The best way to show you what I can do is to give examples of books I have formatted. I’ve provided comments to explain any non-standard work I carried out for each book. The links to retailer sites are not there so you can buy the books, but because these retailers provide a free sample for you to inspect. (By the way, the ‘Look inside’ feature at Amazon is a useful equivalent to flicking through a few pages in a bookshop, but does NOT show how the book is formatted.)
 Fables from the Fountain from NewCon Press. An anthology of short stories (and with Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter and Charlie Stross, some cool authors). Features navigation points, active toc, links at the end of each story to author notes and internal images.Download samples at amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | Smashwords | Barnes & Noble | iTunes US UK CA |
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 Derby Scribes Anthology from Stumar Press. An anthology of short stories. Features navigation points, active toc, links at the end of each story to author notes.Download samples at amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | Barnes & Noble | Smashwords |
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 Last and First Contacts A collection of short stories by Stephen Baxter. Features navigation points, active toc, and an eBook-specific cover that I adapted from the hardback. Very exciting to make a book for one of my favourite authors.Published April 26th 2012 |
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 Lay Down your Heart by Lesley Caves. A novel set in 70s Rhodesia and contemporary Zimbabwe, which prompted me to try some old-fashioned fonts. I laid out a paperback edition that the author published through Createspace |
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 A Glass of Shadow by Liz Williams, introduction by Tanith Lee. Features active toc and navigation points. The story headings in the print edition were so beautiful that I implemented them as images in the eBook. I used this technique again (and slightly more effectively) when I formatted Liz’s memoir, Diary of a Witchcraft Shop.Download samples at amazon.com | amazon.co.uk |
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 Ill at Ease from Penman Press. A chapbook of three short horror stories. Features active toc, navigation points, and links from stories to author bios.Download samples at amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | Smashwords |
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 Cyber Circus by Kim Lakin-Smith from NewCon Press. A novel with a bonus novella too. Features active toc.Download samples from amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | Barnes & Noble | iTunes US UK CA |
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 Last Man Through the Gate by Tim C. Taylor. Yes, I format my own books through my Greyhart Press ‘imprint’. This is a novella with no special features.Download samples from amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | Barnes & Noble | iTunes US UK CA |
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 The Legends of Light by Gill Shutt. Published by (my imprint) Greyhart Press. Features active toc, navigation points, and illustrated frontispieces for each of the six poems in this saga.Download samples from amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | Barnes & Noble | iTunes US UK CA |
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 Drift, a genre-defying novel by Andrew Cyrus Hudson.This used non-standard indentation for special effects. Otherwise, the eBook was the ‘base level’ formatting task of a novel without toc or nav points, and for Amazon Kindle Store only.Subsequently, I laid out the book for a 8″ x 10″ trim size and produced a print-ready pdf for Createspace.amazon.com | amazon.co.uk |
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 Max Ryan: Nuclear Whore, a humorous collection of over forty anecdotal stories by Max Ryan, with a contribution from each book to the Canadian Equal Parenting Council.This book presented quite a few challenges, both in the rapid turnaround time (I was working on this into the early hours of Christmas Eve) and the illustrated frontispiece to each chapter, which had to be sized and navigation coded to bring up the image full screen. Of all the books I worked on, I think I’m most pleased with this one.amazon.com | amazon.co.uk |
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 Cold Grey Stones, a collection by Tanith Lee and the first of the forthcoming Imaginings series from NewCon Press.This book is an example of why I need to see the manuscript before confirming a price. There were no less than 92 styles used in the manuscript! This is often the case for collections and anthologies because the source stories were originally formatted completely separately from each other.This commission also require me to change the cover art from the printed version. The print version looked great, but had ‘signed limited edition’ which wasn’t appropriate for the eBook version.Finally, this was the first commission where the publisher asked me to produce a native ePub version (built by me rather than via Smashwords). The publisher offers the ePub to subscribers, but could have used the ePub file to supply to Barnes & Noble PubIt.amazon.com | amazon.co.uk |
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 Brooklyn Bites, a collection of two short stories by Scott Stabile. I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but I’d keep your stash of chocolates hidden if he comes to visit, because these stories have a foody theme.For Amazon Kindle Store only.amazon.com | amazon.co.uk |
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 Brunswick, a fantasy novel by Ann Haines. eBook onlyamazon.com | amazon.co.uk |
I’ve highlighted a few books above. Below is a list by author that lists the formats I built. Some of these aren’t published yet, and some books I’ve produced I’m not able to tell you about yet due to non-disclosure agreements:
Last and First Contacts by Stephen Baxter : Kindle and ePUB
Beside the Sea by Keith Brooke : Kindle, Smashwords
The Unlikely World of Faraway Frankie by Keith Brooke : Kindle, Smashwords
Endless Time by Frances Burke : Kindle, Smashwords
SiGNALS (a suspense novelette) by Emma Coleman : Kindle, Smashwords
Ferryman (a short story) by Nigel Edwards : Kindle, Smashwords
Garrison (a military fantasy novelette) by Nigel Edwards : Kindle, Smashwords
The Cookie Tin (A fantasy novelette from Greyhart Press) by Nigel Edwards : Kindle, Smashwords
Waif (A fantasy short story) by Nigel Edwards : Kindle, Smashwords
Spirit of the House by Cayte Else : Createspace & Kindle. Also did some copy-editing.
