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Masterful Book Design

With over thirty years of experience, Marny K. Parkin delivers expert typesetting and book design services for a wide range of genres. Whether print or ebook, scholarly or creative, your book’s presentation will captivate readers. Let’s bring your vision to life with precision and style.

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My Services

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Nonfiction

Clean and thoughtful design services to showcase history, how-to, scholarship, and biography with elegance and style.

If it was possible, I would plant a book like wheat on every inch of land.

Fiction and Memoir

Design and typesetting services that bring fiction and memoir narratives to life with engaging and reader-friendly layouts.

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Ebooks

Seamless ebook coding and formatting to make your digital book compatible and visually appealing across all devices.

Helping you craft timeless stories with precision and passion.

Bring your book to life today!

Reviews

"Since 2000, Marny has designed and typeset dozens of publications in Quark and InDesign for the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History at BYU. She has also demonstrated solid proofreading skills while working on these projects. Her work is quick, thorough, and professional."

—Heather Seferovich, Joseph Fielding Smith Institute

"Marny is a pro at creating layout, checking footnote format, and using Quark Xpress and Adobe InDesign in publication projects. She is an expert on The Chicago Manual of Style, the industry standard for publishers. I heartily endorse Marny Parkin for fast and accurate publication projects."

—Jennifer Hurlbut, BYU Studies

"I was delighted to have Marny work on the interior design and layout of our most recent book. She was very professional with clear prompt communication, creativity and neatness in layout, and making sure everything was done to our satisfaction. I'll be back to have her design our next book interior."

—Jan DeCourtney, Director, Sunrise Health Coach Publications

"Marny is always great to work with, very professional, responsive, and has a good feel for our objectives in designing and producing a book. We look forward to working with her in the future."

—Greg Witt, Perihelion Press

"Working with Marny Parkin has been a pleasure. She is easy to work with, cooperative, and goes the extra mile to achieve perfection. She did an excellent job formatting 50 Frogs, 5 Babes and a Bulldog."

—Susan Culp, Bow Wow Books

"Marny was great to work with. She helped me produce a professional book interior for my first book. Marny worked quickly and efficiently, with a good turn around time when I had revisions to make. She converted my files easily and used InDesign to create a more professional looking interior. I recommend her for your book needs."

—Anita Estes, Transformation House
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