Editorial and Book Design

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Editorial & Book Design

The work is done, or mostly done. The problem is that it's still raw — a manuscript that hasn't become a book, curriculum living in a document, a body of photographs without a sequence, an artist's work without an object to carry it.

Quotes are scope and page count dependent.

PROJECT

Publication / Zine / Book Interior Design

For the author, small press, or zine-maker whose text deserves a form that holds it correctly. The inside of a book is not a neutral container — it either supports the writing or quietly works against it. Designed by someone who reads the way an editor reads.

Deliverables:

Interior layout and page system
Cover direction and design
Art and image placement
Print and digital export

From $800-$2,000

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Artist Catalogue / Exhibition & Photography Book Design

For the artist, photographer, or institution whose work exists as images and needs to exist as an object. Designed by someone who understands that how a catalogue is built shapes how the work inside it is understood. Quote is scope and page count dependent.

Deliverables:

Image sequencing and pacing
Interior layout and grid system
Cover direction and design
Print specifications (offset, digital, archival)
Print-ready and digital export

From $1,500

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Book Cover Design

For nonfiction, memoir, literary fiction, zines, and technical titles. The cover reads the work — typography, image or composition, hierarchy — and creates something that makes the right reader stop. The design process starts with reading the manuscript or a detailed brief. Not the best fit for genre fiction.

Deliverables:

Front, back, and spine design
Print-ready files (PDF/X, bleed, trim marks)
Digital-optimized version (thumbnail-readable)
Up to 2 revision rounds

From $300

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Workbook / Planner / Guided PDF Design

For the coach, educator, writer, or consultant whose best thinking is currently sitting in a deck someone emailed or a PDF that was never meant to be the product. This service turns raw prompts, curriculum, and written material into a designed resource that looks like the quality of the thinking behind it.

Deliverables:

Content structure and hierarchy
Page system and worksheet layouts
Cover and title page
Visual direction
Final PDF
Optional: print-ready export

From $450

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Not sure where to begin?

Start with a Strategy Session

A 60-90 minute focused session with intake in advance. Tells you exactly where to direct the energy — whether that's a Brand Audit, an Intensive, or something else entirely.

From $250 / Written notes included

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All Pathways

01. Creative Direction & Design

The brand has a mood, some references, maybe a palette someone chose in 2021. What it doesn't have is a governing logic — a reason these things belong together and a clear answer for what comes next.These services are for the moment when the material is real but the world isn't holding.

02. Editorial & Book Design

The writing is done, or mostly done. The problem is that the material is still raw — curriculum in a Google Doc, a manuscript that hasn't become a book yet, a body of knowledge with no designed object to live inside. These services are for the moment when the content is ready but the form isn't.

03. Writing & Editing

A draft that's been worked on long enough is hard to see clearly. You know what you were trying to do. You're less certain you did it. These services are for writers who need a trained, honest outside read — not praise, not a quick pass for typos, but a real diagnostic look at what the project is actually doing and what it needs next.

04. Creative Strategy & Advisory

Some of the most important creative work happens between the projects — the decisions about what to build, how to frame it, what the audience actually needs, what to do with this month's material. These services are for the writer, founder, artist, or creative business that needs a sharp, recurring outside mind on the work.

*/ Custom Work & Add-ons

Some work crosses categories — a brand identity that needs editorial design built in, a manuscript that needs editing and a book interior, a launch that needs creative direction and writing support. Some work just needs a scope that isn't listed here. Custom engagements are available for projects that span service families, require add-on deliverables, or fall outside the standard tiers. Get in touch with a description of what you're making and I'll come back with a scope and a quote.

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