services

Ghostwriting

If you have an interesting life story, or you are an expert in your field, you need to be published. Few people have the time, discipline or skills to sit down and complete an entire manuscript. Our expert ghostwriter has completed numerous manuscripts with several published by trade publishers (examples and samples offered on request). With a structured schedule, your book can be written and ready for consideration by publishers, or to be published directly, within four or five months.

Editing

The editing process is a complex one. Our editors offer a range of services from a light copy edit to a full developmental edit, which looks at structure, story and tone. Every author requires a good editor, no book should go to print without a second, expert eye going through it.

Typesetting

From simple straight-text novel typesetting, to complex, design-heavy, diagram-rich, integrated STM texts, we are experienced in typesetting in all its forms. We can provide a quick, efficient, cost-effective service. We guarantee a high-quality, attention-to-detail typesetting service, to provide you with that essential fully designed, paginated, complete set of page proofs. We offer guidance on proofing, which materials to use, printing terminology and technical industry-standard file creation. If you already have your page design and only need typesetting, we can work with the design you provide.

Page Design, Typography, Layout

We understand the fundamental importance of typography in the presentation of any text and, in conjunction with this, the importance of page layout and the seemingly small decisions that make the design ‘invisible’. After the initial impact and draw of the jacket, a major part of its reception by the reader is based on the choice of fonts and the placement of elements on a page. This is something that we collaborate with our clients on from the very beginning of a project, to ensure the client is fully satisfied and happy with the end product. If you already have a typesetter lined up but you need to develop page design samples and typographical structure, we have the expertise to help you with that.

Digital

As e-books become increasingly popular, it is becoming almost essential to have a digital version of your book available. We can provide a fully compliant digital version of your book alongside your print version. Alternatively, you may choose to publish in digital version only. Either way, the digital version of your book can be made available for purchase instantly.

Jacket design

The jacket is the face of the book; it needs to attract the reader to the book, and should convey a sense of the spirit and content of the book. These are some of the considerations we discuss with our clients when working towards the ideal cover design. Working with Couper Street across all elements of the design stage produces a continuity of style, linking the cover design to the internal typography and page design.

Data conversion

Do you have an out-of-print book that you want to re-publish, but you don’t have the files? We are experts at data conversion and offer a full data conversion service to convert your hard copies into electronic workable text, in any format you require.

Artwork, Re-touching, Re-drawing (maps/diagrams), Scanning

We have in-house facilities to scan artwork to an extremely high quality and can re-touch images to remove scratches and blemishes. In addition to this, we offer a re-drawing service: if you have maps, illustrations, diagrams or charts that need to be re-drawn, and whether you require a vector-based output or a ‘raster’ drawing, we can always deliver.

Pre-press

When all previous stages have been completed to your satisfaction, we have the expertise to offer full ‘pre-flight’ checks, troubleshoot any potential pre-press problems, process all files in industry-standard press-ready processes and supply you with press-ready PDF files, ready to send to the printer. We are experienced in file creation so that we can transfer your raw files, once approved, into press-ready PDFs. We have a series of checks that we adhere to at this stage. And attention to details is vital; a thorough checking and proofreading process to ensure a zero tolerance on any typesetting or technical errors. A further round of final checks ensures technical standards are met in terms of colour, font embedding, image resolution, page bleed, and other press-specific elements.

Supplementary design work

With the range of design and production skills that we have in-house, we are well equipped to undertake any supplementary design work that you may require alongside your core publications. Flyers, posters, bookmarks, vouchers, through to newsletters and brochures: no job is too large or too small.

Publication management

These days it is easier than ever to take your book to market. We will guide you and oversee the process, explaining the options available to authors on self-publication platforms. In some cases we will offer authors the opportunity to publish under the imprint of Couper Street Books.

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