Nancy-Thomas

eBook Formatting & Publishing Specialist (Kindle & EPUB)

Upwork

Jun 2021 - Present • 4 yrs 11 mos

I provide expert eBook formatting, layout design, and publishing services for authors, publishers, coaches, and businesses looking to turn their manuscripts into professionally structured, publication-ready digital books. My work focuses on transforming raw or edited manuscripts into fully responsive Kindle (MOBI/KF8) and EPUB formats that meet industry standards and perform seamlessly across all major devices, including Kindle e-readers, tablets, smartphones, and desktop applications. I ensure every project is built with proper structure and attention to detail, including well-organized chapters, consistent heading styles, professionally formatted paragraphs, and clean typography that enhances readability. I also create fully clickable and interactive table of contents (TOC), properly embedded metadata, and optimized navigation to improve user experience and compliance with publishing platforms. Over the years, I have successfully completed 300+ eBook formatting projects across multiple genres such as fiction, non-fiction, self-help, business, educational content, journals, and workbooks. Each project is carefully formatted to comply with Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, and other major self-publishing platforms, ensuring smooth upload approval without technical errors or rejections. My expertise also includes fixing formatting issues such as inconsistent spacing, font errors, broken layouts, image alignment problems, and conversion issues between Word, PDF, EPUB, and Kindle formats. I pay strong attention to detail in maintaining layout consistency, proper margins, paragraph spacing, and overall visual balance to ensure a professional reading experience. In addition, I optimize eBook files for performance and readability by ensuring lightweight file size, proper formatting structure, and device compatibility. I understand the technical requirements behind successful digital publishing and apply best practices to guarantee high-quality output

Senior Book Formatter & Layout Designer (eBooks & Paperback)

Freelancer.com

Jan 2020 - Present • 6 yrs 4 mos

I specialize in professional book formatting, typesetting, and layout design for both eBooks (Kindle, EPUB) and print (paperback & hardcover). I have successfully formatted and delivered 500+ manuscripts across various genres including fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, journals, and workbooks. My expertise includes Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, and Draft2Digital publishing standards. I ensure clean typography, proper margins, TOC creation, headers/footers setup, and error-free print-ready PDFs. I also handle cover formatting and file optimization for smooth publishing approval. My work focuses on delivering high-quality, publication-ready books that meet global publishing standards with fast turnaround and client satisfaction.

Print Book Layout & Typesetting Designer

Design Works Engineering

Mar 2019 - Present • 7 yrs 2 mos

I specialize in professional print book layout design and typesetting for paperback and hardcover publications, helping authors and publishers transform their manuscripts into polished, publication-ready printed books. My work covers the complete interior formatting process, ensuring every book is structured according to global publishing and print industry standards. My responsibilities include detailed interior layout design, precise margin and gutter setup, bleed configuration, chapter styling, heading hierarchy, and professional pagination. I carefully format each page to ensure consistency, readability, and visual balance throughout the entire book. I also handle front and back matter formatting such as title pages, copyright pages, acknowledgements, table of contents, and author sections, ensuring everything is properly aligned and publication-compliant. I create fully print-ready PDFs that meet the strict requirements of major publishing platforms such as Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, and other self-publishing services. This includes ensuring correct trim sizes, safe margins, embedded fonts, high-resolution print output, and error-free file structure to avoid rejection during upload or printing. Over the course of my career, I have successfully completed 250+ print book formatting and typesetting projects across a wide range of genres including business books, novels, children’s books, workbooks, journals, devotional books, and educational materials. Each project is carefully tailored to match the author’s vision while maintaining professional publishing standards. My goal is to ensure that every book I work on not only meets technical printing requirements but also delivers a clean, balanced, and visually appealing reading experience for the end reader. I focus on typography precision, spacing harmony, and layout consistency to enhance readability and overall book quality.