Every Outskirts Press book is professionally formatted, but not every book needs the same level of design. Whether you want a clean standard layout, a signature style system shaped by your preferences, or fully custom page-by-page creative direction, we offer an interior solution built to fit your manuscript, genre, and vision.

Same Story. Three Ways to Shape your Reader Experience.

Standard Interior Layouts	Enhanced Interior Layouts	Custom Interior Layouts
Professional, clean, genre-appropriate formatting.	Designer-built style system tailored to your genre and vision.	Fully bespoke, page-by-page creative design.

Three Levels of Customization

Professionally Formatted Standard Interior Formatting		Designer-Built Style System Enhanced Interior Formatting		Fully Bespoke Custom Interior Formatting
$0		$199		$6/page
Included in My Publishing Package		Upgrade to Enhanced Interior		Upgrade to Custom Interior
Clean. Professional. Ready for Print. Standard Interior Formatting delivers a polished, genre-appropriate layout designed for readability and print reliability. It is ideal for straightforward text-driven books and includes proper manuscript flow for trim size, consistent spacing and paragraph styling, chapter and section formatting, front-matter setup, page numbering, and print-ready file preparation.		A Signature Look. Structured and Professional. Enhanced Interior Formatting gives your book a professionally designed interior built around a personalized style sheet. You provide guidance on elements like fonts, spacing, chapter openers, and header or footer treatment, and your designer builds a cohesive system that gives the book a more distinctive look without the cost or complexity of full page-by-page custom design.		Page-by-Page Creative Direction. Custom Interior Formatting is the most comprehensive interior design option. It is built for books that need more than structured styling — books with complex layouts, advanced typography, heavy image integration, visual storytelling, or unique design treatments that may vary from page to page or section to section.
What You Get Proper formatting for your selected trim size Consistent margins, spacing, and paragraph styling Chapter headings, section breaks, title page, and copyright page Clean page breaks and production-ready files		What You Get A custom interior style sheet created by a professional designer Tailored typography, spacing, and layout rules based on your input Styled chapter openers and coordinated visual treatment A polished, consistent interior applied throughout the book		What You Get One-on-one collaboration with a professional designer Unique layouts that can vary across chapters or sections Advanced typography and custom visual treatments Image integration, graphic elements, and specialty formatting where needed
Best For Novels and short fiction Memoirs and autobiographies without complex visuals Poetry collections with standard text layout Straightforward nonfiction without charts, graphics, or specialized design		Best For Authors who want more personality than standard formatting Books that need a more tailored visual feel Authors with preferences, but not a need for page-by-page art direction		Best For Children’s books, cookbooks, workbooks, and art-driven titles Books with specialized formatting or heavy visual content Authors who want full creative control over the reading experience
Why Authors Choose This Option You want a professional, traditional reading experience Your manuscript is primarily text You want a clean, bookstore-ready interior without added design complexity		Why Authors Choose This Option You want creative input without full custom complexity You want your interior to feel more distinctive and genre-tailored You want the strongest balance of customization, structure, and value		Why Authors Choose This Option Your book requires complex or highly visual layout decisions You want every page to reflect a distinct creative vision You need a one-of-a-kind interior that goes beyond traditional formatting
Included in My Publishing Package		Upgrade to Enhanced Interior		Upgrade to Custom Interior

Compare the Three Interior Options

	Standard Interior Formatting	Enhanced Interior Formatting	Custom Interior Formatting
Included In	All publishing packages	Optional upgrade	Optional premium service
Design Direction	Designer chooses genre-appropriate formatting	You provide preferences; designer builds a custom style system	Collaborative, page-by-page creative design
Level of Customization	Minimal	Tailored style sheet applied consistently throughout	High — unique layouts across pages
Typography & Spacing	Professionally formatted using standard styles	Custom font selections, spacing, and layout rules based on your input	Fully customized typography and layout treatment
Chapter & Section Styling	Clean, traditional presentation	Styled chapter openers and coordinated visual elements	Completely custom chapter designs and graphic integration
Best For Authors Who…	Want a professional, straightforward interior	Want a distinctive, professionally designed interior without full custom layout	Need complex layouts, graphics, or page-by-page art direction
Overall Experience	Reliable and professional	Signature look with structured design system	Fully bespoke book interior design

Not Sure Which Interior Option Is Right for You?

Choose Standard Interior Formatting if:

You want a clean, professional interior for a primarily text-based book and do not need decorative or complex design treatment.

Choose Enhanced Interior Formatting if:

You want a more distinctive interior, want to guide the visual style, and like the idea of a designer-built system that carries your preferences throughout the book.

Choose Custom Interior Formatting if:

Your book depends on specialized layouts, visual storytelling, graphics, or page-by-page creative control.

Your Words Deserve an Interior That Supports Them

A great book interior does more than hold text. It shapes readability, reinforces genre expectations, and helps deliver the experience you want your readers to have. Whether you need clean formatting, a signature style system, or fully custom design, the right interior option helps your book feel complete from the very first page.

What Authors Say About Our Interior Design Services

"I love the choice of font, the graphic elements used as spacers, and the design for the section dividers. All perfect!" — Barbara Lehman Smith

"I just received my book and was very pleased with the interior. I love the colored pages, the style of font, and the text format. I would definitely recommend the Enhanced Interior to everyone." — Barbara Bryan

"Wow!!!! These are awesome concepts! I love them all. They really capture the feel I was hoping to achieve. This is truly something I would have been unable to do for myself. Thanks for taking the time to understand what I needed for this book." — Horace McMillon