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Design & Publishing Services

Basic Services

  1. Book Interior Layout
    Thoughtful page design, shaped around your manuscript and prepared for your chosen printer or publishing platform.
    Details & examples
  2. Book Cover Design
    Cover design for ebooks, paperbacks, hardcovers and hardcovers with dust jackets. Print editions include the front, spine and back cover and are prepared to the required production specifications.
    Details & examples
  3. Ebook Formatting
    Ebook files prepared in the formats agreed for your project and checked against the requirements of your selected retailer or publishing platform.
    Details & reading demo
  4. *3D Book Mock-Ups
    Three-dimensional book mock-ups from several angles for advertising, media kits and online promotion.
    Details & examples

Additional Services

  1. *Book Promotional Video
    A promotional video prepared for use on websites, social channels and other agreed media.
    Details & watch examples
  2. Self-Publishing Platform Support
    Assistance with preparing and submitting files to platforms such as Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and Lulu.
    Details & next steps
  3. Editing and Translation
    Editing, proofreading and manuscript translation services. Current language availability is English, Spanish and Russian.
    Details & examples
  4. **Printer Coordination
    Communication with your chosen printer to confirm the technical specifications required for production.
    Details & what’s included

* Available by prior agreement after the scope and price have been confirmed.
** Included at no additional charge when you order the book layout from BrainON.

Planning your budget? Use the book design price and formatting cost calculator for an instant project estimate in USD or CAD.

Preparing your files for us? Read how to prepare a manuscript for book layout without giving Word a second career as a book designer.

Book Interior Layout

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A LOOK INSIDE
An interior spread from The Hoodrat Kitchen, with a full-page food photograph and a recipe page
ILLUSTRATED NONFICTION

The Hoodrat Kitchen

Tiffany Barber · Photography, recipes and a clear reading flow.

Explore this book

YOUR MANUSCRIPT. A FINISHED BOOK.

Your words.
Beautifully arranged.

A thoughtful layout gives your writing room to breathe — and your reader a reason to keep turning the pages.

Designed around your book
Typography, chapter openings, images, captions and navigation, shaped around your content.
Reviewed with you
Review the designed proof and discuss corrections before the final files are prepared.
Ready for your printer
A print-ready PDF to the agreed production specifications. Printer coordination is included with layout.

Start with a prepared manuscript and your images. Cover design, ebook formatting and editing are separate services.

Estimate my book Discuss my project

No sign-up. No manuscript upload to get an estimate.
Final scope and price agreed before work begins.

Book Cover Design

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THE FIRST IMPRESSION
The red cover of The Hoodrat Kitchen featuring Tiffany Barber and a cooking scene
COOKBOOK

The Hoodrat Kitchen

Tiffany Barber · A bold cover for an illustrated cookbook.

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YOUR STORY. ITS FIRST IMPRESSION.

Before the first page.
Make a connection.

Give readers a cover that belongs to your book, with the right preparation for the edition you plan to publish.

Shaped around your book
A visual direction for your content, your readers and the way you imagine your book.
For your chosen edition
Ebook covers, paperbacks, hardcovers and dust jackets, according to the agreed scope.
More than the front
For print: front, spine and back, prepared to the required production specifications.

Cover design is separate from interior layout. Editions, artwork and final deliverables are agreed before work begins.

Estimate my project Discuss my cover

No sign-up. No manuscript upload to get an estimate.
Final scope and price agreed before work begins.

Ebook Formatting

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MADE FOR THE SCREENREADING DEMO
A SMALL CHANGE OF PLANS
CHAPTER ONE

A different beginning

Mara reached the station with a notebook, a suitcase and no particular plan. For once, that felt like enough.

She found a seat by the window and opened her book. The next chapter could wait until she had finished this one.

ILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE
Try a reading size

A small illustration of reading flexibility, not a device screenshot or a finished client ebook. Format and behaviour depend on the book and reader.

A BOOK BEYOND THE PRINTED PAGE.

The same story.
A different way to read.

Prepare an electronic edition for your chosen retailer or publishing platform, rather than treating a print PDF as the whole job.

A format that fits
The ebook format and layout approach are agreed for your content and selected platform.
A considered reading experience
Text, headings, images and navigation prepared for the electronic edition.
Checked for your destination
Files checked against the requirements of the retailer or platform you select.

Ebook formatting is a separate service. Formats and reading behaviour vary by content, device and platform.

Estimate my project Discuss my ebook

No sign-up. No manuscript upload to get an estimate.
Final scope and price agreed before work begins.

3D Book Mock-Ups

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GIVE YOUR COVER DIMENSION
A digital presentation of 6 Mega Life-Transforming Hacks with an upright book and a stack of copies
DIGITAL BOOK PRESENTATION

6 Mega Life-Transforming Hacks

Mirza Barlas · Cover and stacked copies in one digital presentation.

