Colin Dunbar's
Book Design Services
Cover to cover, or any part in between
Hassle-free book design services - allowing you to focus on the thing you love... writing.
Having your book professionally designed can improve your chances of success.
If you're not sure whether you need your book designed, consider the following:
- Have you written your book with the idea of selling a lot of copies?
- How serious are you about your book?
- How serious do you want to be taken as an author?
- Do you want to reduce refunds?
Think about walking into your favorite book store, picking up a book, and it's not profesionally designed. What would your reaction be?
What about if you have a free e-report that you're giving away?
The first thing to consider with free give-aways, is what the purpose of it is. Most of the time, the free e-report is given away to help you build your business or service. First impressions count, therefore what impression does your reader get of your business or service when they read/use your e-report or e-book? Is it shoddy? Amateur? Professional? It can make the difference between laning a customer or not.
You focus on writing - leave the techie stuff to me.
My book design services caters for different circumstances. You can choose from having everything done, or you can have it formatted, or maybe you just want to make sure it's done right, and get a review. Whatever you need, please check out my directory of services, or feel free to contact me, if you need something that's not listed here.
Cover to cover, or any part in between
Portfolio of Examples
Hard copy book designed for uploading to lulu.com (grayscale) - Example PDF.
Ebook version of the above book for ClickBank (color) - Example
E-book designed and available on ClickBank - Example 2
Re-design of e-book, available on ClickBank - Before and After
Design of e-book, available on ClickBank - Before and After
E-book created from web site, available on ClickBank - Example PDF
What others say...
"If you are looking for a great designer for your new book Colin Dunbar is a professional who will give your book project his undivided attention. We are happy with our second book, "Let's Model" that Colin and design team designed for us.
The cover is beautiful and the layout is perfect - we look forward to our continued working relationship with him. We give Colin Dunbar our highest recommendation."
Renee' Lauren
www.models-fashion-advice.com
www.childmodelsadvice.com
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"Colin is amazing to work with - very knowledgable about book layouts, design and copy. He worked with me on my e-book layout and on my printed book version as well. Both products are fantastic. I couldn't have done it on my own.
Interestingly, my husband and I own a print-on-demand publishing business, so we could instantly see how the book looked. It's fabulous! The layout and design are exactly what I needed to make my book look more professional.
I cannot recommend him highly enough. He's wonderful."
Carla Vaughan
www.professional-resume-example.com
www.vaughan-instant-publishing.com
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"I recommend Colin Dunbar without hesitation. He captured the look and feel that I wanted for the cover and layout of my book, "Eat great, Save Money and Be Happy". Best of all, he did everything in a timely manner.
Colin is a person that does what he says he is going to do, when he says he is going to do it. As an artist, and business person, Colin was a pleasure to work with."
Antoinette Minarchi
www.eat-well-save-money-recipes.com
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"Mr. Colin Dunbar came to me higly recommended. So, I contacted him. His immediate responses to my questions alerted me to his professionalism. As a result, I contracted with him for my e-book, "Internet Advertising for Profit".
Throughout each stage, from start to the finish of the e-book, the interface was one of the most pleasant I ever experienced. This was due to his professionalism, honesty, humility, patience and regular feedback.
My e-book is an excellent product in both edit and design due to Colin. I learned so much in the process. And so, I add my testimonial to the long list of satisfied customers who just like me, attest to the fine work of this consummate professional, Colin Dunbar."
Anthony Browne
E-book author: Internet Advertising for Profit
www.internetadvertisingforprofit.com
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"Colin has been very helpful and
professional in creating and designing
my Ebooks, covers and his service
is outstanding. I can now write more Ebooks
knowing I have the editing and other parts
handled!"
Julie Onofrio
www.massage-career-guides.com
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Directory of Services
ProBook Gold
What you supply
Essentially you give us your typed manuscript, and any graphic images (as attachments - jpg, gif, or png). No formatting is required on your part. This can be a Word, OpenOffice, or plain text file.
What we do
- Completely design and format book (incl. text, headlines, headers, footers, page numbers, etc.).
- Place images at required or applicable positions (incl. re-sizing of images, if required).
- Include cross-reference clickable links, within and out of book (e-books).
- Check manuscript for text flow.
- Check manuscript for readability (i.e. paragraph length, sentence length, bullets, lists, captions, etc.).
- Check for typographical errors.
- Design cover. *
- Copyright page.
- Foreword.
- Create alphabetical index (if required).
- Bibliography (if required).
* Cover designs for hard copy books charged for separately.
What we supply
- First draft (in PDF format). You check the content and layout, and if required add/delete text and/or images. This is a thorough check by you.
- Second draft (in PDF format). You check that all additions/deletions, and requests by you were done.
* Any additions/deletions to this draft may be charged for.
- Final draft (in PDF format). You verify that all SECOND DRAFT comments are done. IMPORTANT: Any extra work to the FINAL DRAFT will be charged for.
- Final book manuscript (in PDF and MS Word format)
Note: Where the file size of the PDF or Word document is too large for e-mailing, the document will be written to compact disk, and mailed.
Excluded
- No writing of content.
- No re-writing of content.
- No sourcing of graphic images. *
- No creation of graphic images (except the book cover). *
- No image re-touching. *
- No uploading to web reseller. *
- No printing of hard copies (POD printers can be recommended).
* Charged for separately, if required.
BONUS: 3D e-cover images (for use on web site).
From $6.00 per page
ProBook
What you supply
You give us your basic formatted manuscript, and we turn it into a professional book design. All images are in place, and your final font is used. This can be supplied as a Word, or OpenOffice file.
What we do
- Check/format design and layout of manuscript.
- Include cross-reference clickable links, within and out of book (e-books).
- Check manuscript for text flow.
