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Reflective Design Brings Books to Life

Reflective Design Brings Books to LifeReflective Design Brings Books to LifeReflective Design Brings Books to Life

Creating inspired solutions for your unique project

Reflective Design Brings Books to Life

Reflective Design Brings Books to LifeReflective Design Brings Books to LifeReflective Design Brings Books to Life

Creating inspired solutions for your unique project

Design & Composition

Jacket and Cover Design

A successful book cover or jacket vividly reflects its book’s contents and invites the reader inside. I explore various techniques and will listen to your ideas. With an eye-catching front cover, distinct spine, and cleverly arranged copy, your book will look remarkable.

Interior Book Design

Structure, trim size, typography, and skillfully arranged elements are important in making a book easy to navigate and gratifying to hold. Whether you want a classic book design or something more dramatic, your book promises to be distinct and genuine.

Composition and Typesetting

Composition is key in making material accessible. I am committed to high standards, will gladly honor formatting and typesetting guidelines, and bring a creative approach to books with complex hierarchy, multiple languages, and comprehensive back matter. 

Production Services

Printer Selection

Printer Selection

Printer Selection

Whether your project calls for customized books, high quantities, short-run solutions, or print-on-demand options, I will guide you to printing and binding solutions that fit your preferences, schedule, and budget.

File Preparation

Printer Selection

Printer Selection

For successful printing and binding I create custom specifications and deliver high-resolution files with precise book cover dimensions, print-ready images, and carefully selected colors.

Review Proofs

Printer Selection

Review Proofs

This is an essential step in the book design and production process. I review proofs to ensure quality production standards are maintained, and do a final check before books are bound and you receive the finished product.

Visual Proofreading

Another Set of Eyes

Have you already created a book and need another set of eyes? I will carefully examine your work and flag problems in structure, layout, typography, and design. After all, structural balance and visual harmony are vital in guiding a reader through a book's contents.

Design Background

Professional Experience

With a degree in Visual Communication from Loyola University Chicago and experience in marketing, I joined Kachergis Book Design in 2005. That is where I learned to prioritize quality and consistency, thinking creatively to achieve the best results for complex projects with tight budgets and schedules. I am grateful for the eighteen years I spent with a family-run company working in the craft of book design.


I have had the honor to design books for self-published authors, poets, and biographers; The Catholic University of America Press; Franciscan University Press; Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University; Humanum Academic Press; Catholic Education Press; BYU Maxwell Institute; Swedenborg Foundation; Templeton Foundation Press; Sidran Institute Press; and University of Pittsburgh Press.

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