Book Designer
Nancy Starkman … professional book designer. Hardcover, paperback, board books, children’s books, photography and art books, trade books, coffee table books, and more.
Nancy Starkman’s
Author, Book Designer, and Entrepreneur. Nancy Starkman offers book design services to self-publishing authors. She is active in publishing, printing, graphic and book design and has many years of design experience. Nancy wrote Book Design: Simple & Professional for self-publishers and graphic designers. It teaches how to design and print professional looking books. In 1999, Nancy and Edward Starkman founded Star Print Brokers which prints high-quality books in Asia (not China). Nancy also designs books at SPB.

Save on Book design fees
“Express” design for children’s picture & board books
$399
Board Books Design – Express
Minimal text with an image on each page, or every other page.
16 – 24 pages total (front, back + spine included in total … so, add 4 pages for cover to number of interior pages.)
30 minute consultation
Convert images to CMYK
Additional Cost: Dust jacket or design endpapers
Author provides: Manuscript + all illustrations, ISBN + barcode Designer provides: Print-ready PDFs to author
$499
Children’s Picture Books Design – Express
Minimal text with an image on each page, or every other page.
24 – 32 pages (front, back + spine are not included in total.) Choose either a hardcover or a soft cover paperback.
30 minute consultation
Convert images to CMYK
Additional Cost: Dust jacket or design endpapers
Author provides: Manuscript + all illustrations, ISBN + barcode Designer provides: Print-ready PDFs to author
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