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Book Designers
"Book design is the art of incorporating the content, style, format, design, and sequence of the various components of a book into a coherent whole." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_design)
Book Designers and Publishing Consultatants for Independent Authors, Independent Publishers, Small Presses, Self-Publishers (POD),
and E-book Authors
My specialty is helping authors write and publish nonfiction books. I am particularly interested in helping people with stories to tell create books that further their professional careers. To get your thoughts into print, I offer a full range of publishing services:
Digital Photography Enhancement (Photoshop expert)
Book Layout & Design (internal text and cover design)
Print-On-Demand Publishing Guidance
Book Promotion & Marketing Consulting
I've been a professional technical and business writer for over thirty years and have written over 200 book-length documents. In 2006, I published a book that explores forecasts for human science, spiritual culture, technology, media, economics, and governance. In 2008, I delivered a presentation on The Impact of Advanced Media Technology to the World Future Society conference in Washington, DC.
My educational background includes, undergrad at Harvard University in Social Relations, Temple University in Technical Writing, and Villanova University in Computer Science, plus a wide array of seminars and continuing education courses including a six-year program studying psychodynamics and spiritual psychology
Born a military brat, Ted Rydel has lived throughout the United States and Europe for most of his life. Even after graduating high school, his addiction to traveling didn’t subside. Experiencing art and creative culture from all over the world inspired Ted to make creativity a life-long career. After graduating from the Art Institute of Dallas with a degree in visual communication, Ted worked for various advertising agencies and major corporations, including Neiman Marcus, Dieste Harmel & Partners, and Tracy Locke & DDB Needham. Eventually Ted landed a position of creative director at a Dallas vanity press, which marked the beginning of his creative path into the expressive world of book design and publishing. "It is an amazing feeling to be freely creative; each book design is its own work of art, always different from the next, always a new challenge to interpret a book visually." As creative director, Ted realized that there was a better way to help independent authors achieve their dreams of becoming published authors without all the hidden fees and contracts. Ted is advancing the world of traditional book publishing into the new age of digital press and e-books and giving authors complete control of their publishing direction and experience. "Publishing your own book is no longer a major publisher's game; no longer will you need to invest in a book agent when you can just invest in your own book."
InDesign CS3 / CS5
Photoshop CS3 / CS5
Illustrator CS3 / CS5
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Microsoft Word
I’m a Mac
Lisa Vento is an award-winning graphic designer with 35 years of experience. Clients include self-published authors, Hal Leonard Publishing, Miller Brewing Co., Coors, Mercury Outboard, Kimberly Clark, Sargento, Oster, and Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival.
Lisa works with authors on all their graphic design needs to create a unified promotional package. Her specialties include:
Custom book covers
Bookmarks, postcards, ads and posters
Web banners and website graphics
Magazine advertisements
Point-of-purchase displays
Logos
Custom illustration
Lisa works quickly and often has ideas before the initial discussion with a client has ended. She’s noted for having a keen sense of what is needed without being stuck in a specific style.
As a former art director, Lisa can manage the entire project, including hiring talented photographers, printers, illustrators, and copywriters.
She enjoys freelancing from her cabin in the beautiful mountains of California.
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7. Describe the level of writing or editing required: (e.g., copyediting, proofreading, content editing, fact-checking, ghostwriting, formatting)
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