Everything you need to publish your book

We can take your book from manuscript to published and in distribution.

Typesetting / Interior Design

A book’s cover plays a crucial role in enticing potential buyers from the outside, but the inside of your book also needs to maintain that professional standard to create an immersive reading experience.

Typesetting is both an art and a science, maintaining a fine balance between book layout design and structural layout to produce a polished, publish-ready print book for the commercial marketplace. In the eyes of your potential buyers, this gives you a level of professionalism that will instill confidence in buyers.

Here are some of the things we do when typesetting
(print layout design)

Chapter heading design
font selection
text flow with correct indents
running headers and footers
copyright page layout
lists and bullets
layout of photos and images
front and back matter, including dedication and call to action pages.

Professional Book Layout

Typesetting

Your layout design (typesetting) cost is based on the number of words in your manuscript, and hence the time it takes to lay it all out.
The number of images, charts, and graphics, as well as the intricacies of your layout, can all affect your layout.

We will review your manuscript beforehand and discuss what can and should be done to enhance the look and readability of your book.

Book Cover

We also offer design and layout for a ready to print, full colour cover for your book.
For any information about Typesetting/Layout or Book Cover Design, please do not hesitate to ask us anything.

Other Services

Electronic Galley Proof for Advanced reading copy
ISBN registration with Library and Archives Canada, and registration guidance for USA and for other countries as required. Generation of the ISBN Barcode for your cover.
Paperback Format (Hard cover only on request) Black and white or Colour on request.
E-Book Format set-up Distribution Services
Digital Formatting and Distribution set up for print
Set up Book listing and Worldwide Book Distribution with the world’s largest book distributor (print and e-book) – over 30,000 book retailers, distributors, wholesalers and online sellers.
Book Listing and author page with your own unique URL on the Red Tuque Books Inc. website (including artwork) and assist with set up for Canadian and USA book ordering and fulfillment direct from your website. Coach you through the options for worldwide ordering.
Set up Book ordering direct from printer
Custom Layout Technician using InDesign Professional Book Publishing Standards
Personalized Book Cover Design and artwork and/or review and complete
Personalized Interior Page Layout and typeset to professional publishing standards
20 Image Insertions (black and white photos, charts or text boxes) More images and colour images on request.
Artwork upload for worldwide print and distribution (POD and offset if required)

Metadata

MetaData is all the elements of the book that helps your book get found. It is the “packaging” of the book that helps the reader and the book seller to understand what your book is about.

It is not just the cover design but the choice of title, sub-title, headline for the back cover, synopsis, author bio, testimonials and the use of key words in all these elements. People do judge a book by the cover and the book cover design concept takes into account many elements to reflect your branding. We can also work with your own marketing/brand staff to ensure your branding is reflected.

The MetaData includes:

Title pages brief including testimonials, preface/prologue/intro/foreword, Dedication, Acknowledgments, Postscript/Afterword, Sales Page, Author portrait, Appendix/Index
Interior Design layout personalized for each book including brief and discussion on typesetting preferences, font, heading style, illustrations and charts/diagrams, worksheets, journal notes, spacing, chapter layout, table of contents etc.
Amazon and bookstore Book Search Optimization and BISACC Codes. Your book needs to be categorized in the right way for book wholesalers, retailers, online stores, libraries and Universities/Colleges. If your book is not placed in the worldwide distribution system with the right coding, it will not be found.

Content Editing Available

A full content or technical edit includes flow, sentence structure, spelling, grammar, and punctuation edits. You will work directly with the assigned editor on suggested rewrites and edits. This process can take up to 6 weeks with two, three, four or more editing rounds. This is a specialized area of editing by an expert in language and the technical side of writing. It is a completely different skill-set to developmental and structural editing and you will see quite different feedback to that which you received at the developmental stage.

Proof Reading Available

A professional proofreader is a different skill set than the content editor. By the time the content editor has tracked changes as they go back and forth, it is likely that new errors might be introduced such as spacing issues or missing words. The proof reader is a new set of eyes on the manuscript and is essential to ensure accuracy and to set instructions for the typesetter.

FAQ’S

Am I giving you the rights to my book if I publish and distribute through you?
No, you keep your rights outright!

What royalty do I make when I sell my book on Amazon or at a book store?
Book stores usually take 40% discount off retail but bigger chains like Amazon, Chapters and grocery chains can take up to 60% discount. That does not leave much left over for the author once you take off the print cost.

Do I have to order a certain quantity of books?
You have NO commitment to buy books from us, unless you want to.