Book design

User design offers a complete book design, illustration and production
service, from manuscript to printer specification and can advise on
paper and binding. We use industry standard software from Adobe,
Quark and Office, and we strive for high standards of page layout,
typography, communication design and user productivity. We can
design a wide range of books:

  • Academic, medical, scientific, technical.
  • Children’s, teenage.
  • Design, art, cookery, photography.
  • Educational (primary, secondary, higher), revision guides,
    school textbooks, language learning.
  • Fiction, non-fiction.
  • Journals.
  • Large print.
  • Picture books.
  • Poetry.
  • Reference.
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BMC.
Medical Imaging, 5.
Medical, scientific.
Book cover design, medical/scientific textbook design and
complex academic typesetting.
Available upon request, contact.
2 column layout based on 9 × 9 grid, superiors, references,
Greek/mathematical/scientific symbols, equations, tables
and illustrations. Pages: 184. Page size: A4: 210 × 297mm.
Paper: Croxley Heritage Wove, Ivory, 120g/m², 75% recycled.

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University project.
Workbook 1: Number skills.
Workbook 2: Calculator skills (with helpful calculator card).
Workbook 3: Number patterns.
Workbook 4: Shape and symmetry.
Workbook 5: Perimeter, area and volume (with practical activity sheet).
Series of 5 GCSE mathematical workbooks.
Plain/clear language rewriting/editing. Series book cover design,
educational book design, technical and freehand illustration,
typesetting and design of practical activities (paper construction
exercise and helpful calculator function card).
GCSE student: ‘It [the design] gives it a second chance’.
A teacher: ‘On the verge of brilliance’.
Available upon request, contact.
2 column layout, mathematical symbols. Page size: A5: 210 × 148.5
mm. Pages: average 30. Paper: Think Warm, 100g/m², 50% recycled.

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Project Gutenberg.
Political and Literary Essays 1908–1913 by the Earl of Cromer.
Politics, autobiographical.
Book cover design, book design and typesetting.
Available upon request, contact.
1 column layout with quotations in English and Greek. Page
size: 160 × 225mm. Pages: 216. Paper: Think Warm, 100g/m²,
50% recycled.

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Crown House Publishing.
We Did It Here!
Education, management.
Book design, corrections, technical illustration and typesetting.
Available upon request, contact.
1 column layout, text and box quotes and illustrations. Pages: 262.
Page size: Royal Octavo, 156 × 234mm. Paper: white, 100g/m².

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Collins Education (proposal).
Intermediate Mathematics for GCSE.
Educational, school textbook.
Complex educational (secondary) textbook design, freehand/
technical illustration and mathematical typesetting.
Available upon request, contact.
4 column layout, mathematical symbols. Pages: 570. Page
size: 193 × 265mm. Paper: white, 90g/m².

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Published by User design.
Punctuation..?
Informative, educational, fun.
Book design, freehand illustration and typesetting.
Punctuation..? explains the functions and correct uses of 21 of
the most used punctuation marks. It is humorous, fully illustrated
using real life scenarios and is for a wide age range (young to
aging) and intelligence (emerging to expert).
Pages: 36. Page size: 148 × 220mm. Paper: Olin Recycled (70%)
Cream, 160g/m².
Available from up-to-date bookshops, Waterstones or direct from
the distributor Central Books. Visit www.userdesign.co.uk/books
for more information and to order.

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Published by User design.
The journey of larks.
Picture book.
Book design, freehand illustration and typesetting.
The journey of larks is played with language, words, illustration
and typographic shenanigans: A wince of dentists, A lot of used
car-dealers, A watch of Swiss. The wit and poetry of this charming
collection of collectives, will be gobbled up by anyone who enjoys
word-play and graphic communication.
Pages: 24. Page size: 210 × 148mm. Paper: Olin Recycled (70%)
Cream, 160g/m².
Available from up-to-date bookshops, Waterstones or direct from
the distributor Central Books. Visit www.userdesign.co.uk/books
for more information and to order.

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