- First you write it
- Meet with us for a free consultation
Once you decide to proceed we will:
- Recommend an editor suitable to the topic of your book, if required
- Help you navigate through the maze of getting ISBN, UPC, bar code
- Design the cover: feature a photo, illustration or just typography
- Design the text pages: select appropriate fonts, margins, headers, sidebars etc.
- Help you select illustrations, photos, graphs etc., if required
- Recommend binding: hardcover, paperback, paper over board, cerlox, ring bound etc.
- Choose paper: appropriate weight; matte, glossy, hi bulk, white, cream etc.
- Pick a printer: output digitally, web set, sheet fed
- Recommend a distributor
. . . and we have lot of suggestions to promote and market your book!
. . . and how long will all this take (approximate times only):
- Editorial services (if required) – time varies
- Text design – 1 to 2 weeks
- Cover design (concurrent with text design) – 1 to 2 weeks
- Format, layout text pages – 2 weeks
- Client/editor to proof 1st pass – 1 to 2 weeks
- WeMakeBooks to make corrections – 1 week
- Client/editor to proof 2nd pass – 1 week
- WeMakeBooks to make final correction, prepare for printing – 2 to 3 days
- Printer proofs, print, bind, deliver – 3 to 4 weeks