Tomide

Book Formatting & Desktop Publishing Specialist

Dec 2023 - Present • 2 yrs 10 mos

• Layout Design: Executed expert interior book formatting, custom typesetting, and structural design for paperback formatting, hardcover layout, and Kindle eBook conversion. • Platform Compatibility: Programmed and verified files to meet the strict trim size, margin specifications, and gutter / bleed requirements for KDP book publishing, IngramSpark, and Draft2Digital. • Multi-Format Conversion: Generated perfectly validated, reflowable EPUB files and fixed-layout digital books for seamless viewing across Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, and Google Play. • Complex Interior Formatting: Mastered advanced typesetting elements, including table of contents (clickable TOC), running headers, dynamic footers, page numbering stabilization, drop caps, callout boxes, and index indexing. • Graphic & Image Integration: Handled professional image placement, high-resolution photo alignment, full-bleed graphic styling, and anchor links for fiction, poetry books, and workbook layouts. • Industry Software Mastery: Developed and delivered source files using elite publishing software, explicitly utilizing Adobe InDesign, Atticus, and Vellum formatting tools to ensure pixel-perfect typography. • Platforms: Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, Barnes & Noble, Draft2Digital, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play. • Formattings: Paperback formatting, hardcover layout, Kindle eBook conversion, reflowable EPUB, fixed-layout, print-ready PDF, interior book design, typesetting. • Technical Terms: Trim size, margins, gutter, bleed, typography, drop caps, headers, footers, page numbering, clickable TOC, table of contents, full-bleed. • Tools: Adobe InDesign, Atticus, Vellum formatting. • Genres: Fiction layout, non-fiction formatting, memoirs, children's books, poetry books, workbooks.

Self-Publishing & Marketing Consultant

Sep 2023 - Present • 3 yrs 1 mo

• Interior Book Design: Structured, typeset, and stylized 120+ fiction and non-fiction books, ensuring seamless, error-free uploads for KDP book publishing and IngramSpark print-ready PDFs. • Ebook Conversion: Executed reflowable and fixed-layout eBook formatting to ensure perfect rendering across Kindle, Apple Books, and Kobo devices. • Strategic Book Promotion: Managed end-to-end book launches, handling metadata optimization, back-end KDP keyword research, and strategic category selection. • Targeted Advertising: Designed and optimized Amazon PPC advertising campaigns, lowering ACoS (Advertising Cost of Sales) while maximizing daily royalty payouts.