Publishing Services
At Coast Dog Press, we offer a comprehensive range of pre-press services to ensure your manuscript is transformed into a professionally printed book. Here’s how we work with you every step of the way:
Book Type, Size,
and Format
Interior Design
& PDF Creation
Next, we discuss your book’s format—whether it will be hardcover or softcover—and choose the size that best suits your content. We’ll also talk through the implications of each format and decide which works best for your vision and budget. We’ll provide guidance on suggested retail pricing and discuss how your distribution plans will affect the final pricing.
Once we’ve finalized these choices, Coast Dog Press begins designing your book’s interior layout, ensuring it aligns with the vision we’ve discussed. We create a print-ready PDF file, and you are consulted throughout the design process to make sure everything meets your expectations.
Cover Design
Pre-Press Services Summary
Our work doesn’t stop at the interior—Coast Dog Press also designs a unique, visually striking cover for your book. The cover design includes the front, spine, and back, reflecting the essence of your book with thoughtful graphics and typography. Once complete, the cover is saved as a print-ready PDF, ready for submission to the printer along with the interior pages.
All of the above processes are part of our pre-press services, ensuring that every aspect of your book is carefully considered and professionally designed before printing.
Publishing Services
At Coast Dog Press, we offer a comprehensive range of pre-press services to ensure your manuscript is transformed into a professionally printed book. Here’s how we work with you every step of the way:
Your journey with us begins with a series of consultations where we dive into the details of your book. We discuss your preferred font choices, header styles, text layout (e.g., full-page spreads or columns), and the alignment of your text (justified or ragged right).
We also talk about your book’s opening pages, including title, half-title, introduction, foreword, prologue, dedication, and any additional required introductory pages. If your book includes photos or illustrations, we’ll explain our photo treatment process and discuss the balance between color and black-and-white pages, keeping your printing costs in mind.
Book Type, Size,
and Format
Next, we discuss your book’s format—whether it will be hardcover or softcover—and choose the size that best suits your content. We’ll also talk through the implications of each format and decide which works best for your vision and budget. We’ll provide guidance on suggested retail pricing and discuss how your distribution plans will affect the final pricing.
Interior Design
& PDF Creation
Once we’ve finalized these choices, Coast Dog Press begins designing your book’s interior layout, ensuring it aligns with the vision we’ve discussed. We create a print-ready PDF file, and you are consulted throughout the design process to make sure everything meets your expectations.
Cover Design
Our work doesn’t stop at the interior—Coast Dog Press also designs a unique, visually striking cover for your book. The cover design includes the front, spine, and back, reflecting the essence of your book with thoughtful graphics and typography. Once complete, the cover is saved as a print-ready PDF, ready for submission to the printer along with the interior pages.
Pre-Press Services Summary
All of the above processes are part of our pre-press services, ensuring that every aspect of your book is carefully considered and professionally designed before printing.