Tara Long, Designer in Point Pleasant, NJ, USA

Overview

I am an independent Cookbook Designer and Photography Director, with 25 years of experience in publishing. My client list includes BenBella Books, Dacapo Press, FW Media, Galvanized Media, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Hearst, Quarto, Random House, Reader's Digest, Rockpoint, Rodale (Men's & Women's Health and Organic Gardening), Sourcebooks, Scribe Media and Sterling.

Over my 25 years in publishing, I have worked on multiple New York Times

best-selling titles. Using that experience, I guide self-publishing cookbook authors through a simple 4-step design process. Advising them on editing, photos and timelines; I work with a trusted group of copy editors, and a printer based in Utah, to create high-end, hardcover books with amazing profit margins!

Design cost of a 120-page book starts at $4950; includes front cover design, interior sample design, full interior layout, back cover design and file prep.

The design process take approximately 12 weeks, and printing takes 15. So if we start the process Jan 1, you'll have finished books in hand early July.

You can learn more about my 4-step process on my website.

Services

Cover Design

Book Interior Design

Production Management

Non-Fiction

Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits DIY & Crafts

Languages

English

Work experience

Freelance Book Designer & Photography Director

Self-employed

Dec, 2007 — Present

I have been a freelance book designer for the past 18 years, who works with major publishers such as Castle Point Books, Dacapo Press, FW Media, Galvanized Media, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Hearst, Quarto, Random House, Reader's Digest, Rockpoint, and Sterling,

Senior Book Designer

Rodale

Jun, 2000 — Dec, 2007 (over 7 years)

As a Senior Book Designer I was responsible for the conceptual development of book covers and interiors. I produced designs that were marketable and that enhanced the editorial product and managed and art directed all the illustration and photography within. I have comprehensive knowledge 4-color prepress and printing technology, and expert knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.