Book design

Create a publication that works

A book that works well will be desired, consumed and cherished. The words and pictures they contain have the power to change lives, guide us a make us laugh.

Here at Nikki M Group we want to help you create books that work. We want to understand your project and offer services to make it happen.

Our key services include:

• Consultation—upfront guidance, planning and strategy.
• Project management—working with budgets, timelines, skilled personnel and specialists.
• Design—concepts, development of ideas and art direction.
• Editorial—structural review, copyediting and proof reading to promote consistency, integrity and quality.
• Typesetting—production of type and images into an arrangement that facilitates the communication of visual information.
• Illustration—communicating visually the ideas, feelings or emotions that represent a theme, brand or identity.
• Print management—providing the best print options available from specialist book printers.

We are available for any stage in the development of your publication.

Technical expertise and services

We help with all technical details in preparing and producing your publication including:

• cover design
• print specifications
• digital publication
• software
• workflow
• colour management
• style guides
• publishers guidelines
• production management
• acquiring ISBN and CIP data
• barcodes
• shipping
• distribution.

We want to understand your project and offer services to make it happen.