Tara Long – Designer

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.

I have worked on multiple New York Times best-selling titles throughout my career. 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. So if we start the process Jan 1, you'll have print-ready files end of March/beg April. And it usually about 4-6 weeks before I can slot new projects into my schedule.