Socotra House provides oversight of cover design work that includes: Front cover and for physical books: spine, back cover and flaps if needed. Some cover designs may require special illustrations or photographs that may require licensing; or, the Author may request artwork or illustrations that require additional licensing. In such instances, Socotra House will consult with Author for acceptance of terms and conditions.

If a title requires illustration services, Socotra House can recommend an Illustrator to engage on a Work for Hire basis. The illustration services are subject to the terms and conditions of that agreement with the Illustrator and accepted by Author before work commences.

Socotra House provides interior layout and design of edited manuscript in the format(s) determined by the Author, including print and digital layouts. Our typesetters follow the best practices of interior book design with reasonable accommodations being made for author’s preferences within the guidelines of the Socotra House Style Guide. Typeset manuscripts are provided for Author’s review and acceptance electronically (PDF). At the time of acceptance, manuscript is ready for publication (heaven help us all).

As needed, Socotra House can arrange editors, proofreaders and fact-checkers (and death-defying acrobats) to bring your manuscript to its A-Game. We do not publish manuscripts that are not ready for such abuse. Editing services are not part of our publishing package(s) since the service is outsourced exclusively, usually to Bangladesh. Chad, the person at our Help Desk in Bhopal can however help you if you don’t speak English.