I will design and layout your print or digital publication

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Kevin M

Level 2

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Gig Summary

About this gig

I provide interior and cover design for your publication. I will layout and typeset novels, booklets, textbooks, academic theses, cookbooks, brochures and reports.


I will provide clean, professional, print-ready layouts, fixed epubs, and reflowable epubs. I focus on readable typography, professional typesetting, consistent styles, proper hyphenation/orphans & widows control, ligatures, margins, bleeds, pagination, image placement, indexes, tables of content, and exporting press-quality PDFs.


Perfect for self-publishers, businesses, academics and designers who want a polished final product without wrestling with layout software.


What you get with every order:

  • Professional typography (font pairing, sizes, leading, and tracking)
  • Consistent paragraph and character styles
  • Running heads, footers, and pagination
  • Table of Contents
  • Index
  • Image placement with captions
  • Bleeds, gutters, and margins
  • Export to print-ready PDF
  • Basic preflight to catch common print/export issues


Tell me your target (print-on-demand, offset press, or eBook) and I will prepare files to specification. Please note that I use Affinity and not Adobe InDesign.


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Get to know Kevin M

Kevin M

Editing and design excellence

5.0(16)

Level 2

  • FromIreland
  • Member sinceFeb 2025
  • Avg. response time1 hour
  • Last delivery2 weeks
  • Languages

    English, Chinese
I'm a native English editor, proofreader, and beta reader. I'm Chartered Institute Editors and Proofreaders (CIEP) qualified. I have edited fiction and academic works, and I also translate from Chinese to English. I'm PhD educated and have worked internationally in the cultural sector for much of my career. I proofread in US, UK, and Global English. I also design and layout books in epub or PDF, for print or digital, including ttrpg gamebooks, zines, magazines, business reports etc. I've designed a number of books for DriveThruRPG, Amazon KDP, and other outlets.

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12 reviews for this Gig
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  • Quality of delivery
    5
  • Value of delivery
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    blake_dreams

    HK

    Hong Kong

    Ongoing collaboration
    5

    Kevin is highly professional. He also has a great eye for aesthetics, and has delivered work that I am very happy with. This means less time wasted explaining things as he makes them look good from the start. I'm very happy with the work, and highly recommend him for your project.

    $400-$600

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    2 weeks

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    laylaelmasri

    AU

    Australia

    5

    Kevin was an absolute pleasure to work with from start to finish. He was professional, patient, responsive and incredibly accommodating throughout the entire project. Communication was excellent, and he was always happy to make revisions and bring my vision to life. The final eBook looks fantastic, and...

    $100-$200

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    11 days

    Duration

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    pearlbuttoncom

    CA

    Canada

    4.7

    Quick response, professional, exactly what I needed and when, thank you !

    $50

    Price

    1 day

    Duration

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    image-docs

    stevenpeet

    IE

    Ireland

    Ongoing collaboration
    5

    Excellent service / highly recommended. I have worked with K several times and he is a gent and a professional

    $50

    Price

    2 weeks

    Duration

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    westrowc

    GB

    United Kingdom

    5

    Kevin was very helpful, knew his stuff and provided an excellent service

    $50

    Price

    3 days

    Duration

    Helpful?
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Reviews

12 reviews for this Gig
5.0

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Rating Breakdown
  • Seller communication level
    5
  • Quality of delivery
    5
  • Value of delivery
    4.9
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Most relevant
  • B
    image-docs

    blake_dreams

    HK

    Hong Kong

    Ongoing collaboration
    5

    Kevin is highly professional. He also has a great eye for aesthetics, and has delivered work that I am very happy with. This means less time wasted explaining things as he makes them look good from the start. I'm very happy with the work, and highly recommend him for your project.

    $400-$600

    Price

    2 weeks

    Duration

    Helpful?
    Yes
    No
  • L
    image-docs

    laylaelmasri

    AU

    Australia

    5

    Kevin was an absolute pleasure to work with from start to finish. He was professional, patient, responsive and incredibly accommodating throughout the entire project. Communication was excellent, and he was always happy to make revisions and bring my vision to life. The final eBook looks fantastic, and...

    $100-$200

    Price

    11 days

    Duration

    Worksample image
    Helpful?
    Yes
    No
  • P

    pearlbuttoncom

    CA

    Canada

    4.7

    Quick response, professional, exactly what I needed and when, thank you !

    $50

    Price

    1 day

    Duration

    Worksample image
    Helpful?
    Yes
    No
  • S
    image-docs

    stevenpeet

    IE

    Ireland

    Ongoing collaboration
    5

    Excellent service / highly recommended. I have worked with K several times and he is a gent and a professional

    $50

    Price

    2 weeks

    Duration

    Worksample image
    Helpful?
    Yes
    No
  • W

    westrowc

    GB

    United Kingdom

    5

    Kevin was very helpful, knew his stuff and provided an excellent service

    $50

    Price

    3 days

    Duration

    Helpful?
    Yes
    No