When it comes to bringing a book from manuscript to a beautifully printed or digital masterpiece, the magic doesn’t just happen on its own. It takes careful planning, artistic finesse, and meticulous attention to detail. At Daisyblue Publishing, we pride ourselves on the art of book layout and inside book designing.
When time comes to bringing a book / or novel from manuscript to a well designed beautiful printed or digital masterpiece, the magic does not just happen on its own. It needs proper planning, crafting, artistic knowledge and meticulous attention to every detail. We, Daisyblue Publishing take pride in mastering the art of cover and inside pages layout.
Here’s an insight into the steps we take to turn words into captivating pages:
Step 1: Understanding the Author’s Vision
We know that every book is unique in its way and it should be designed to keep alive that essence of book. Before starting the process, we will look into it genre, target audience and theme of the book into the consideration and design the book to capture the author’s mind that ensure to reflect that in designing.
Step 2: Typography and Font Selection
Readability and aesthetics are two important factors of a well designed book where font selection plays a very vital role. Our designers carefully select the font keeping in mind the genre and audience of the book and ensure that text is clear and readable.
Step 3: Page Layout and Margins
A well-structured layout is essential for a reader’s comfort. We take care page size, margins and gutter in designing the book. Proper setting is the requirement of the book printing and we ensure it align with the book.
Step 4: Headers, Footers, and Page Numbers
We seek consistency everywhere and it applicable in designing layout of the book. We design headers, footers and page numbers for easy navigation and these parameters enhance the look of the book.
Step 5: Text Formatting
Once we decide important aspects of the book as mentioned above, we will move to text formatting of each page by setting header, footer, font style, page number, word spacing throughout the book.
Step 6: Image Placement and Captions
For the children book with illustrations, we artfully placed the illustration properly align with the text, taking care of the spine and design the captions that attract the little twining eyes.
Step 7: Drop Caps and Pull Quotes
To enhance the visuality of the book, we use drop caps and design the important quote of the chapters.
Step 8: Color Schemes
Color enhance the beauty of everything, we selectively choose color considering the theme, genre and audience and text readability.
Step 9: Final approval & Proofreading by author
Once book is designed, we share the same with the authors for their feedback so that necessary changes can be made before file go for printing. It also give chance to review the text that was missed during the proofreading phase.
Step 10: File Preparation
We will get the high resolution files ready as per the printer specification and get the e pub files ready for the digital version and make sure that files will not get any error.
Step 11: Cover Integration
The book’s interior and cover should harmonize. We ensure that the cover design seamlessly integrates with the inside layout, creating a cohesive visual identity.
Step 12: Digital Conversion (eBooks)
Each printer has its own printer specifications and we will convert the book layout files in the format like e pub for digital experience.
Step 13: Quality Assurance
Quality is our priority. We conduct thorough checks to ensure that the final product meets our stringent standards, both in print and digital formats.
Step 14: Delivery
We always meet out the deadlines set by the author and deliver the final files on time so that authors can seamlessly embark their literary journey.
Step 15: Marketing Collateral
To support your book’s launch, we can create book trailer, press release and detailed marketing strategies that help to promote you book on global platforms and each to global audience for their reviews, like and much more.
In every step of the book layout and inside book designing process, Daisyblue Publishing is dedicated to bringing your vision to life. We understand the significance of a well-designed book, and our team of professionals is committed to ensuring your book not only tells a compelling story but also looks stunning on every page.
When you choose Daisyblue Publishing, you choose a partner who cares deeply about the quality and aesthetics of your book. Your vision is our mission, and together, we’ll create a book that captivates readers from cover to cover.