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Design Services


Amalgamated Story brings together words and images with great design principles to produce a complete package that will attract and engage your audience.

Books & Covers

Book Design Portfolio
THE OUTSIDE

​Your book cover needs to catch your reader's attention, but different types of books need very different covers to do that job. Both front and back are important! 

​​Amalgamated Story can design your fiction or nonfiction book cover so it tells the story of what the reader will find inside. Make them want to open the book and discover what you have to share with them! If your cover needs an illustration, I can either create one or find the right illustrator for you.
THE INSIDE

Your book should be comfortable to read and reinforce the idea of 
quality. The best books use design elements like font, size, spacing, margins, and page breaks to provide readers with a seamless experience. Trying to read a badly designed book feels awkward and takes the readers attention away from your story and your ideas. With a well-designed book, nothing pulls your reader's attention away from your content. 
  • Nonfiction needs to convey authority and show readers you're a professional who knows what you're talking about.
  • Fiction needs to keep your readers engrossed in the story, wanting to stay in the world you've created.
​Amalgamated Story will design your book to engage readers AND meet publishers' technical requirements. 
Still not sure design matters? Take a quick look here: Good and Bad Book Design: What's the Difference?

Illustration

Illustration Portfolio
Are you writing a book of funny anecdotes and want pictures that will keep things light? Do you need figures and tables to convey your business ideas? Are you self-publishing a children's story but need the right illustrator? Excellent illustration helps tell your story visually. 

​Not just any picture can be an illustration. How will it fit on the page? How will the words and images fit together? What's the gutter and how do you keep from falling in?

Amalgamated Story can make sure your illustrations are helping to tell your story
—​not distracting from it. Whether it's finding, developing, or creating the right visuals to go with your fiction or nonfiction book, Amalgamated Story has your solution. That might be drawings, cartoons, photographs, diagrams—you name it. 

Marketing: Brochures, Posters, Websites & More

​Great marketing materials set the tone for your brand. Let your prospects and clients know what you can do for them with the right mix of appealing images and engaging language. 

Amalgamated Story creates online and offline marketing collateral that communicate who you are and what you do. We specialize in small businesses and nonprofit organizations, as well as individual entrepreneurs, artists, and authors.
Contact me to discuss your project
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