Interior Book Designer / Amazon KDP Formatter for Sports History Nonfiction Book

Project Overview I am seeking an experienced Interior Book Designer and Amazon KDP Formatter to produce the interior layout for my forthcoming nonfiction sports book: How Football Got It Wrong: How Incentives, Media, and Modern Power Rewired America's Game This is a professionally edited manuscript of approximately 50 to 80,000 words that examines the historical evolution of football from the 1880s to today. The book is intended for football fans, coaches, historians, journalists, educators, and general readers. The manuscript is currently undergoing professional editing using the Chicago Manual of Style. ________________________________________ Scope of Work I am looking for someone who can create a polished, traditionally published-quality interior for both: • Amazon KDP Paperback • Amazon KDP Hardcover • Kindle eBook (reflowable EPUB) ________________________________________ Responsibilities The successful candidate will: Interior Design • Design a clean, professional nonfiction book interior • Create attractive chapter opening pages • Select appropriate typography and spacing • Design page headers and footers • Create professional page numbering • Format the Table of Contents • Format Endnotes • Format quotations and pull quotes • Ensure excellent readability throughout ________________________________________ Photograph & Illustration Placement The manuscript contains numerous historical photographs, illustrations, charts, timelines, and graphics. Responsibilities include: • Insert all photographs and illustrations • Properly size and position images • Balance text and images • Create professional captions • Maintain consistent spacing throughout • Ensure all images reproduce well in print ________________________________________ Technical Formatting Prepare final files that meet Amazon KDP specifications including: • Proper margins • Bleed settings • Trim size recommendations • Embedded fonts • Image resolution verification (300 dpi) • Print-ready PDF • Kindle-compatible EPUB • Hardcover formatting • Paperback formatting ________________________________________ Amazon KDP Experience Required The ideal candidate has extensive experience producing interiors specifically for Amazon KDP. Please describe your experience with: • Amazon Paperback • Amazon Hardcover • Kindle formatting • Books containing photographs • Books containing endnotes • Chicago Manual of Style projects ________________________________________ Preferred Experience Experience formatting: • Sports books • History books • Nonfiction • Research-based books • Books with historical photographs • Books with timelines • Books with charts and graphics ________________________________________ Deliverables Final deliverables should include: ✔ Print-ready PDF for Amazon KDP Paperback ✔ Print-ready PDF for Amazon KDP Hardcover ✔ Kindle EPUB ✔ Source design files (InDesign or equivalent) ✔ Fonts used ✔ Final image placement ✔ Table of Contents ✔ Endnotes ✔ Proper front matter and back matter ________________________________________ About the Book The book examines how football evolved from an Ironman sport into today's highly specialized game. It combines: • Football history • Historical research • Statistics • Quotations • Endnotes • Historical photographs • Original illustrations • Timelines • Commentary The book is intended to be visually engaging while maintaining the credibility of a serious nonfiction work. ________________________________________ Please Include in Your Proposal Please provide: • Links to 5–10 nonfiction books you have designed. • Amazon links whenever possible. • Examples that include photographs. • Examples that include endnotes. • Examples of sports or history books. • Your preferred design software. • Your estimated timeline. We expect the Editor to be done by July 18. • Your fixed-price quote. ________________________________________ Bonus Skills Experience with: • Adobe InDesign • Chicago Manual of Style • Sports publishing • Historical nonfiction • Book typography • Amazon KDP • IngramSpark (a plus) ________________________________________ About Me I have spent over fifteen years researching and writing this book. I am looking for someone who takes pride in producing a professional-quality interior comparable to a traditionally published nonfiction title. Attention to detail is extremely important.