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Book Formatting & Layout Design
Just like interior design transforms a built house into a beautiful, livable space, our book formatting and layout service transforms your manuscript into a polished, professional book. While your writing is the foundation, we shape the interior including fonts, spacing, margins, and structure so it is not just a block of text but a visually appealing and easy to read book that feels complete, refined, and ready for publication.
- Manuscript formatting for print and digital publishing
- Page layout design including margins, spacing, and alignment
- Typography selection and styling for readability and consistency
- Chapter and heading structure design
- Placement of images, tables, and illustrations where applicable
- Header, footer, and page numbering setup
- Interior design for paperback, hardcover, and eBook formats
- Final file preparation for publishing platforms (e.g., print-ready PDF, Kindle format)
SERVICE TIERS
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For simple, text-heavy books. Best for:
Short books,
Essays,
Simple guides or manuscripts,
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For professional, polished books. Best for:
Business books,
Self-help books,
Non-fiction with light visuals
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For visually structured and expressive books. Best for:
Novels (styled chapter breaks, scene spacing, aesthetic flow),
Poetry books (typography-sensitive spacing and visual rhythm),
Books with moderate images or illustrations,
Memoirs with visual storytelling elements
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This is the highest level of design work.
Best for:
Books with graphs, charts, diagrams, and data-heavy content,
Academic or technical books,
Children’s books with heavy illustrations,
Workbooks and design-intensive publications,
Magazines or hybrid visual books
INVESTMENT From KES 100 per page For simple, text-heavy books. Best for:
Short books,
Essays,
Simple guides or manuscripts,
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Editing
If you have a draft, manuscript, or article that contains strong conceptually based ideas yet has not yet been adequately edited for presentation purposes, it will likely still require additional improvement in order to maximise the opportunity to produce a quality end product. Our editing service will provide assistance with organising your draft to improve structure, clarity, flow, grammatical correctness, tone, and consistency while maintaining both your voice, as well as assisting you in refining your piece to ensure that the final product is not only accurate but also compelling, easy-to-read and suitable for publishing.
- Grammar, spelling, and punctuation correction
- Sentence structure and readability improvement
- Clarity, tone, and consistency review
- Content flow and organisation editing
- Copyediting and proofreading
- Formatting and presentation checks
- Final review and polished delivery
SERVICE TIERS
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The most intensive stage. Focuses on big-picture elements like ideas, structure, content gaps, and overall direction of the work.
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Refines sentence-level writing, improving tone, style, word choice, and readability.
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Ensures clarity, consistency, grammar accuracy, and smooth sentence flow.
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he final polish to catch spelling, punctuation, and minor surface errors before publishing.
INVESTMENT KES 1.2 per word The most intensive stage. Focuses on big-picture elements like ideas, structure, content gaps, and overall direction of the work.
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Publishing
Literary Editors Africa provides a premium publishing service with support to all authors throughout every aspect of the publishing process. We have produced consistently edited, designed, and prepared books for both print and electronic media, while consistently producing high-quality products with attention to detail.
- Manuscript submission and initial review
- Editorial assessment and feedback
- Developmental editing (structure and content)
- Copyediting and proofreading
- Interior layout and typesetting
- Cover design
- ISBN allocation and metadata registration
- Printing (print-on-demand or bulk)
- E-book conversion and formatting
- Distribution support (online and retail channels)
- Marketing and promotional guidance
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Cover Design
First impressions matter, and a book cover is often the first thing readers notice before they read a single word. Our book cover design service creates striking, professional covers that capture attention, reflect the heart of your story, and invite readers to explore further.
- Front cover concept and custom design
- Title, subtitle, and author name layout
- Back cover design and text placement
- Spine design for print books
- Image sourcing or visual composition
- Typography selection and styling
- Genre-appropriate market-focused design
- Print-ready and eBook-ready file preparation
- Revisions and final refinements
- Delivery in high-resolution publishing formats
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Ghostwriting
Numerous individuals possess extraordinary concepts; however, they lack the writing ability and/or structure/or time needed to conceptualise and capture their thoughts. Although your concepts may be clear in your mind, articulating them clearly may prove difficult. A ghostwriter would help you transform your ideas, experiences, and/or story into a well-written piece by helping you find the right words while allowing you to put your interests first without impacting your business or personal commitments.
- Consultation and project planning
- Gathering ideas and source material
- Research and outlining
- Writing the first draft
- Review and feedback
- Revisions and refinement
- Final editing and delivery
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Illustration
Custom artwork for books, educational materials, covers, and other creative projects.
SERVICE TIERS
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Simple black and white outlined illustrations with clean structure. Used for: colouring books, activity books, simple educational diagrams.
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Full-colour illustrations with shading, depth, and moderate detail. Used for: children’s books, story scenes, simple covers, educational visuals
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Highly detailed artwork with complex scenes, textures, and strong visual depth. Used for: novels, advanced children’s books, editorial artwork, fantasy scenes, and premium book covers.
INVESTMENT From KES 2000 Simple black and white outlined illustrations with clean structure. Used for: colouring books, activity books, simple educational diagrams.
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Printing Services
Book printing services operate within specific publishing requirements, such as print-on-demand or bulk printing or a combination of both, so that each step of production is completed with consideration to paper quality, type of binding used, and the final appearance of each copy printed by the printer to ensure that each and every one of the printed copies meets an identical level of professionalism and quality.
- Paper selection and quality specification
- Interior page printing and finishing
- Cover printing and lamination options
- Binding (perfect bound, saddle stitch, hardback where applicable)
- Proof copy production and review
- Final print production and quality checks
- Packaging and dispatch preparation
- Author copies and order fulfilment support
INVESTMENT Custom quotation based on project scope
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