- Check manuscript for readability (i.e. paragraph length, sentence length, bullets, lists, captions, etc.).
- Check for typographical errors.
- Design cover. *
- Create alphabetical index (if required).
* Cover designs for hard copy books charged for separately.
What we supply
- First draft (in PDF format). You check the content and layout, and if required add/delete text and/or images. This is a thorough check by you.
* Any additions/deletions to this draft may be charged for.
- Final draft (in PDF format). You verify that all SECOND DRAFT comments are done. IMPORTANT: Any extra work to the FINAL DRAFT will be charged for.
- Final book manuscript (in PDF and MS Word format)
Note: Where the file size of the PDF or Word document is too large for e-mailing, the document will be written to compact disk, and mailed.
Excluded
- No writing of content.
- No re-writing of content.
- No sourcing of graphic images. *
- No creation of graphic images (except the book cover). *
- No image re-touching. *
- No design/layout of plain text.
- No uploading to web reseller. *
- No printing of hard copies (POD printers can be recommended).
* Charged for separately, if required.
BONUS: 3D e-cover images (for use on web site).
From $5.50 per page
Web-2-PDF
What you supply
We capture your web site (or the pages you want), and we turn it into a professional book design. There is no formatting or layout needed on your part, and you don't supply us with a manuscript.
What we do
- Capture the web site contents (text and images) direct from the web.
- Completely design and format book (incl. text, headlines, headers, footers, page numbers, etc.).
- Place images at required or applicable positions (inl. re-sizing of images, if required).
- Include cross-reference clickable links, within and out of book (e-books).
- Check manuscript for text flow.
- Check manuscript for readability (i.e. paragraph length, sentence length, bullets, lists, captions, etc.).
- Check for typographical errors.
- Design cover. *
- Create alphabetical index (if required).
* Cover designs for hard copy books charged for separately.
What we supply
- First draft (in PDF format). You check the content and layout, and if required add/delete text and/or images. This is a thorough check by you.
- Second draft (in PDF format). You check that all additions/deletions, and requests by you were done.
* Any additions/deletions to this draft may be charged for.
- Final draft (in PDF format). You verify that all SECOND DRAFT comments are done. IMPORTANT: Any extra work to the FINAL DRAFT will be charged for.
- Final book manuscript (in PDF and MS Word format)
Note: Where the file size of the PDF or Word document is too large for e-mailing, the document will be written to compact disk, and mailed.
Excluded
- No writing of content.
- No re-writing of content.
- No sourcing of graphic images. *
- No creation of graphic images (except the book cover). *
- No image re-touching. *
- No uploading to web reseller. *
- No printing of hard copies (POD printers can be recommended).
* Charged for separately, if required.
BONUS: 3D e-cover images (for use on web site).
From $7.00 per page
StyleIt
What you supply
You send us your new or existing book, and we turn it into a professional book design. If you have just finished your book, or have an existing book (that you're not happy with), and want it turned into a good-looking book, then this is the package for you.
What we do
- Review the design according to book design princples.
- Check manuscript for text flow.
- Check manuscript for readability (i.e. paragraph length, sentence length, bullets, lists, captions, etc.).
- Check for typographical errors.
- Include cross-reference clickable links, within and out of book (e-books).
- Design new cover (if required). *
- Create alphabetical index (if required).
* Cover designs for hard copy books charged for separately.
What we supply
- First draft (in PDF format). You check the content and layout, and if required add/delete text and/or images. This is a thorough check by you.
- Final draft (in PDF format). You verify that all SECOND DRAFT comments are done. IMPORTANT: Any extra work to the FINAL DRAFT will be charged for.
- Final book manuscript (in PDF and MS Word format)
Note: Where the file size of the PDF or Word document is too large for e-mailing, the document will be written to compact disk, and mailed.
Excluded
- No writing of content.
- No re-writing of content.
- No sourcing of graphic images. *
- No creation of graphic images (except the book cover). *
- No image re-touching. *
- No uploading to web reseller. *
- No printing of hard copies (POD printers can be recommended).
* Charged for separately, if required.
BONUS: 3D e-cover images (for use on web site).
From $4.00 per page
Word-to-PDF
What you supply
You send us your finished formatted manuscript, and we convert it into a PDF document, with clickable links.
What we do
- Check manuscript for text flow.
- Check manuscript for readability (i.e. paragraph length, sentence length, bullets, lists, captions, etc.).
- Check for typographical errors.
- Include cross-reference clickable links, within and out of book (e-books).
- Design new cover (if required).
What we supply
- Final draft (in PDF format). You verify that all SECOND DRAFT comments are done. IMPORTANT: Any extra work to the FINAL DRAFT will be charged for.
- Final book manuscript (in PDF and MS Word format)
Note: Where the file size of the PDF or Word document is too large for e-mailing, the document will be written to compact disk, and mailed.
Excluded
- No writing of content.
- No re-writing of content.
- No sourcing of graphic images. *
- No creation of graphic images (except the book cover). *
- No image re-touching. *
- No uploading to web reseller. *
- No printing of hard copies (POD printers can be recommended).
* Charged for separately, if required.
BONUS: 3D e-cover images (for use on web site).
From $3.00 per page
ReviewIt
What you supply
You send us your finished formatted manuscript, and we check it according book design principles. We supply you with a detailed report of what can be improved or should be changed.
What we do
- Check overall design and layout.
- Check manuscript for readability (i.e. paragraph length, sentence length, bullets, lists, captions, etc.).
- Check for typographical errors.
- Check headers and footers, and page numbering.
- Check all links (e-books).
- Check book structure, i.e. cover, copyright, Foreword, etc.
From $2.50 per page
Other Services
Newsletter Design and Format.
Proposals, Reports, etc. Design and Format.
PowerPoint Presentations.
Please contact me for a quote.
