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Book Design by Walton Mendelson, 12on14 |
With forty years of experience
in book design, prepress issues, and production, as well work in
such diverse fields as engineering, music, writing, editing, visual
arts, small press publishing, I bring unique, renaissance views,
skills, and experiences to your book. My gallery
shows not just variety but that much of the work I've done is the
tough job: typesetting music
and poetry, restoring
photographs, enhancing
art, prepress work to minimize the cost of printing artwork
with the best quality possible, creating
art work, compositing,
using design to assist complex text issues,
editing. |
Whether you're the author,
the publisher, or want to self
publish, one of the most exciting things that can happen to
you is holding your finished book. Everything about it is a joy,
the feel of the paper, the book cover, the way the pages turn, even
the smell. You’ll thumb through it a hundred times, and each
time you’ll marvel at the transformation. My job is to work
with you to design the best book possible and to make sure that
moment is all it can be. eBooks, see Fugitive
Tales or New World: 1763-1775. |
For your Memento
Book, or memory book, for artists, scrapbookers, and anyone
with a photo album, your art, photographs and memories are the most
personal and cherished—and deserve more than a cursory “upload
your jpegs, choose one of our three classic styles, order prints.” |
New! How to Write Your
First Book |
| New! Where to Start: a complete guide to writing your first book. From writing to editing to formatting. Everything you need to know. Exclusively from 12on14.com. 8 1/2" x 11" 64 pages. $5.95. |
12on14 Book Templates. 124, 8 1/2 X 11, 300dpi, png file templates for do it yourself, desktop, self publishing books, booklets, and mini books: for 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 4 1/2 X 5 1/2, 5 1/2 X 4 1/4, and 2 3/4 X 4 1/4, in up to 32 pages books. Design and print your own books, booklets, and mini books! 124 templates and instructions. 14.3MB. For personal and commercial use. Easy to use! $4.95 electronic download. |
20 Years in Prescott, Arizona |
| I moved from Cleveland to Prescott, Arizona, in 1989. Nestled within a forest of Ponderosa and Junipers, Prescott is a magnificent setting within which to create art—and designing and building a book is art. With email, FedEx, and the phone, Prescott is close as next door. |
Pricing & Quoting |
Unlike many book designers
and print on demand companies, I don't have good, better and best
(silver, gold, platinum, titanium, uranium) levels of book design.
If I design your book, my goal is to give you the absolute best.
Every book is different—italics, special typographic effects,
foreign words, poetry, extracts—as is every book cover, photo,
and piece of art: different, unique, and yours. What I quote is
what you pay. Obviously, time controls billing. You can get a sense
of how long things take by going to my gallery of book covers. Click
on a cover to see the times and design issues. |
Getting a quote is as easy as
1-2-3: |
| 1. Look at my gallery, you'll get a feeling for what I do |
| 2. Click on Quote to see what I need from you to realize your vision. |
| 3. Email me at 12on14. |
Guarantee and a Comp—a
One-off Copy of Your Book |
My goal is to make your work
the best it can be. When it is finished, I want to be as proud of
it as you. My guarantee is that we will work to get there together.
You will receive a press quality PDF or fully packaged InDesign
files. One of the many things that makes my service unique is that
before you make the final commitment and send your files for publication,
I will send you a comp: a one-off,
handmade, bound copy of your book. |
Photo Restoration, Art, Fine
Art Printing by Walton Mendelson, 12on14 |
There are no shortcuts to photo
restoration or to making a great art print, just hard work and a
good eye. Look at my gallery to
get a sense of what's possible. For the fine art print, exhibition
grade: I print with the Epson 7600, UltraChrome, inkjet printer
on Epson archival papers. Epson calls the combination their Epson
Ultra Giclée. I ship flat in AirFloat print packaging. |
| Tutorials and Glossary
on Book Design, Type, and Printing |
See our Frequently
Asked Questions for additional information. |
83 pages on type, typesetting,
book design, proof reader's marks, and more! |
For the Artist and designer
Adobe Products |
Thank you, |
| Walton Mendelson, 12on14 |
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