Book design shapes how a reader experiences the work. From interior layout to exterior presentation, every element is considered with clarity, craft, and purpose.
Layouts designed for clarity, pacing, and readability — shaped around the book’s format and audience.
Cover design that balances visual distinction with market awareness across print and digital platforms.
Final design files prepared to professional publishing standards for print and digital distribution.
Thoughtful integration of illustrations or visual elements to ensure balance, clarity, and reproduction quality.
A well-designed interior disappears into the reading experience. We create layouts that support flow, hierarchy, and comfort, allowing readers to focus entirely on the content. Typography, spacing, and structure are chosen deliberately, guided by the book’s genre, format, and intended audience.
Each interior is crafted to meet professional publishing standards and is fully prepared for both print and digital formats, ensuring a polished reading experience across all platforms.
Interior design should disappear into the reading experience. We balance font choice, spacing, and hierarchy so the text feels effortless to read—never crowded, never distracting.
Consistent typography and layout create trust. We establish a clear visual system—headings, margins, spacing—so the book feels cohesive from first page to last.
Images are placed strategically—not decoratively—to support the text, maintain flow, and meet print and distribution requirements.
Interior design is built specifically for your book’s trim size and format. Page count, margins, and layout decisions are made with printing, binding, and cost efficiency in mind.
Clear hierarchy, legible fonts, and strong contrast ensure your book is readable for a wide audience—without compromising design quality.
At The Paper House, interior design is not an isolated step—it’s integrated with editorial decisions, production requirements, and distribution goals. The result is a book that reads well, prints correctly, and holds up in the marketplace.
Interior layout design for ebooks is similar to designing the layout for a print book, with a few key differences. Here are a few key considerations when designing the interior layout of an ebook:
A well-designed cover does more than look good—it signals professionalism, builds trust, and invites the right reader in. Our cover designs are created with both creative intent and publishing standards in mind.
Design does not end at aesthetics. We prepare final files that meet the technical requirements of major distribution platforms, handling trim, bleed, color, and formatting with precision.
The result is a book that is ready for publication without last-minute adjustments or uncertainty.
For books that include illustrations or visual elements, we manage placement, pacing, and layout to support clarity and consistency across formats. Visual components are integrated thoughtfully to complement the text and reproduce accurately in print and digital editions.
Design is one stage within a larger publishing journey. Our approach ensures that design decisions align with editorial direction, production requirements, and distribution goals — creating a cohesive, considered final work.
The Paper House is a full-service publishing house offering both self-publishing and hybrid publishing pathways. We partner with authors at different stages of readiness, providing editorial, design, production, distribution, and launch support tailored to each model. Once your manuscript is accepted, our team manages the publishing process from development through publication—so you can focus on your work while we handle the execution.
We accept all genres from fiction to nonfiction, academic, self-help to children’s books, and everything in between.
Timelines typically range from 8–12 weeks, depending on the scope of services selected. Once we review your manuscript and confirm the publishing path, we’ll provide a more precise timeline tailored to your project.
Yes. You will retain all of the rights to your manuscript and book, including all digital, print, and creative rights.
Yes, your Project Manager will ask you if you have any design ideas in mind. We will enhance your design ideas following extensive market research and analysis to determine which designs work best for your book’s genre.
We guide you through pricing, descriptions, keywords, genre selection, and metadata setup prior to publication. You’ll retain full control and can update your metadata at any time after launch.
Yes. We will keep you in the loop with all of the updates. Once your eBook and/or print interior has been created, you can review it and note any required changes. A proof copy of your book is provided prior to finalizing the publication of your book globally.
Your book will be listed for sale with all major online bookstores, including Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, BooksaMillion.com, BooksAMillion.com, and much more. We will also make it available to the two major brick-and-mortar bookstore and library wholesalers in the U.S. through our partner Ingram Content Group.
We offer printed covers in gloss and matte finishes. If you opt in for hardcover, we can create dust jackets as well.
We now offer book publicity in lieu to our targeted social media advertisements. Contact us to find out more.
We can design and print almost any trim size that you like. Below are our standard trim sizes.
Yes, we have extensive experience in internal formatting.
We can design, print, and distribute both black and white and color books.
We can make changes to your manuscript at anytime during the editing process and before the interior formatting process by letting us know what you would like to change. Our content change fees are as follows: 1-10 changes – $50 11-25 changes – $70, 26-50 changes – $100, 51+ changes – $125 per hour.
Yes. You have the right, at any time, to withdraw your book from sale free of charge.
Selected manuscripts will have The Paper House listed as the publisher unless you have signed up for our imprint service setup.
Sales reports are emailed at the end of every month detailing sales made in the prior calendar month.
All payments will be direct deposited to your bank account every 90 days following the end of the calendar month during which the sales were made.
You can order books at print cost, anytime to any destination.
We accept Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, PDF, Rich Text, Text file, HTML, InDesign, and Photoshop files. We may be able to accept other file forms as well, including printed texts and handwritten manuscripts. Please contact us with questions.
