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This is a careful, one-to-one layout process that takes you from "It's all in a doc" to "It reads like a real book."

Let's make the pages a pleasurable experience.

book Typesetting layout design

A clean, readable interior, typeset by a designer who reads your manuscript before setting a single line.

Every page set with your reader in mind.

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I read your manuscript first, usually more than once.
You get back a mood board and creative direction built from your own words: the themes, the setting, the tension, and the feeling your reader should carry into page one. 

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Your three cover concepts arrive first. Once you decide, the first pages of your interior follow. 
We refine together across your revision rounds, testing type and layout until every page reads easily and still feels like yours.

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HOW IT WORKS

Emily Anderson
Author of The Trap of Perfect

I love how the layout is so easy to read through, but it doesn't feel like a pamphlet.

"You did a great job with that."

Caitlin Dowling
Urban Jars Cambridge

She went above and beyond by including my email signature box at the bottom of the document, something I hadn't even thought to include.

"She quickly took to creating an easy-to-read and beautifully laid-out document."

WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT WORKING WITH ME

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Cover done, pages waiting?
Let's make them a pleasure to read.

Readers stay for the writing.
A calm, well-set page lets them sink into it, chapter after chapter.

FAQS

The questions you might be wondering...

A minimum of two months from your final text to your print-ready interior file.
Longer books, or books with images and tables, can take a little more time.

You'll get a real timeline once I've read your manuscript.
If you have a launch date in mind, tell me early, and we'll plan backwards from it.

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The Book Layout Path starts at 3,500.
Your final number depends on your book's length and needs, and you'll have it in writing before anything begins.
You can pay in full, or split it: 50% to start and 50% when your final files arrive.

 A full manuscript read-through, interior design direction, a complete typographic layout, two rounds of revisions, and a print-ready interior file.

Ebook conversion, KDP support, and custom illustration or photo sourcing are available as add-ons.

If you'd like more, extra rounds are available and quoted for your project before we start them, so your total always stays clear.

Your interior file meets the print specs you chose.
KDP setup and upload support is available as an add-on and can be quoted with your project.

The layout works best once your text is final, because edits after typesetting ripple through every page that follows.

Still editing? We can book your start date now and begin the moment your final text arrives.

A finished or nearly finished manuscript and a sense of how you'd like your reader to feel.
You can download a checklist of other items to get you ready here:

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Yes, and you can add a cover later with the Book Cover Path.
If you already know you'd like both, the Published Book Path brings the cover, the layout, and KDP support together on one timeline.

At the end, your reader forgets they're reading.

Every author leaves with:
a finished, professional book that stands out to the readers who are waiting for exactly your story.