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DesignAt Tricorn Books, we understand that your book is a considerable personal investment and having probably spent huge amounts of time and effort getting the content right, we know you will care how it looks. You might already have some ideas in your head that you want to use or you might need some creative input, either way we certainly won’t bamboozle you with jargon or pass off formulaic templates at any stage of the design – but we will help you to manage the design of your book, are here to discuss all aspects of it and will work very hard with you to realise your effort
How does it work?The different elements of book design should work together, enhancing and re-enforcing your hard work. Talk to us initially about your ideas, how they relate to the inside, what style you want to use, the kind of imagery you want to incorporate. From this we will produce concepts for you, you pick one, we develop that with you and when you are happy, we produce finished artwork for you to approve and send to the printer. What we need from you is edited, proofread text and images – equally, if you need any help with those, such as re-sizing images or touching up photographs, we can do that too.
IllustrationWe have our own in-house illustrator - with an illustrious pedigree, who has worked on a range of projects for us - and most notably Clever Freddie, which is now going to a second print run. Raphilena has also worked on over 30 book Jackets for the Western author, Caleb Rand that are available at Amazon worldwide.
Raphilena Bonito DesRCA. Royal College of Art: Textile Design. [2 x Cotton Board Design Awards]; Post Graduate: Photography & Plant Drawing; Hornsey College of Art: Illustration. Clients include: John Lewis, Cavendish Textiles, Heal’s Fabrics, Mary Quant, Monty Sunshine [New York] and Jasper Conran. Robert Hale publishing & Tricorn Books. Visiting lecturer: Loughborough, Leicester, Harrow & Camberwell Schools of Art, London.
Recent commissions: Freddie the Fox, Rising Red, Teal’s Gold and Kissed by The Bee with Maureen Melvin.
Front CoverBooks are judged by their cover, so this is a very important feature. Good design stands out and a strong front cover will get your book noticed. The title and subtitle (if applicable) will feature, along with your name as the author, any quotes or descriptives that might help to sell the book and photographic image/s. We will always work with you to get this right, depending on your vision, the genre of book and readership. We can work in different media to produce illustrations for the front cover too and are happy to discuss this requirement.
Back coverJust as important as the front, the back of a book can provide further information about the content, you the author and how the book has been reviewed. It can also incorporate additional images, making the book more attractive. Done well, it really does help to sell your book, converting a browse to a sale.
Inside page layoutIt’s important that your book reads well, is easy to follow and holds the readers interest in its pace and delivery. Well designed layout can enhance this. Equally, you may wish to include colour or black & white images, illustrations, footnotes, tables, decorative flourishes, an index, colour plates.
ImagesIncorporated into body text, images really help to illustrate your writing and bring it to life for the reader. These might be photographs you have, drawings, illustrations or even maps. If you don’t have the correct images, we can source them for you using stock photography or produce them ourselves using our own professional photographers. All images should have correct permissions, be supplied separately to the text as 300dpi JPegs or TIFFS, in electronic format – however, if you need help with that, we can do that too!
TextOnce you are happy with the cover and internal designs, the body text needs to be placed. The best way to supply this is in digital format as one file, with un-formatted text, no illustrations or photographs embedded, edited and proof read - this way we can pour it in and format it with the correct headings, spaces, chapters etc., quickly and easily.
Pre-publicationWe work hard at this stage to make sure you are completely happy with the book by giving you electronic proofs to have a look at, re-check and say then yes, this is how you want it to be. However, you do have one round of author proof corrections at this stage if it is not 100%. The book will then be prepared for the printers in industry standard format. Electronic proofs are provided from the printers to check their set up is correct, however if you are more comfortable looking at paper proofs, we can arrange that for you but there will be a small charge. Changes can still be made at this late stage if necessary, but it is better to invest the time and effort checking beforehand, as any corrections or alterations you make may be charged for by the printer. If any changes need to be made due to an error on our part, then of course you are not charged.
PrintingWe use different printers for different titles, depending on what you want, how many, price and quality. Printing has changed considerably with digital formats, so if you want a limited number of books at a time we can do this by using our On-Demand printer. This saves a large initial investment, as well as the need for an extra room to house 1000s of books! If you want a larger print run, then it is more cost effective to use a litho printer, and if you want a print run in the 10s of thousands, then we have overseas contacts who not only do a beautiful job, but also work out very competitive for these kinds of quantities. We will negotiate the best price, let you know at the outset how much that will be and manage the whole process, including delivery.
Publishing & DistributionTricorn will give you an ISBN (International Standard Book Number), so that your publication can be sold through book shops and on-line. From that we will create a unique EAN barcode that will be art-worked in the correct position on the cover. Details and copies will be registered with the bibliographic services. We can also organise national sales & distribution.
Photography, Graphics & MarketingAs well as a comprehensive design and publishing service we are also able to offer a full photographic service and marketing support, as Tricorn Books is a trading name of 131 Design Ltd - see www.131design.org. This might include promotional material for in-store and point of sale, direct mail, PR or even a web site, including 'blog' and content management facilities, for you to market your own work.
Websites also available without publications starting at £650, see sister company 131 Design Ltd
Print on demand - in association with Artchroma
Giclee prints are produced using archival specification materials: Giclee Price List - 2009
ISO A Series Paper Sizes, metric & imperial Giclee edition printing, per print: Delivery: All original transparencies and artwork returned with order. order or on collection of the order.
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