Overview
I have been a publishing professional for over 25 years. During this time I have held various editorial, design, customer service, sales and social media positions. As a book designer and packager, I have designed and produced over 500 books.
Clients include Oxford University Press, Basic Books, PublicAffairs, Liberty Fund, Da Capo Press, Counterpoint Press, Rodale, Texas Tech University Press, the Perseus Books Group and Thomas Nelson.
Locally (Dallas, Texas) I have designed and produced books for/about The Greenhill, School, Tom Luce, Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business, the Nasher Sculpture Center, and the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center.
Specialties: Book design (trade fiction, non-fiction, illustrated history and reference), book production, editing, writing and social media. In addition, my skill set includes project management, book packaging, typography, and print-on-demand (POD).
Greil Marcus
Clients include Oxford University Press, Basic Books, PublicAffairs, Liberty Fund, Da Capo Press, Counterpoint Press, Rodale, Texas Tech University Press, the Perseus Books Group and Thomas Nelson.
Locally (Dallas, Texas) I have designed and produced books for/about The Greenhill, School, Tom Luce, Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business, the Nasher Sculpture Center, and the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center.
Specialties: Book design (trade fiction, non-fiction, illustrated history and reference), book production, editing, writing and social media. In addition, my skill set includes project management, book packaging, typography, and print-on-demand (POD).
E N D O R S E M E N T S
"Though much of modern trade publishing is willing to sacrifice the aesthetic of the book for the bottom line, Counterpoint Press has chosen to retain a tradition of well-made books. In the pursuit of this goal, we regularly engage Mark McGarry at Texas Type & Book Works to design and produce our literary fiction and non-fiction titles.
After 22 books, we remain pleased to have his services. Mark's superior typographic skills and his on-time delivery of great-looking pages, makes Texas Type & Book Works one of our favorite resources for design and production.”
Jack Shoemaker,
Publisher, Counterpoint Press
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“I have had many book designers over the years. I have never had such a clean yet stylish design as that produced by Mark McGarry of Texas Type & Book Works. . . . In the fall of 2004, when I first saw the proofs of my Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads, I immediately called Robert Kimzey, the Managing Editor of PublicAffairs, to get the name of the designer; I wanted to make sure he was thanked in my acknowledgments. I didn’t want there to be a chance of his name being omitted. I’ve never done that before, but I hope to do it again.
If I ever have another chance to work with Mr. McGarry, I will count myself very lucky, though I already am.”
Greil Marcus
Editor, Music Critic,
Rolling Stone Magazine
Author, Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads
Services
Non-Fiction
History
Philosophy
Religion & Spirituality
Fiction
Literary Fiction
Languages
English
Awards
- New York Book Show
Certifications
- Book Design
- Typography
Work experience
Self-employed
Jun, 1998 —
Present
In 1998 I founded Texas Type & Book Works, a full-service book design and production company based in Dallas, Texas. Since then I have designed and produced non-fiction, fiction, reference and religious books for a variety of trade and academic publishers including Oxford University Press, PublicAffairs, Basic Books, Thomas Nelson, Rodale, Liberty Fund, Texas Tech University Press, Counterpoint Press and Da Capo Press. In addition, I've designed and produced books for local Dallas institutions and organizations including Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business, the Nasher Sculpture Center, the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center, and the Greenhill School.
Laying the Foundation (now NMSI)
Jan, 2008 —
Oct, 2010
(over 2 years)
After a period of consulting and contract work, I joined Laying the Foundation (LTF) as the Director of Publishing. Initial responsibilities included assessing existing LTF content creation processes, discovering potential solutions for an electronic publishing workflow, assisting the CEO and COO with the writing of a grant to support a digital publishing department at LTF, and creating miscellaneous marketing and support materials for management and staff.
After LTF’s publishing program was funded, I worked with Quark Inc., the chosen vendor for publishing software, to architect the Scope of Services and the Statement of Work. After installation was complete I continued to work with Quark developers to create a custom XML schema for LTF tests and lessons.
Other responsibilities include: hiring, training, and managing content editors for English, math, and science departments; working with content directors to deliver LTF tests and lessons in print and online formats; designing XML structured Quark/InDesign templates for automated publishing; troubleshooting XSLT and schema mapping issues; advising COO and CEO on publishing related issues; and supporting LTF management and staff with marketing materials. See less
Taylor Publishing
Apr, 1996 —
May, 1998
(about 2 years)
At the time I worked at Taylor Publishing they were the 10th largest book printer in the United States.
