Do you need an illustrator?

• We can refer illustrators whom you will pay and with whom you will work directly; however, if you would like us to work with them on your behalf, we will charge a consulting fee for that service.

• All expenses will be paid by you directly to the illustrator.

• Once selected, we will provide the illustrator with the exact specifications for your book. This close collaboration will result in a perfect match of your text and their graphics.

Do you need technical drawings?

• We can refer a technical drawing professional (e.g., AutoCad drawings) whom you will pay and with whom you will work directly; however, if you would like us to work with them on your behalf, we will charge a consulting fee for that service.

• All expenses will be paid by you directly to the technical drawing professional.

• Once selected, we will provide the technical drawing professional with the exact specifications for your book. This close collaboration will result in a perfect match of your text and their drawings.

If you already have your own graphics, do you want us to prepare them for printing?

• We can scan your original artwork.

• If you need help with conversion (e.g., from color to grayscale or from RGB to CMYK) or resizing to fit the selected trim size of your book, we can do that for you.

Do you want to prepare the graphics yourself?

If you have digital art to submit to us for your project, and want to prepare the graphics yourself, please follow the following guidelines:

• RGB versus CMYK: Many printing vendors only accept digital art files in CMYK mode (and not RGB). Check with your printer to see what they require, or we will check for you if you request that service.

• Slides and prints: Scan and save at a resolution of 300 dpi in uncompressed TIFF format.

• Digital photos or images: Save at a resolution of 300 dpi in uncompressed TIFF format. If JPEGs are the only available file type, save them at the lowest possible compression, which will result in the highest possible resolution and the best quality.

• Line art (one-color drawings): Save at a resolution of 1200 dpi EPS to retain a transparent background. For scanned line art, save at a resolution of 1200 dpi in compressed TIFF format. Compression in TIFF format maintains all the data in an image. Compression in JPEG format loses some of the data in an image.

The next step

This process will continue until you are ready to move to the next step ... page design.

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