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
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $297
Billed in all: $3,681$3.7k
$297 in the last 6 months
Across 17 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
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.
- Publishing Software12 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 8%🇺🇸#1 of 3
- LULU Software SODA PDF3 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 100%🇺🇸#2 of 2
- #61Publishing Fundamentals148 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #27Top 41%🇺🇸#27 of 68
- #139IngramSpark198 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #18Top 70%🇺🇸#18 of 30
- #576Kindle Direct Publishing1,019 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #70Top 57%🇺🇸#70 of 152
- #709Book Cover Design1,441 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #103Top 49%🇺🇸#103 of 213
- #885Ebook Design1,851 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #131Top 48%🇺🇸#131 of 290
- #1,867Layout Design4,279 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #335Top 44%🇺🇸#335 of 863