The First Last Robot (a short story) by David Fraser : Kindle, Smashwords
Brunswick by Ann Haines : Kindle & Smashwords
Drift by Andrew Hudson : Createspace & Kindle
Diary of a Witchcraft Shop by Trevor Jones and Liz Williams : Kindle & ePUB. Illustrated non-fiction with fancy fonts for titles delivered as images.
Cold Grey Stones by Tanith Lee : Kindle, ePUB
Babel (a spaceopera-horror short story) by Paul Melhuish : Kindle, Smashwords
Fearworld (A horror short story) by Paul Melhuish : Kindle, Smashwords
Necroforms (a short story) by Paul Melhuish : Kindle, Smashwords
Terminus by Paul Melhuish : Kindle, Smashwords, Createspace
Back Dated by Chris Niblock : Kindle & Smashwords
“Max Ryan: Nuclear Whore” and other Life Stories of a Secondary Parent by Max Ryan : Kindle, Smashwords Features scores of chapters, each with a illustration as part of the chapter heading.
On the Edge by Gill Shutt : Kindle, Smashwords, PDF (laid out like paperback), Createspace
The Quest for Elena the Fair (poetry) by Gill Shutt : Kindle, Smashwords. Illustrations
The Legends of Light (poetry) by Gill Shutt : Kindle, Smashwords, Createspace. Features illustrations and (I think) the paperback has beautiful fonts
Cyber Circus by Kim Lakin-Smith : Kindle, Smashwords
Brooklyn Bites Vol I by Scott Stabile : Kindle & Smashwords
Brooklyn Bites Vol II by Scott Stabile : Kindle & Smashwords
Brooklyn Bites Vol III by Scott Stabile : Kindle & Smashwords
Percy and Me ‘neath the Yum Gum Tree (poetry) by Elaine Stirling : Online layout and Smashwords
The Mexican Saga (poetry) by Elaine Stirling : Kindle, Smashwords & PDF (the PDF layout was essentially a paperback layout but without mirrored margins)
Orphi and the Shadowpaths by Scott Taylor : Lulu (paperback) and Kindle. Also did copy-editing.
Format YOUR Book with Createspace by Tim C. Taylor : Kindle and Createspace (paperback; non-fiction with a large number of images)
Future Speculation (a short story) by Tim C. Taylor : Kindle, Smashwords
Last Man Through the Gate by Tim C. Taylor : Kindle, Smashwords, PDF
No More Than Human by Tim C. Taylor : Kindle, Smashwords
Speak, Vaccine! Speak! (a short story) by Tim C. Taylor : Kindle, Smashwords
The Meandering Mayhem of Thogron Throatbiter (a short story) by Tim C. Taylor : Kindle, Smashwords (my favourite title)
The Reality War Book1: The Slough of Despond by Tim C. Taylor : Kindle, Smashwords, PDF, Createspace, Lulu
The Reality War Book2: The City of Destruction by Tim C. Taylor : Kindle, Smashwords, PDF, Createspace, Lulu
Welcome Home, Jannisary by Tim C. Taylor : Kindle, Smashwords. Funnily enough, I didn’t self-publish this one. NewCon Press published this.
Soul Screams by Sara Jayne Townsend: Kindle & Smashwords. Horror collection.
Dark Currents by Various (anthology) : Kindle, ePUB, and PDF
Derby Scribes 2011 Anthology by Various : Kindle, Smashwords
Fables from the Fountain by Various (anthology) : Kindle, Smashwords
Further Conflicts by Various (anthology) : Kindle, Smashwords
Hauntings by Various (anthology): Kindle, Smashwords. A co-production between Un:Bound and NewCon Press. Some of the stories from the book were read (or ad-libbed!) at a live event videoed by Un:Bound. Sweet!
Ill at Ease by Various (anthology) : Kindle and Smashwords
Saving for a Sunny Day by Ian Watson (collection) : Kindle, ePUB & PDF
Rescue Stories (A science fiction novelette) by Andy West : Kindle, Smashwords
The Outcast and the Little One by Andy West : Kindle, ePUB & PDF
In the Rain with the Dead by Mark West : Kindle, Smashwords
The Mill (a novelette) by Mark West : Kindle, Smashwords, ePUB, PDF (laid out like paperback), Createspace, Lulu, Lulu special limited edition. Had fun with the title fonts on this one.
One Night in London by Ian Whates : Kindle, Smashwords
The Gift of Joy by Ian Whates : Kindle, Smashwords
A Glass of Shadow by Liz Williams : Kindle and Smashwords
Necrochip by Liz Williams : Kindle & Smashwords
