Book production from disk to final output
Ian Kingston Publishing Services provides high-quality typesetting and a complete project management service to book and journal publishers.
I offer:
Typesetting
- Book and journal typesetting in colour or black and white
- Conversion of authors’ word processor and illustration files
- Preparation of illustrations and artwork, including editing and origination
- Scanning of halftones and transparencies
- Proofing on hard copy and as Adobe PDF files
- Final output as press-ready PDF or PostScript files to your specification
- Processing of author-produced LaTeX files
- Re-purposing of typeset material (e.g. as sample web files or in HTML)
- Mathematical typesetting is a speciality
Project management
- Copy-editing, specializing in the following subjects: physics, computer science, mathematics, engineering, business studies, economics, management, medicine and law
- Conversion of authors’ word processor and illustration files
- Mark-up of text using standard (e.g. SGML) or publisher-specific methods
- Proofreading (on screen or paper)
- Author liaison
- Indexing
- ... and all of the above combined with typesetting
All work is carried out in-house: nothing is outsourced. This means that you get:
- Consistent high-quality work
- Greater speed of publication
- Fewer errors caused by miscommunication
- Reduced costs
More information
Elsewhere on this site you’ll find more information about what I do, how I do it, and who I do it for. There’s some technical information about the software and hardware that I use, and some samples PDF files of typical work.
If you need to contact me, you can either email me at enquiries@iankingston.com or visit the Contact page.
If you find a problem with this site, please send a message to webmaster@iankingston.com.
If you’re an author (or prospective author), you might find my Advice for authors pages helpful.
