{"id":22203,"date":"2019-09-30T03:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=22203"},"modified":"2019-09-26T06:26:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:26:17","slug":"questions-to-ask-before-hiring-your-interior-book-designer-how-to-spot-a-professional-interior-book-designer-by-mary-neighbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/30\/questions-to-ask-before-hiring-your-interior-book-designer-how-to-spot-a-professional-interior-book-designer-by-mary-neighbour\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions to Ask Before Hiring Your Interior Book Designer: How to Spot a Professional Interior Book Designer by Mary Neighbour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Questions<\/a>Please welcome back guest author Mary Neighbour<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cQuestions to Ask Before Hiring Your Interior Book Designer: How to Spot a Professional Interior Book Designer.\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Authors may be surprised to learn that many interior book designers will read your book before beginning their work.<\/p>\n

They do so because:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. they need to know where and how to place emphasis;<\/li>\n
  2. they need to decide what the book wants to communicate and which fonts and attributes will serve that purpose; and<\/li>\n
  3. they need to establish a hierarchy of heading styles and paragraph styles.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"para-styles-hierarchy\"<\/a>Typically they will predetermine these and numerous other aspects of the design so that they\u2014and you\u2014don\u2019t waste time and money on fixes and \u201cre-dos.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Ideally<\/strong>, they will provide you a sample layout of a chapter from your own book and discuss the various choices in design that they have made, inviting your feedback and further direction.<\/p>\n

    Questions to Ask<\/b><\/h2>\n

    The following questions will help you vet a candidate\u2019s expertise as well as interrogate any samples they provide.<\/p>\n

    Note that there are different considerations for fiction and nonfiction texts<\/strong>, so some of these questions are designed to help you anticipate any special handling of your book\u2019s details.<\/p>\n

    Editor\u2019s Tip: You can check out book layout terminology here in one of Mary\u2019s previous posts in this series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. I\u2019ve looked at the sample interiors on your website, but I\u2019d like to review a sample chapter from my own book. Does your estimate of work allow for that? How many iterations of the sample are included in the fee?<\/li>\n
    2. My book is a pretty straightforward novel, with just body text and chapter titles. How does that affect the price you charge?
      \nListen for<\/i>:<\/strong> the answers to the question above and the one below should obviously be significantly different. Be wary of a typographer who uses a one-price-fits-all fee structure.<\/li>\n
    3. My nonfiction book contains tables and charts, quotes from other experts, inspirational quotes, footnotes, and an index. How does that affect the price you charge?<\/li>\n
    4. Do you create the design as well as execute the layout?<\/li>\n
    5. I plan to use a POD (print-on-demand) printer, and I\u2019d like a square book size. What do you recommend?
      \nListen for<\/i>:<\/strong> many layout artists will be up-to-date on trends suitable to your genre, and they\u2019ll be conversant with various printing and production techniques. If the candidate you hire is not, then the onus is on you to research what trim sizes and binding options exist.<\/li>\n
    6. When my novel has a significant scene or time shift, I use an extra blank line in the manuscript to signal a break. How do you handle these in the layout?<\/li>\n
    7. \"line-numbers-letter-count\"<\/a>How many lines of text will there be on a full page of text? How many characters across are on a single, full line? Recommended<\/b>: there are various rules of thumb, so there is no definitive answer here. Nevertheless, your typographer should demonstrate concern for the \u201cbreathing room\u201d of lines and characters.<\/li>\n
    8. I\u2019d like the title and the chapter title in the running header. Can you do that?<\/li>\n
    9. Would a design in the running header or footer be appropriate for my book?
      \nListen for<\/i>:<\/strong> the typographer\u2019s ideas on design elements. For most books, whether fiction or nonfiction, running headers and footers contain only text. Even if you or the designer want<\/i> an image or squiggle, it may not be appropriate. Compare your book with others in your genre to see if any use graphical enhancements of any sort.<\/li>\n
    10. I\u2019ve roughly created a chart in my manuscript, but it doesn\u2019t look good. Do you have experience with charts and graphs?<\/li>\n
    11. I have an image that extends across both pages of a spread, but I don\u2019t want to lose any of the image details in the gutter. How will you handle that?
      \nListen for<\/i>:<\/strong> whether the designer has experience with this. They very well may not, so you might need to hire an additional person to manipulate the image. Another common concern for images is converting color to grayscale.<\/li>\n
    12. Please describe for me the ways you might differentiate the main body text from special paragraphs like quotes, captions, or tips.<\/li>\n
    13. Do you have experience with footnotes and indexes?
      \nRecommended<\/b>: footnotes and indexes are complex elements to handle in the layout, especially for electronic books that use hyperlinks. Regarding indexes, you should consult separately with a professional indexer to create the index content, and then explore with your typographer how to make the index appear in both the printed and electronic versions. Be skeptical of anyone who blithely tells you, \u201cDon\u2019t worry, I have software to handle that.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Experience Matters<\/h2>\n

      You will note that the first question above refers to an interior book designer\u2019s website and prior samples. If a candidate does not have a website or samples of work to show you, I advise moving on to the next applicant. The field of typography is too vast\u2014with too many ways to make a mistake\u2014to risk placing your book in the hands of a novice.<\/p>\n

      Next week in this series:<\/strong> we will begin our final series of blogs, which address hiring a professional to guide you through the production process of self-publishing your book.<\/i><\/p>\n

      ***<\/p>\n

      You can check out Mary Neighbour\u2019s series on how to hire book professionals here.<\/a><\/p>\n

      ***<\/p>\n

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n

      \"Mary<\/a>Some call Mary E. Neighbour<\/strong> a \u201cbook shepherd,\u201d though Mary wields a blue pencil far more expertly than a herding rod. For the past ten years, she and her husband have helped dozens of writers bring their manuscripts to the marketplace, through MediaNeighbours<\/a>, their publishing services business.<\/p>\n

      Passionate about helping authors make their work shine in the world, with a combined professional expertise of over 50 years in editing and design, this family team is one you\u2019ll want to adopt as your guide through the challenging world of independent publishing.<\/p>\n

      Mary\u2019s other passion is learning about the history of slavery and how it impacts race relations today. She incorporated much of her research into her novel, Speak Right On: Conjuring the Slave Narrative of Dred Scott<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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