Formatting
Making your "Guts" Look Good!
You’ve worked hard on your manuscript, give it the attention it deserves with expert formatting. A professionally formatted and designed interior is just as if not more crucial that a cover in the success of your book.
Readers take note and often rate books poorly not on story content alone but readability as well. More DNF’s are cause by poor text formatting than inability to enjoy the story.
Formatting is an inexpensive product to boost the overall appearance of your next publication. Worth the investment into your brand for certain.
Elefont Books uses Adobe Products to create all of our work with industry-frontrunner InDesign for formatting.
Basic Formatting
Perfect for fiction novels or dialogue-based memoirs.
Print Only
Inside pages reader friendly and attractive-
Delivery of layout files comparable to strict traditional publishing standards
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Decorative chapter title typeface
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Table of contents
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Up to 70,000 words pages. $10/additional 10k
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Black and white layout only
E-Book Only
Layout for e-Readers for reading on various devices-
Delivery of industry standard epub format to be responsive on all reading devices
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Decorative chapter title typeface
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Interactive Table of Contents
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Up to 70,000 words pages. $10/additional 10k
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Interactive links on ePub
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Black and white layout only
Print & E-Book Lite
Print and e-reader formats match effortlessly-
Delivery of industry standard epub format to be responsive on all reading devices
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Decorative chapter title typeface
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Print and interative ePub Table of Contents.
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Up to 70,000 words pages. $10/additional 10k
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Interactive links on ePub
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Black and white layout only
Customized Formatting
When you want stylized chapter starts, interesting world-building maps, and breathtaking cover pages
Custom Print Only
Inside pages reader friendly and attractive-
Choose between two mockup layouts created from the requirements you provide. Custom chapter heads and section breaks
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Table of contents
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Up to 300 pages. $10 / additional 100 pages
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Drop-cap formatting options
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10 images or less. Additional images $5 each
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Black and white layout only.
Custom E-Book Only
Layout for e-Readers for reading on various devices-
Choose between two mockup layouts created from the requirements you provide. Custom chapter heads and section breaks
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Basic fluid layout with text chapter heading
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5 chapter title options to choose
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Interactive Table of Contents
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Up to 300 pages.$10 / additional 100 pages.
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10 Images or less. Additional images $5 each
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Live links throughout the book where needed.
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Black and white layout only
Custom Print & E-Book
Print and e-reader formats match effortlessly-
Choose between two mockup layouts created from the requirements you provide. Custom chapter heads and section breaks
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E-book format in fluid layout and delivered in EPub, Kindle and MOBI file formats
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Table of contents on both. Live interactive links on e-book version
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Up to 300 pages. $10 / additional 100 pages
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Drop cap formatting available for print
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10 images or less. Additional images are $5 each.
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Live links throughout the book where needed on e-book format
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Black and white layout only
Non-Fiction Textbook Formatting
Bullets, Numbers, Charts and Graphs are tricky business in formatting. However, this is what owner Suzanna Chriscoe excels at. No two books are the same so we only give custom quotes for textbook style formatting. Prices start the same as customized formatting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Formatting for e-book alone will be approximately 3-5 business days and print + ebook will be completed in about 3 weeks. See the how does this work section below.
Yes, Elefont Books will format you book using Adobe InDesign and create it in a fluid format. That means if you read vertical or horizontal on tablet or phone, the text will reflow to properly fit the screen.
I suggest with every e-book formatting client they download the Kindle Previewer. It is a free tool to view your ebook on kindle in various configurations for each electronic device your reader may view it on. You can download it HERE
Yes, for formatting you will only need one finalized pdf file (print) and one epub (ebook) for all retailers.
How Does This Work? What Do I Need?
When doing professional formatting, you will need to supply us with an answered questionnaire and a final copy of your manuscript after all editing rounds are completed.
Elefont Books designers take your manuscript and format for the print version first. You will receive a 1st proof to go over then send changes via email or on a 30-minute scheduled zoom meeting with the designer to make changes. Once completed you will receive a second copy to review. Once all the changes are made an author proof file will be sent to you to upload for proofing with the publishing company of choice (Amazon/IngramSpark/Other). Once you receive your author copy, any final adjustments will be made. Then the ebook version will be created. We connect you with a free preview platform to view all files in different electronic formats. It will be packaged for you as an epub file.
Please note it is in your best interest to resolve all copy-editing issues before starting formatting. If copy editing is needed within the document, you will be charged an hourly rate of $60/hour prorated by 15-minute increments.
When completed with the process and books are uploaded, you have a 90-guarantee to fix any formatting errors found by readers caused by Elefont Books. Elefont Books will retain the InDesign files for 2 years.