Interior Design That Elevates Every Page.
Publishing Squad's layout designers create interior book designs that make your content a pleasure to read — professionally typeset, beautifully structured, and formatted to the highest publishing standards.
What's Included
Custom Typography System
Carefully selected and paired typefaces for headings, body text, captions, and pull quotes — specific to your genre and audience.
Chapter Architecture
Professionally designed chapter openers, part dividers, and section breaks that create a compelling reading rhythm.
Body Text Typesetting
Expert typesetting with precise tracking, leading, kerning, and hyphenation for clean, readable pages.
Element Design
Custom callout boxes, pull quotes, sidebars, headers, footers, and running titles for your book's specific content structure.
Image & Table Integration
Professional placement and formatting of all images, charts, tables, and infographics within the interior layout.
Print & Digital Delivery
Interior files delivered in print-ready PDF and clean EPUB format for simultaneous print and digital publishing.
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Get a free consultation and discover exactly how we'll bring your manuscript to market.
How It Works
Our collaborative 7-step layout process produces interiors that meet the optical standard of traditionally published books.
Design Brief
Discuss your genre, audience, comparable books, and specific layout requirements.
Style Concepts
Receive two interior design concepts showing different typographic and structural approaches.
Template Development
Build the full design template including all text styles, elements, and master pages.
Full Layout
Apply the approved template to your complete manuscript with full typesetting.
Image Placement
Embed and format all images, charts, and graphics within the layout.
Proofreading Pass
Review the layout for widows, orphans, runt lines, and layout inconsistencies.
File Delivery
Print-ready PDF and reflowable EPUB delivered with platform submission instructions.
Is This Right for You?
Our layout design service is for authors who know that a beautifully designed interior is what separates a professional book from a self-published one.
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We only accept 4 new manuscripts per month to maintain our executive quality standards.
Layouts That Perform in Print and Digital
A beautiful layout doesn't just look good — it improves comprehension, increases reading time, and signals quality to every reader who opens your book.
Books with professional interior design receive 35% fewer negative reviews about formatting and readability on Amazon.
Interior layout
Margins · Typography
Typography Mastery
Expert typesetting using professional publishing software ensures your text meets the optical standards of traditionally published books.
Genre Conventions
We design in accordance with the established visual conventions of your genre so readers immediately trust and recognize your book's quality.
Platform Standards
All layouts tested against Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, and Apple Books technical requirements before delivery.
Explore the Full Suite of Publishing Squad Services
Essential Layout
Custom interior design and full typesetting for manuscripts up to 60,000 words.
Professional Layout
Complete layout system with complex elements, image integration, and both print and digital formats.
Premium Design
Full custom design with brand typography system, complex content structures, and ongoing revision support.
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Coordinate a direct briefing with our production desk to review your layout, retail distribution setup, and market positioning goals.
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Formatting sets margins, fonts, and paragraph styles to meet platform requirements. Layout design is a full creative process — selecting typography, designing chapter architecture, and building a unique visual identity for your book's interior.