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Patrick D.

Patrick D.

Book editing, cover design, interior formatting, and publishing help

EDUCATION • Master’s Degree in Reading from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN • Master’s Degree in English from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis • Bachelor’s Degree in English from Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Chief interior book designer and formatter for Pyramid Publishers • Have designed and formatted more than 50 books with InDesign and Photoshop • Extensive background and experience in developmental, content, and line editing • Extensive knowledge and experience with typesetting and printing • A solid working knowledge of fonts, leading, margins, and set-offs • Publications Manager for an industrial corporation and for a two-year college Expertise • Proficient with InDesign software for book interior design and formatting • Professional design of book covers with Photoshop and InDesign • Experience uploading printing files to Ingram Spark, Kindle Direct Publishing, and Hulu • Experience with Print on Demand, quantity book printing, and eBooks • Expertise with the entire process of publishing a book

🇺🇸Buffalo, United States$38/hr100% JSS5.00 (9)Since Apr 2014

Earnings and projects

MRR
$50

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#150,557 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#20,128 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $297

Total earnings
$3.6k

Billed in all: $3.7k

World#283,487 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#44,262 / 62.1k
Per project
$275

$297 in the last 6 months

World#238,768 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#38,590 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
1
100% fixed0% hourly
World#128,092 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#16,472 / 62.1k
Projects in all
13

Across 17 contracts

53% fixed47% hourly
World#175,712 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#25,131 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$3.7kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$3,600$3,650$3,700$3,750Oct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: #1 in 1 skill of 14

Rarest: top 8% in Publishing Software, of 12. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 1Publishing Software12 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 8%
  2. 3LULU Software SODA PDF3 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 100%
  3. #61Publishing Fundamentals148 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #27Top 41%
  4. #139IngramSpark198 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #18Top 70%
  5. #576Kindle Direct Publishing1,019 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #70Top 57%
  6. #709Book Cover Design1,441 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #103Top 49%
  7. #885Ebook Design1,851 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #131Top 48%
  8. #1,867Layout Design4,279 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #335Top 44%