BOOK COVER DESIGN

2 or 3 Seconds. That's all the time your book cover has.

You may have the greatest book ever written; but no one will ever know that if your book cover design isn't professional, intriguing, and attractive. In the mind of the buyer, a self-made book cover design often destroys the credibility of the writing and promises a poor product. Don't compromise -- hire a pro to do a book cover design for you that demands market attention.

We can help. Pneuma has created a number of award-winning books. We are careful to create a book cover design that portrays the author's writing -- to put a face with a voice -- and enable that voice to be heard in the crowded booktrade marketplace.

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Understanding the Book Design & Layout Process

Included in this free Smart Start Exceprt on Design and Layout, you will learn more about the importance of design and its function. You will learn more about form. You will also learn about the various components of book design and how you can plan a great layout.

The FREE Smart Start Excerpt PDF e-book download includes:

Recommended book resources on design, layout, and typesetting
How design can propel your book sales
How to think like a book designer
How book development dictates design
How to prepare your content for layout
Understanding the various parts of a book
Understanding the idea-to-layout process
Book cover pitfalls
The book producing process

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Design Samples

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Download the PDF of 15 different book design samples, including covers and interiors.

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Working with Pneuma Books: Book Design & Page Layout

How will interior book design, page layout, and typesetting benefit your book? It's just going to sell better. Period. Your book should have the following attributes...

a unique presentation that is customized to your content;
a layout that is what the market expects for your type of book;
your book's content should perform effortlessley for the reader when it comes to usability and readability;
finally, your book interior should be designed and laid out so that the elements of your layout can be easily repurposed for marketing opportunities and derivative products.

How is that done? With great care and consideration, skill and expertise. That's how Pneuma Books does it. We specialize in taking a manuscript from a personal level to a commercial success. We have helped writers and publishers on all levels customize their content in order develop excellent books. The presentations we create will increase sales. Ask our clients.

The process is simple...

we'll review your content, your competition, the marketplace for your type of book, and your publishing goals;
we'll recommend an interior design that is ideally suited to the above, including suggestions for special features;
the design we recommend is always based on classic book design fundamentals for structure, form, function, and traditional layout and typesetting standards;
we'll outline all that in a proposal to you;
upon your approval of the proposal, we'll create design proofs for your review and approval;
upon your approval, we'll create a custom page layout template that is ready for your particular content;
we'll help you finalize your manuscript so that it is ready for our page layout professionals and the layout process and typesetting;
we'll ensure you have content for all the parts of a book that are required for your type of book in the marketplace;
we'll take that manuscript and bring it into the page layout template and begin the page layout and typesetting process;
we'll send you page layout proofs as we go;
you'll make change requests that we will implement and then reproof to you;
we'll round out the pages to printer signature configurations;
we'll send a final proof;
upon approval, we'll send files to the book printer of your choice (we can recommend our favorites) and then shepherd the book through the book printing process;
we'll examine printer proofs and handle any printer issues for you.

Pneuma Books specializes in handling complex content -- multilevel text, lists, extracts, sidebars, tables, figures, photos, illustration, features, applications, glossaries and and appendices, indexes, and resources. Careful planning and handling go into the production of all books. Pneuma Books also produces highly illustrated books -- coffee table books and children's picture books.

Team Pneuma Books will guide you through every word, every paragraph, every special feature so that your book is the best in the marketplace. Our service is highly personal and focused on your special needs.

Whatever type of manuscript you have, there is a book just waiting for you here at Pneuma Books.

Related Info on Book Design & Layout

FREE Manuscript Critique
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Working with Pneuma Books
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Publishing Consultation
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Manuscript Pro Development Service

Let the Pneuma Books editorial team help you cultivate your book idea into a terrific marketable book product. If your manuscript needs some help with concept development or reorganization, Pneuma Books can provide a framework to help you turn your manuscript into a well-developed and publishable product. The benefits of the manuscript development package include

A complete content analysis.
An analysis of the competition for your subject matter.
Ninety minutes of phone consultation with an experienced book editor.
Suggestions for a niche market within your subject matter or a twist on your subject matter that will make your product unique in a crowded marketplace.
A detailed outline appropriate for your topic, indicating any necessary reorganization of your current material and suggesting additions to make it more thorough and well developed.
A 300- to 500-word book synopsis based on the new outline. Coupled together, the outline and synopsis provide a roadmap to improving your manuscript. Furthermore, for the self-publishing author, a synopsis can help clarify the project goals and provide a springboard to marketing copy. For authors seeking a traditional royalty publishing house, a synopsis is a necessary component of any presentation to an agent or publisher.

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Supplemental Info, Helps, and How-To

The following downloadable seminars and white papers will help you with your writing and publishing issues.

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