Explore this book

YOUR COVER, READY TO BE SEEN.

Not just a flat file.
A book to present.

Turn your finished cover into three-dimensional book visuals for your website, media kit or online promotion.

Built from your cover
A digital presentation using the approved cover artwork.
Angles for your project
Book views and the number of mock-ups agreed for the way you plan to use them.
Ready for promotion
Visuals prepared for the advertising, media or online uses included in your brief.

Available by prior agreement. These are digital mock-ups, not photographs of printed stock. Cover design and printing are separate.

Estimate my project Discuss mock-ups

No sign-up. No manuscript upload to get an estimate.
Final scope and price agreed before work begins.

Book Promotional Video

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SEE THE BOOK IN MOTION
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO · 0:30

Love and Loss

Lincoln Toulevais · A glimpse of the story before the first page.

Explore this book

GIVE READERS A FIRST GLIMPSE.

Your book.
Now in motion.

Introduce your book through a promotional video prepared for your website, social channels or other agreed media.

Start with a clear brief
We agree what the video should communicate and where it will be used.
Build around your material
Cover artwork, text and other agreed materials shape the presentation.
Prepare the agreed output
Video length, format, scope and price are confirmed for the project.

Available by prior agreement. Video production does not include advertising placement or a promise of views or book sales.

Estimate my project Discuss my video

No sign-up. No manuscript upload to get an estimate.
Final scope and price agreed before work begins.

Self-Publishing Platform Support

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THE NEXT STEP TO PUBLISHINGFILE SUPPORT
01
Your book files

Interior, cover and the formats agreed for your project.

02
Your chosen platform

Preparation against the relevant submission requirements.

03
The submission stage

Help with preparing and submitting the required files.

Amazon KDPIngramSparkLulu

An outline of the service, not a live submission tool. BrainON is an independent service provider, not a publishing platform.

LESS GUESSWORK AT THE FILE STAGE.

Ready for the next step.
Not another maze.

Get assistance with preparing and submitting your book files to your chosen self-publishing platform.

Choose your destination
Support for platforms such as Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and Lulu.
Prepare the required files
The formats and submission requirements are reviewed for your project.
Help at submission
Assistance with preparing and submitting the agreed files, rather than leaving you to guess.

Platform support is separate from book design. Platform requirements, fees and acceptance remain subject to the selected platform.

Estimate my project Discuss publishing

No sign-up. No manuscript upload to get an estimate.
Final scope and price agreed before work begins.

Editing and Translation

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YOUR WORDS, WITH CAREILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES
A SMALL CORRECTION

The children was waiting outside.

The children were waiting outside.

The meaning stays. The error goes.
EN

A story worth sharing.

ES

Una historia que merece ser compartida.

RU

История, которой стоит поделиться.

Short demonstration text, not a client manuscript. English, Spanish and Russian; the work and language pair are agreed for your project.

KEEP THE MEANING. CARE FOR THE WORDS.

Your voice.
More clearly heard.

Prepare the words before the layout begins, with the editing, proofreading or translation work your manuscript needs.

Editing or proofreading
Agree the type of text review needed, rather than treating every manuscript as the same job.
Manuscript translation
Current language availability: English, Spanish and Russian. The language pair and scope are confirmed first.
A clear starting point
Tell us about the manuscript, its length and the work you need so the project can be assessed.

Text work is separate from layout and cover design. The level of editing, deliverables and price are agreed for your manuscript.

Estimate my project Discuss my text

No sign-up. No manuscript upload to get an estimate.
Final scope and price agreed before work begins.

Printer Coordination

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FROM SCREEN TO PRINTTECHNICAL HANDOFF
PRODUCTION DETAILS

The right files.
The right specifications.

Book formatConfirmed
Printer’s requirementsChecked
Final layout filesPrepared
Included with book layout

No additional charge for printer coordination when BrainON prepares your layout.

Illustrative checklist. The actual specifications come from your chosen printer.

A CLEAR HANDOFF TO YOUR PRINTER.

You bring the book.
We speak the specifications.

We communicate with your chosen printer to confirm the technical specifications required for production.

Confirm the requirements
Clarify the specifications needed for your book and selected production method.
Prepare to the agreed brief
Use those requirements when preparing the final layout files.
Included with our layout service
Printer coordination has no additional charge when you order book layout from BrainON.

This is coordination of file specifications, not printing, binding or delivery. Your printer provides and prices the physical production.

Estimate book layout Discuss print specs

Printer coordination is included with BrainON book layout.
Printing costs are not part of the layout estimate.