Categories that we can typeset
- STM books
- Journals
- Magazines
- Academics
- Cookbooks
- Comics
- Legal books
- School books (K1–K12)
- Travel guides
- Brochures and catalogs
- Children’s Book
- eBooks
MAPSystems has evolved over the years to emerge as one of the leading professional typesetting companies in the industry. Global authors, self-publishers and publishing houses hire our book typesetting services to meet their varied needs for manuscript formatting and print layout services. With more than 32+ years of extensive knowledge in digital typesetting and desktop publishing (DTP), we bring perfect harmony between the structural layout and book layout design and get your files ready for printing or publishing.
We also offer an entire gamut of prepress services that can help address your end-to-end publishing needs. With a team of professional typesetters, we can convert your manuscripts into print-ready formats while keeping your book’s theme and genre in mind. Besides, you can specify other publication design requirements, such as the delivery of PDF/X print-ready files, printer specifications, etc., and we will make sure to adhere to trim size, gutter margins, bleed, and crop marks for complete print layout accuracy.
MAPSystems has years of experience in creating print-ready books that are formatted and typeset to meet your unique requirements. We consider even the minute typesetting details and carefully select the typography, fonts, kerning, tracking, and leading to portray the theme and feel of your content. Our print layouting and typesetting services include:
Chapter Headings
Our experts create attractive chapter openers and drop caps to captivate the readers’ attention. We also incorporate images or graphic design text into the book to maintain consistency and uniqueness.
Book Cover Design and Illustration
Our graphic design team creates interior layouts, book illustrations, and eye-catching cover pages in the most outstanding manner, keeping in mind the clients' requirements and specifications.
Font Selection
and Typography
According to modern typesetting, the font can say a lot about the author’s style and taste. We can make changes with the aim of creating a proper typographic hierarchy that can attract the attention of the target audience.
Accessibility in Typesetting (Alt Text Usage)
We take all possible steps to ensure data accessibility and visibility. Our team of subject matter experts makes use of the alt text command to help users provide alternative information if they can't view the image, following WCAG accessibility standards.
Running Headers, Footers, and Pagination
We can insert running headers and footers to help readers easily navigate through the paginated document. We can also add graphics or content as per the clients' requirements in the most appropriate manner.
Bullets, Lists,
and Visual Hierarchy
Our book typesetters make use of bullets and lists according to the demands of the text as well as the style. Whether you need the writing to be formal or informal, our team has the knowledge to make it just the way you want.
Proofing, Orphans Check, and QA
Finally, we carry out proofreading to correct errors related to typography, style, format, font, hyperlinking, etc. We then perform a multi-level quality assurance (QA) to ensure that the final output meets our clients’ needs.
Multilingual
Book Typesetting
We also carry out multilingual typesetting services for more than 20 languages that include the RTL language Arabic. While typesetting foreign language texts, we ensure that the design elements are placed as per the rules and conventions of that language, supporting publishing standards.
Get in touch with us
Feel free to contact any time by filling the form given below. Our customer support team or sales team will get in touch with you at the earliest
Our End-to-End Typesetting & Book Composition Workflow
At MAPSystems, we follow a structured typesetting and book composition workflow that ensures efficiency, accuracy, and high-quality outcomes:
1
Job analysis & file preparation
2
The editing phase
involves pre-editing, copyediting, language editing, mechanical editing
3
Artwork processing
for art log, preflight checks
4
Composition & pagination
for sample pages, first-pass composition
5
Proofreading & corrections
for grammar, consistency, hyphenation control
6
Quality assurance & validation
for revisions and delivery of corrected XML/PDF
Job analysis & file preparation
The editing
phase
Artwork processing
Composition & pagination
Proofreading & corrections
Quality assurance & validation
Frequently asked questions
The typesetting charges for a book would typically depend on the complexities involved and the length of the manuscript. Our average cost starts at $0.23 or ₹20 per page. The cost would vary if you are looking for multilingual book typesetting services as well.
Why not? Multilingual typesetting is one of our core specializations. We have helped numerous publishers and self-published authors across the globe.
You can take advantage of timezone differences. On the other hand, we would charge you on the basis of typesetting rates in India, which are typically lower.
We can typeset novels, journals, magazines, annual reports, newspapers, periodicals, school books, and fictional and non-fictional works.
We always ensure that we follow a systematic workflow throughout the project, which ensures timely deliveries.
We sign the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) when a client signs up with us. We have stringent data security policies and modern infrastructure in place.
We use industry-standard tools like Adobe InDesign and Illustrator for typesetting.
Print book typesetting uses fixed layouts with trim size, margins, and pagination for physical books, while eBook formatting creates reflowable layouts optimised for digital devices.
For any query or to get free samples of our professional typesetting services and page layout designing services
Case studies
Document scanning services for US based company
A US based company approached us for digital versions of print books.
Typesetting services for technical-genre books
The task was cumbersome, as it demanded swiftness and perfection to the core.
Digitization of Old Manuscripts for Historical Research Institute
Digitization of old manuscripts for an australian historical research institute
What do our customers say
We are truly impressed by the advanced typesetting process MAPSystems follows using the best software. This ensures our drafts are 100% error-free. Thanks, team!
Owner
Publishing house, London
Ever since I have started working with MAPSystems, I am completely tension-free regarding the typesetting responsibility. Everything is taken care of by their experts.
Author
Germany