In book production since 1987

I am a graduate in philosophy and literature (B.A. Hons, UCT). I worked for the publishers Juta & Co. for eight years, first as sub-editor for schools, higher education and law, and later as editorial and production manager of the higher education publishing division.

In 1987 I set out on my own in book production and typesetting, at a time when desktop publishing in South Africa was in its infancy. Since then I have witnessed vast changes in the technology, and seen many people come and go.

I have produced hundreds of books for leading publishers: editing, translating, designing and typesetting all types of material, from brochures to coffee-table books to maths and science textbooks.

Over the years I have earned the respect of colleagues and clients for my knowledge, experience and skills in editorial and design matters, and for the ability to carry out complex and difficult work, on time and within budget.

I can handle the entire job myself, which reduces the shuttling of material and the coming and going of people for briefing and reporting. When parts of the production are carried out by other suppliers, I am happy to manage the traffic between them, sort out queries and report to the client every week.

If a client requires the work to be done in a particular application, I can comply. I can work with documents from virtually any word-processing application, as well as with data from databases and spreadsheets.

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