About Magnolia Studio
Creatively Meticulous Graphic Design and Book Production
Magnolia Studio's artistic and production philosophy is to create affordable, quality print products with innovative solutions, that meet the marketing and aesthetic needs of the client. Always striving to suggest solutions that are founded on high integrity, practicality, efficiency, accuracy, and common sense in marketing and promotion, we remain mindful of and sensitive to each clients' budgetary needs.
We offer print solutions and project coordination for our varied clients, using local companies and resources which are friendly to the planet — whenever possible and practical. Our years of experience working with writers, artists, and business people who prefer to create products that are economical and environmentally friendly, sets us apart from other design companies, making us uniquely qualified to suggest solutions that meet your needs, use cutting edge technologies, and maintain a commitment to sustainability.
As Phyllis Beaty, founder and design director, says so often to her clients:
"Well-written text, arranged in a pleasing fashion, on precisely bound pages, in beautiful volumes that sit nicely in hand ... without even considering the content, this book is already better than half the books on shelves right now."
We Offer Graphic Design, Editorial, Production, and Project Coordination Services
We provide quality book design, production services and project coordination for everyone from self-publishing authors, to small businesses, to managing editors of small presses, and production director with special projects. Since 1997 we have offered expert guidance and assistance through all stages of the publishing process, enabling our clients to realize their publishing and marketing goals.
We specialize in five-star brainstorming for unusual projects, with multiple components, and encourage our clients to work with local printers and use environmentally safe materials.
We're very excited about the possibilities of eBooks, ePubs, KindleBooks, interactive PDFs with Flash animations, and other paper-free media, and encourage our clients to use them in conjunction with, or in place of, their print products wherever appropriate. We can produce paper-free media from new manuscripts as well as from previously designed works.
To achieve our client's goals we provide:
- developmental editing
- copy editing
- design samples
- logo development
- proofreading
- indexing
- expert text formatting
- quality control reviews
- black and white laser proofs
- ink-jet color proofs
- Acrobat PDF file proofs
- coordinated print estimates
- publishing deadline and scheduling
- local on-site printing approvals
After your project is complete all electronic files will be:
- delivered digitally to your chosen printer
- archived electronically for future use and updates
- copied to client CD or Flash Drive, on request
Software Used — Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection:
- InDesign for layout
- Bridge and Photoshop for image processing
- Acrobat Pro for interactive PDF proofing and online reviews
- Virtual webcast meetings through AdobeConnect.com
