| Service |
Notes |
| Copy
Editing |
You owe it to your work to have it professionally checked.
If you are not an experienced writer then your work would probably benefit
from the attentions of an editor, but if you decide against this, then do
get someone to check through it. |
| Book design and
typesetting |
A designer will take your mock-up, text files and illustrations and
produce the computer files for our Print on Demand printer or Camera Ready
Copy.
The designer will then take the digital files and convert them into
pages. The typesetter works closely with the book designer.
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| The book brief |
You need to think
carefully about this |
| Cover design
brief |
It is vital
that you give us as clear a brief as possible for our designer to work on. |
| The index |
You will need to decide whether
your book needs an index and how you are going to prepare this. |
| Preparing your
prelim pages |
Gives you specific guidance on what needs to go
in your prelim (or preliminary) pages at the front of the
book. |
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Cover designs and cover
design brief
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Requires a cover design brief from you. A well-designed, informative cover is a
good investment. Hardbacks also require a dust jacket and some details on
the board covers. The cover is a key way to capture the attention of
potential readers in a bookshop.
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Legal checks
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We can offer some
help with these, but you as the self-publisher are responsible for clearing
permissions, copyright issues, 'fair use' and checking whether you are
likely to be sued. Check any copyright on quotes or pictures and protect yourself from libel
lawyers.
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ISBN registration
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Essential if you want people to buy your book but not required if you
intend to give it away.
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Barcode generation
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If you are planning to sell your book, it will need a bar code, which
will be 'read' by the laser scanner. We can supply this for you with a
cover template to fit your book.
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| Registration |
There are certain legal requirements in the UK to supply copies of your
books to national libraries but it guarantees one a sort of immortality.
In UK this is called legal deposit. |
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The details
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A summary to check that you have
dealt with everything.
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| Please note |
The law and regulations covering
publication vary from one country to another. This system is for
publication in the UK. This does not prevent you exporting or selling your
work overseas.
You can order from anywhere in the world and we can arrange for copies to be
printed and delivered to any international address. Because of the low
cost of our service, you might be pleasantly surprised by how reasonable
the cost would be. Please ask for a no-obligation estimate.
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