I worked in the Trade Books Division, where I designed large format, 4-color books in the areas of pop culture, history, gardening, and sports.
Since the press room (sheet-fed only) and bindery (both Smythe and perfect) were on site, I followed each of my books through the manufacturing process. See less
Word Publishing (now Thomas Nelson)
Mar, 1988 —
Mar, 1996
(about 8 years)
As Editor: Hired as an contract editor in Word’s academic department, my responsibilities included copyediting new testament and old testament volumes in the Word Biblical Commentary series, reviewing translation issues in several Bible translations owned by Word, and liaising with the production department on Greek and Hebrew typesetting.
As Book Designer: I migrated from editorial to the design and production department where I was responsible for designing trade books as well as marketing material. During this time I designed books and packaging for numerous ECPA authors including Max Lucado, Billy Graham, Charles Swindoll, Fr.Richard John Neuhaus, and Frank Perretti.
Portfolio
In Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, historian William Gienapp provides a remarkably concise, up-to-date, and vibrant biography of the most revered figure in United States history. While the heart of the book focuses on the Civil War, Gienapp begins with ... read more
Describes the author's efforts to follow in the footsteps of British explorer Ivan Champion, the first individual to successfully cross the isalnd of Papua New Guinea in 1927, detialing her adventures, experiences, and self-discoveries along the way. 35,000 fi... read more
The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 17931794 matched Hamilton and Madison in the first chapter of an enduring discussion about the proper roles of executive and legislative branches in the conduct of American foreign policy. Ignited by President Washington’s N... read more
What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The ... read more
An extraordinary treasure: Rediscovered photographs document a proud community of middle-class Southern blacks at the dawn of the civil rights movement. Henry Clay Anderson established Anderson Photo Service in Greenville, Mississippi in 1948. Throughout the 5... read more
"A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage." -Joseph Addison, Cato 1713 Joseph Addison was born in 1672 in Milston, Wiltshire, England. He was educated in the classics at Oxford and became widely known as an essayist, playwright,... read more
Mark Felt's role in history was secured when he decided to share his views on the Watergate break-in with a young reporter on the Washington Post named Bob Woodward. He made sure that the greatest political scandal in the twentieth century, which would besmirc... read more
In a spectacular new jacket, with a great new gift price--the beautifully illustrated, full-color volume Parade Magazine called "dazzling...enjoyable and stimulating." This celebration of America at its best offers compelling evidence of a nation's courage, in... read more
In this provocative book, Andrew Bacevich warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, both conservatives and liberals alike. It is a marriage of militarism and utopian ideology, of unprecedented military might wed to a blind faith in ... read more
Charles Mingus was one of the most innovative jazz musicians of the 20th century, and ranks with Charles Ives and Duke Ellington as one of America's greatest composers. By temperament, he was a high-strung and sensitive romantic, a towering figure whose tempes... read more
"In Don’t Save Anything . . . Kay Eldredge Salter assembles her late husband’s bread-and-butter journalism―yet how delicious good bread and butter can be! . . . As always, Salter emphasizes simple, vivifying details." ―Michael Dirda, The Washington Post One of... read more
Tobacco companies had been protecting their turf for decades. They had congressmen in their pocket. They had corrupt scientists who made excuses about nicotine, cancer and addiction. They had hordes of lawyers to threaten anyone—inside the industry or out—who ... read more
Robert Mugabe came to power after a long civil war in Rhodesia, becoming president of the country now called Zimbabwe. Initially praised for leading Zimbabwe's social and economic development, it was discovered that the honeymoon was not to last long. Determin... read more
Duke Ellington was one of jazz's greatest figures, a composer and bandleader of unparalleled importance and influence. But little attention has been given to his chief musical collaborator, Billy Strayhorn, who created hundreds of compositions and arrangements... read more
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) kept journals his entire life, beginning at the age of eleven. These first journals detail the inner thoughts of the awkward boy from Paterson, New Jersey, who would become the major poet and spokesperson of the literary phenomenon c... read more
A well-trained theologian, a gifted and dedicated teacher of economics for over forty years, and the author of a highly regarded and widely-used textbook, The Economic Way of Thinking, Paul Heyne influenced generations of students of economics. Many of the ess... read more
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