Our eBook specialists prepare and format your manuscript for modern eReaders, tablets and smartphones. Care is taken over headings, paragraphs, images, navigation and reflowable text so the book remains readable across different screen sizes.
At DolmanScott, we believe every book should have the chance to shine without the distracting errors that other self-publishing services might allow to slip through the net. We ensure perfection, turning your manuscript into a masterpiece.
Our desire for the highest standards mean that we provide a proofreading service as standard alongside our printing services. We’ll go over your manuscript with a fine-tooth comb before we fire up the printing press. Our proofreading team will check the following is perfect and provide a report on our findings:
Take your work to the next level and ensure your book is of the highest quality with our optional editing service. Good editing can make the difference to the success of a book; whether you need help eliminating pesky repetitions, advice on structure or style, or a keen eye to spot plot holes, we offer a service to suit your needs. By utilising our editing team’s expertise in quality control from start to finish, you guarantee perfection and cost-efficiency.
Allow a fresh pair of experienced eyes to finesse the details of your book. Our editing team will assess and advise on the following features:
We prepare the formatting, navigation and technical validation required for digital reading. Where appropriate, we can build a contents page and internal links and prepare the files required by relevant distribution platforms.
A well-designed and visually intriguing cover will go a long way to boosting your sales.
If you don’t have an existing cover design, make an impression with a book cover designed by our talented team. Our knowledge of the stylistic conventions of different genres will allow your book to appeal to your desired audience, whilst you retain the control to create the cover you have always dreamed of. Allow our experience in selecting typefaces and imagery to complement your vision to make your book stand out from the crowd.
If you’re converting an existing physical book, it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to simply use your original book cover design, as the dimensions won’t match what’s required. Our experienced designers will adapt your original book cover design to the right specifications.
Different retailers and distribution platforms have different technical requirements. We can provide suitable digital files for your own use or, where required, arrange distribution through our specialist partners.
At the end of the process, you have the choice of receiving the raw files for you to distribute as you wish, or take advantage of our VIP service where we manage the distribution of your book and charge less for conversion, in return for a royalty on each sale.
Through our specialist partners, we can help manage audiobook production from narrator selection and recording through to final production and distribution.
When creating a plan for production, we’ll concentrate on various aspects such as the characters (who they are, who they interact with and how they could be voiced), narrative structure (the tempo of passages, levels of emotion, and how the story transitions from page to page), checking pronunciations, and highlighting issues where the text doesn’t translate well into audio.
When it comes to producing an effective audiobook, one of the most important choices you’ll make is who you get to read out those words of yours.
Whether you need a trustworthy and warm narrator for your non-fiction, or a cast of different voice actors for all the characters in your novel, we’ll dip into our vast database of talent to find the perfect voices that will bring your book to life.
We’ll provide a shortlist of voice actors along with their audition pieces using a sample of your manuscript so you can make a well-informed decision. We’ll then work with you to narrow down and hire your top picks for the job.
Poor audio quality is truly unforgivable, and impossible to ignore. Your audiobook will be recorded in a professional audio recording studio with experienced engineers. We’ll sit in on the session to listen out for misreads and mispronounced words, extraneous noises or instances where the delivery isn’t quite right (mumbled words, wrong intonation etc).
An engineer will then take the session files and prepare your final deliverable, adding any additional sound effects or music as required. For the final master, we’ll use compression, limiters and noise reduction to achieve a finished audio book that is consistent in volume and quality throughout to make for a pleasant listening experience for your readers.
A well-designed and visually intriguing cover will go a long way to boosting your sales.
If you’re converting an existing physical book, It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to simply use your original book cover design, as the dimensions won’t match the required specification.
Our experienced designers will adapt your original book cover design to the right spec.
The master audio files will be made available to you for approval, ready for distribution through our audiobook partner, in line with their delivery guidelines. Your audiobook is normally made available by online retailers within 10-15 working days or less, ready to be found by a whole new audience who can enjoy them through this exciting and increasingly popular medium.
eBooks provide an additional way for readers to access your work on phones, tablets and eReaders, and can complement rather than replace a printed edition.
eBooks provide an additional way for readers to access your work on phones, tablets and eReaders, and can complement rather than replace a printed edition.
In most cases, yes! Images and cover art from eBooks are viewable on most devices.
Talk to us first as we can help you through the entire process.
Yes, we handle the whole process from choosing the right voice talent to the production of an engaging and entertaining recording.
You get the benefit of our world class distribution service earning you royalties from hundreds of retailers and libraries around the world.
Take advantage of our expertise and experience with a comprehensive self-publishing offer—for when only the best will do.
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Whether we’re talking hardback or paperback, colour or black and white, there’s always a top-quality printing option for your book.
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