Sabrina Milazzo

Sabrina Milazzo – Designer

Professional book formatter/interior designer for print and ebooks & award winning fantasy author who loves working in all genres.

Overview

Hi, my name is Sabrina.

I'm a professional book interior designer and award winning fantasy author from Germany.


I have been working as a graphic designer for more than 20 years. Since 2019 I have been combining my passion for design with my second passion - reading and writing - by creating the interior of print books and formatting ebooks for countless publishers, selfpublishers and hybrid authors.


For me, readability has top priority. That's why I'm paying extra attention to purposeful typography, the use of clean fonts and harmonious spacing. However, I also like to give something unique to each novel by designing appealing chapter beginnings and title pages that fit the story, are free of clutter and that integrate harmoniously into the overall picture.


In short, by working with me you'll get a beautiful layout design with clean fonts that fit your genre, well-structured chapter headings, purposeful typography, harmonious spacing and page numbering, illustrated chapter beginnings and title pages, images & bleed images and of course a clickable table of contents in your ebook. All according to the latest standards of professionally edited books.


If you have any questions, feel free to contact me in English or German. :)


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⚠️ I am usually fully booked 4-6 months in advance. Plan at least 4 weeks for full layouts (depends on complexity).


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GERMAN:

Privat arbeite ich im Designbereich bereits seit mehr als 20 Jahren. Seit 2019 verbinde ich meine Designleidenschaft mit meiner zweiten Vorliebe, dem Lesen und Schreiben, und gestalte den Buchsatz für Selfpublisher, Hybrid-Autoren und Verlage. Die Lesbarkeit hat dabei oberste Priorität. Doch auch eine ansprechende und zur Geschichte passende Kapitelgestaltung, die nicht überladen wirkt und sich harmonisch ins Gesamtbild integriert, ist wichtig, damit jede Geschichte ihre einzigartige Form und ein professionelles Äußeres erhält.


Das heißt: Wenn du mit mir zusammenarbeitest erhältst du ein professionelles, ansprechendes Layout mit Schriftarten, die angenehm fürs Auge sind und zum Genre passen, klar strukturierte Kapiteltitel, harmonische Abstände und Seitenzahlen. Auf Wunsch: Illustrierte Kapitelanfänge und/oder Titelseiten, Einbindung von Grafiken, Inhaltsverzeichnissen, Fußnoten, einem Index und natürlich ein klickbares Inhaltsverzeichnis im E-Book.


Bei Fragen kannst du mich jederzeit auf Englisch oder Deutsch kontaktieren. :)


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⚠️ Ich bin normalerweise 4 - 6 Monate im Voraus ausgebucht. Für das Projekt müssen mindestens 4 Wochen eingeplant werden (abhängig von der Komplexität des Designs).

Services
Fiction
Coming of Age Contemporary Romance Dystopian Epic Fantasy New Adult Thriller & Suspense Urban Fantasy Young Adult Fantasy
Languages
English
Awards
  • 2020: [Longlist] Skoutz Award - Book Cover Design "Berlin.Plattenbau" by Diana Lehmann
  • 2020: [Longlist] Selfpublishing Buchpreis - Kinder- und Jugendbuch "Schattenmale"
  • 2021: [Winner] Selfpublishing Buchpreis - Kinder- und Jugendbuch "Aus Asche & Nacht"
Certifications
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Photographer [Apprenticeship Diploma]

Work experience

Self-employed

Apr, 2019 — Present

Since 2019 I do book interior design for self-published authors (debut authors & bestselling authors) from all over the world and publishers from Germany.

Self-employed

Apr, 2017 — Mar, 2020 (almost 3 years)

During my work as a cover designer, I designed the cover for bestselling German author Bettina Belitz and reached the longlist with the cover design project for Diana Lehmanns debut novel "Berlin.Plattenbau".

Self-employed

Apr, 2015 — Present

Internship

Oct, 2014 — Jan, 2015 (3 months)

Apprenticeship

Sep, 2007 — Jul, 2010 (almost 3 years)

Portfolio

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Sabrina has 23 reviews

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Anne C.

Anne C.

Jun, 2024

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Sabrina was a dream to work with! She had a fantastic turnaround time and an eagle eye for little details and issues, and ran questions by me when she wasn't sure. She was kind enough to explain unfamiliar formatting terms to me and was very gracious with my inexperience, and willing to work with me where her suggestions and my opinions differed. The finished product is gorgeous and I am so exc...
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Sabrina M.
Thank you for your kind words, Anne. I had so much fun working on your project. I wish you all the best with your novel and I'm looking forward to possible future collaborations. :)
STEVEN D.

STEVEN D.

May, 2023

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Sabrina is an integral part of my book production process. She is artistic, accurate, prompt, professional and easy to work with. Basically indispensable.
Sabrina M.
Thanks again for your kind words, Steven. I'm glad you're happy with our collaborations. :)
Nathan B.

Nathan B.

Dec, 2022

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Sabrina is the best! Professional, kind, efficient, talented, communicates really well and quickly, and delivers quality work. I thought I could format and typeset my first self-published novel myself; I couldn't. So I was lucky to hire Sabrina to do the work for me, and she did it amazingly! And much faster than expected! She formatted the interior of my novel just like I wanted, and my paperb...
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Sabrina M.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Nathan. It was a pleasure to work with you and I'm very much looking forward to future projects. :)
STEVEN D.

STEVEN D.

Nov, 2024

Sabrina is the best interior designer I have ever worked with.
danielle O.

danielle O.

Oct, 2024

I cannot day enough about Sabrina. Her creativity and attention to detail is outstanding. I am thrilled i have found such a professional and wonderful collaborator to bring my creation to life.

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