There’s an old saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but that is exactly what people do when they are shopping for a new read. Having a professional, eye-catching book cover is of the utmost importance at Bluewater Publications. When your book hits the market, we want it to shine next to books from the largest publishing houses.
With our publications package, we will design a professional custom cover for each of our books. We don’t take the cover design lightly, because we know how important it is to the sale of your work. We know the cover design is very important to you, which is why we make sure we collaborate with you on this step. However, we also do our best to ensure we employ the best design techniques to make your book successful in the retail marketplace.
We also work equally as hard to ensure the inside of the book is designed to highest standard. The pages between the covers hold the most precious part of each book, your words! We value this and work hard to make each book as unique as the author who wrote it. After the designs are ready, we do full file preparations for both e-books and print books. The moment your manuscript is edited and ready for publication, our production process begins.
To ensure production stays on schedule, we take the time to proofread your manuscript while your cover is being designed. Once you’ve approved any changes made by our proofreader and the cover design, your manuscript will go to layout. This isn’t the final step, however. It’s normal to expect a manuscript to go through several rounds of changes after the layout is finished.
After the interior is finished and finalized, your book will be sent to the printer. Prior to this point, you should have sent us a bio for the back cover of the book and blurbs. Our editors will work with these to make sure they are ready for print.
Finally, once the cover and interior are approved, your book will be ready for print. We offer POD (print-on-demand) services, as well as traditional printing.