WELCOME!

Carolyn Vaughan provides guidance and design skills to both experienced and beginning authors who self-publish.  She delights in helping bring books to life.  She is intuitive, thoughtful and responsive in the design process and is dedicated to being on time with deadlines and is highly reliable.

  • Thoughtful guidance throughout the process.
  • Creative book design: covers and interiors.
  • Assistance with:
    • setting up accounts with IngramSpark, KDP etc.
    • purchasing ISBN numbers
  • creating Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, etc.
  • Photo optimization and restoration.
  • Custom artwork upon request.
  • Simple website design for author books.

After you have explored the site, if you have any further questions, request a quote, or would like to just sit and chat about your project, please call, text or write me.

 

FEATURED TESTIMONIALS

 

You receive the 110% Award for jumping in and making this 4th Edition "Alpaca Veterinary Field Manual" a reality. Before we met you, we had difficulties with a previous designer and were feeling quite frustrated with the entire process. You immediately eased our stress through your genuine interest in our vision. You provided thoughtful guidance throughout the design and layout process. You offered suggestions but always kept our vision in mind and were receptive to any changes we asked for. The finished product far exceeded our expectations. You are a true professional and it was a pleasure to work with you!

~ Norm Evans and Kristina Flegel
"The Alpaca Veterinary Field Manual"

 

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I have worked with Carolyn Vaughan on nineteen books now (four also on Kindle), the most recent was published this week (1/31/2020).  She is a delight to work with and an invaluable expert. She has created wonderful covers with her fine-art sensibility, training and technological expertise. She takes the manuscript and creates a perfect format, font and placement of pictures. She comes up with brilliant ideas that enhance the presentation. 

Our latest book collaboration was more than 700 pages long with 200 pictures and an extensive index.  She created the index so that researchers can easily locate information. I sent photos from various sources including ones found on the internet and she was able to enhance and frame them so that they complement the text.

I am also so grateful that she handles the entire process for me…from beginning concept formation, through all the nitty gritty and constant corrections and changes, to final edit work, to conversations with the printer, final arrangements with the printer and culminating in shipping according to our needs. I contribute the text and the vision, and she creates a book that is beyond what I ever imagined.  I recommend her highly and look forward to working with her on the next book. 

 ~ Dr. Susan Schrager, Vedanta Centre, Cohasset, MA

Carolyn Vaughan
314-972-4042
cvaughandesigns@gmail.com

Member: St. Louis Publishers Association (SLPA)