Welcome

Welcome to Dulcote Press

About Us

2021 and a new site for new ideas. Since 1994 and under a different name, Carrigboy Typesetting Services see carrigboy.co.uk, we have provided high-quality typesetting to established non-fiction publishers as well as to self-publishing authors. We design and typeset many different types of material, from multi-lingual textbooks and first-time novels to product brochures.

Our services

We can provide the services needed to cover most aspects of contemporary publishing. We have extensive experience in all aspects of getting books published:

• typography, layout and graphic-design, corrections.
• proofing and copy-edit (outsourced),
• print (outsourced), web (outsourced), ebook delivery (partly outsourced),
• consultancy for self-publishing authors.

We specialise in:

• book design and graphics,
• good customer communication,
• competitive pricing.

Book design, typography and page-layout
We follow good design principles. From the selection of the type by font, point size, leading and tracking etc, through the arrangement of all the elements on a page, to incorporating and integrating all the various components of the book, we can provide a clear, coherent and attractive whole book.

Graphics
Good looking graphics and images are vital to both the professional look of a book, and to the clarity of its presentation. We undertake all sorts of graphic work: repro, graph and table origination, photo damage, masking and colour correction.

Print
When publishing traditional print books or brochures, the quality and reliability of the print and the binding is critical. We have long-established relationships with many printers.

Self-publishing
We can help authors who wish to self-publish their work at any or all of the very many stages of getting a finished book onto the market.

ebooks
ebooks present additional challenges. For example, re-flow, pagination and the number of different eformats all impose extra design considerations on layout, indexing, graphic-to-text anchoring etc. Existing works can sometimes be converted straight to ebook formats, just like a print book. Existing work can also be enhanced with hyperlinks, animation, video and audio content etc. Publishing straight to ebook is a highly cost-effective way of entering the market.

If you want to know more, get in touch: see contact us page on this site.