professional book design & layout

Professional book design and layout allows you to get the best bang for your buck in terms of print costs if you need an attractive way to get the most content on each page, and to have increased readability through design.

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The Elements of Effective Board Governance

Design and layout of cover and interior
Specs: Four-color process, grayscale inside, 7x10 inches, 108 pages
Client: American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC

Managing for Long-Term Community Recovery in the Aftermath of Disaster

Design and layout of cover and interior
Specs: Four-color process cover, grayscale inside, 6x9 inches, 212 pages
Client: Public Entity Risk Institute, Fairfax, VA

The Creative Community College: Leading Change through Innovation

Design and layout of cover and interior
Specs: Four-color process cover, grayscale inside, 7x10 inches, 288 pages
Client: American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC

Effective Regulation: Guidance for Public Interest Decisionmakers

Design and layout of interior
Specs: Four-color process, 11x8.5 inches, 124 pages, spiral bound with manually inserted divider pages
Client: National Regulatory Research Institute, Silver Spring, MD

The CEO Contract: A Guide for Presidents and Boards, 2nd edition

Design and layout of interior
Specs: Grayscale, 7x10 inches, 132 pages
Client: American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC

Risk Management Resource Guide

Design and layout of cover and interior, proofreading
Specs: Four-color process, 5.5x8.5 inches, 194 pages plus cover
Client: Public Entity Risk Institute, Fairfax, VA

Operations Support guide

Design (except for front cover shown here—click for inside pages), layout, proofreading
Specs: Four-color process, 8.75x10.875 inches, 24 pages self-cover
Client: FCW Media Group, Falls Church, VA, for the U.S. Air Force

Taking the High Road

Design and layout of cover and interior
Specs: Four-color process, 8.5x11 inches, 216 pages plus cover
Client: Nonprofit Risk Management Center, Leesburg, VA

Stroke Best Practices

Design and layout of cover and interior
Specs: Four-color process, 7.875x10.875 inches
Client: National Medical Association, Washington, DC

Miss Maryland USA® pageant books for 2004–2008

Design of interior (not preprinted cover shown here), layout, proofreading and placement of ads
Specs: Four-color process, 8.5x11 inches, preprint cover, black text, 92–108 pages plus cover
Client: Miss Maryland USA® pageant

Miss Illinois USA® pageant books 2006–2008

Design of interior (not preprinted cover shown here), layout, proofreading and placement of ads
Specs: Four-color process, 8.5x11 inches, preprint cover, black text, 144 pages plus cover
Client: Miss Illinois USA® pageant