“I first contacted Tim Taylor after reading a recommendation on another author’s web-site. Not only did I find Tim to be extremely professional, but he is a gentlemen who went out of his way time and again to deliver the best product possible. I happily recommend Tim.” — Max Ryan, author of “Max Ryan: Nuclear Whore” and Other Life Stories of a Secondary Parent.
Do you want to sell a professional quality eBook through retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble? The quality bar moved up noticeably throughout 2011. Second-rate formatting doesn’t cut it any more. I could produce your eBook for you.
For paperbacks and hardbacks, I can also produce formatted interiors in pdf format, ready to supply to print-on-demand (POD) publishers such as Createspace and Lulu.
- So far I have produced 50 eBooks and a dozen print books, working with four different small press publishers, and several self-publishing authors.
- I have produced novels, short fiction anthologies, and non-fiction, and have been privileged to format stories for authors such as Neil Gaiman, Liz Williams, Dan Abnett, Ian Whates, Tanith Lee, Lauren Beukes, and Stephen Baxter.
- I have 20 years experience of writing software.
My base price to turn your manuscript into a Kindle Store-ready novel (up to 100,000 words) is $45/ £30. ($ prices are in US dollars)
- To add a Smashwords edition (suitable for the Smashwords Premium Catalog, which supplies Apple iTunes, Sony, B&N, Kobo and others ) add $25/ £17 (if you don’t get in the Premium Catalog after 3 attempts, I will refund the extra Smashwords fee)
- For anthologies & collections add $2.25/ £1.50 per story.
My base price for turning your manuscript into an interior pdf ready for Createspace/Lulu is $67.50/ £45. However, it could cost less:
- If you want me to produce an eBook for the Kindle-Store and a Createspace/ Lulu pdf for the same book, then my base price reduces to $85/ £55
Where I say ‘base price’, this is what I will charge for an average manuscript. I will need to see your manuscript before confirming the price. For other options, including non-fiction, cover art (I can do very simple cover art, but will probably refer you to other artists), books with less than 25,000 words, and editing services, please ask.
Please note that you need to send me your finished, proof-read manuscript. If you spot a last-minute typo before publication, I will happily provide a single rebuild free of charge with up to a dozen changes. Further rebuilds/ corrections will be charged at $30/ £20 per hour.
Mail: tim@timctaylor.com or tweet @TimCTaylor
Click here to see some samples of published books that I formatted.
Or do it yourself
The advantage of using a third-party formatter is that they (hopefully) have made their mistakes and learned from them before they get to your manuscript. It is satisfying, if you are that way inclined, to format your own books. There are plenty of pitfalls, but there are also plenty of people who have posted advice that might haul you out. For guidance on formatting your own books I recommend:
The Book Designer
I’ve written a book to help writers format their manuscripts for print on demand suppliers such as Createspace: Format YOUR Print Book with Createspace, available now in paperback
$5.99 – amazon.com | £4.99 – amazon.co.uk
and as a Kindle eBook:
$2.99 - amazon.com | £1.95 - amazon.co.uk
Hi Tim,
We also provide e-publishing services (ebook production and app publishing) from India.
Why don’t you outsource your e-publishing projects to us, you can save 50% of your costs, with better quality work.
Do reach me bhishm@learningleads.in
Thanks.
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Hi Doris,
Thanks for getting in touch. I’m not sure if I can help because with your mention of HTML5, I’m guessing you’re talking about bespoke apps. What I can do is produce portable EPUB files coded in XHTML 1.1 and a subset of CSS2.0 called OPS (which is what the EPUB2 format uses). A portable EPUB file can be read by all the major devices except Kindle, and that does include the Nook, and apps on the iPad & iPhone such as iBooks and Stanza.
What I won’t get into is non-standard extensions such as embedding fonts. That’s because the support from reader devices is buggy, and inconsistent. I’m sure a richer version of EPUB that is widely and faithfully supported will come in a few years. At present I don’t want to write code now that will break when the richer standards emerge.
I notice you didn’t mention Kindle format. I hadn’t really considered doing EPUB-only because, so far I’ve worked with small print publishers to transfer their physical books to eBook formats, and they want Kindle format most of all. I’m intrigued; did you not mention Kindle because you already have a Kindle solution?
Best wishes,
Tim
Hi Tim, sounds good,
some questions:
- do you deliver in HTML5 / CSS
- do format for Barnes & Noble
- do you format for iPad?
thanks, Doris
Sorry, Doris. I think I put my reply against the main post and not yours.