, or footnotes but do not have a bunch of images (more than 15), any images that require text wrap, pull quotes, side bars, complex tables, two-column layouts, or other complex elements. Books that have any of these items will require a custom quote.

What I'm Accepting Right Now

I'm easing into semi-retirement after 25+ years in the field, narrowing my focus to novels, memoirs, and standard nonfiction. I'm not accepting complex book projects right now, including children's illustrated books and workbooks.

What makes a job complex? Things like heavily formatted tables, text-wrapped pull quotes, image-heavy spreads, a ton of footnotes or endnotes, or a high number of images.

I'm accepting novels, memoirs (not image-heavy), and straightforward nonfiction, meaning nonfiction with bullets, lists, headings, a few simple tables, images with captions (without text-wrap), and minimal footnotes or endnotes, without any complex layout needs.

Jobs are now being scheduled in advance. Check my Availability Checker for the next open slot.

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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 nonfiction 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 100,000 words (additional words are $15 per additional 5,000 words)
Up to 15 images and/or graphics (additional images or graphics are $2 each)
Up to 5 simple tables, graphs, or charts (additional items are $5 each)
Up to 10 lists (additional lists are $2 each)