Book Formatting & Design

Ensure your book receives the attention it deserves with a stylish design and layout by That’s Creative!

Book Formatting Catering to first time and established authors our services include interior layout typesetting and book cover design.

All types of books can be formatted including manuscripts, novels, guides, picture books and manuals.

We format books in Microsoft Word or Adobe Indesign CS5. Upon completion of your project you will receive the newly formatted working file and print-ready PDF to send to your book publisher.

We have formatted books for popular online self publishing companies including Lulu, Lightning Source, CreateSpace and Dog Ear.

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Standard Book Design & Formatting

Our pdf formatting packages include:

Custom template with a consistent style and layout
Table of contents for easy navigation and maintenance
Custom header and footers
Pagination on every page
Formatting of text styles (body, headings, sub headings, bullet points etc)
Correction of extra white space, mixed fonts, incorrect use of dashes
Color schemes consistent with your company branding
Bookmarks and hyperlinks
Correct placement of images
Compile your book into a PDF ready for printing

Premium Book Design & Formatting

Our premium formatting service is for authors who want their book to stand out, with a serious edge over the competition.

Premium book formatting adds considerable value to your book and shows your readers you are serious about presenting a professional, polished looking book.

With our Premium Formatting Service you can include:

Standard features (as mentioned above)
Microsoft Word or Adobe Indesign format
Text box styling
Call out boxes or quote styling
Tip icons and styling
Drop caps
Custom-styled layouts (landscape, wide margin)
Chapter or Section Title pages
Long lists of hyperlinks or extensive bookmarks
Large amount of footnotes and/or references
Landscape format (column layouts)
Table of contents

Premium book design benefits

Increase your reputation as a serious book author
Boost sales with a highly professional digital product
Create an impact and a solid reader base
Be proud of your book
Increase your readers experience and have a better chance of them retaining your books’ content
Impress your readers, friends and colleagues
Increase brand awareness – Your book is promoting you, your company and your overall brand
Because quality matters

Example book layouts

Self-help book with text replaced with Lorem Ipsum (dummy text).

See more examples in our Book Design & Formatting Portfolio.

Book cover design

We will design a stylish book cover that includes the front, back and spine to your publishers specifications.

High quality stock images can be provided or we can custom design an illustration for you.

Proofread your book

To ensure we can design and format your book efficiently, all content must be supplied in FINAL format as delays and additional fees may apply. Hire a professional proofreader or have one of your colleagues read through your ebook to ensure it flows well and punctuation and grammar is correct.

All books are treated private & confidential

All documents sent to us are treated as private and confidential. We never disclose books to third parties without the authors written approval. If required, we are always happy to sign an NDA.

Unless otherwise agreed with the client, That’s Creative! may use a low resolution copy of the book design as an example in our portfolio.

Formatting timeframe

At the time of ordering we will advise of our estimated turnaround time. Generally, we can format a 50 page book within 5 business days. It depends upon the number of pages your book has, amount of formatting required and our current workload.