Sunset Publishing Services provides a comprehensive range of services for print and digital media (Internet and CD or DVD).

• Design
• Layout
• Typesetting
• Illustrations
• Editing
• Proofreading
• Web design and development
• Prepress
• Print management
• Multimedia management

Books, reports, catalogues and manuals—
professionally prepared for print and digital distribution

Sunset Publishing Services is a leading supplier to commercial publishers, academia, professional organisations and the business community, specialising in the production of quality publications of all kinds. A Brisbane-based company, we employ and work with some of the best editors, typesetters and designers in Australia, maintaining the highest standards in everything we do. Whatever your publication, we can take it through every stage of the prepress process—from manuscript to press-ready PDF—ensuring that the final printed (or digital) product will be of the best possible quality.

	Designing and producing all of your business communications needs		Creating high-quality print and eBook publications to publishing industry standards

	Designing, developing and producing stunning digital media and Internet solutions		For specialised needs, complex or scientific, a multi- skilled team that delivers

What makes us different? . . . a publishing background

Since its inception in 1985, Sunset Publishing Services has developed a strong reputation in the book publishing industry through a focus on quality and technical capability.

Sunset’s unique combination of contemporary design talent and a multi-skilled production team—which includes layout and proofreading specialists—differentiates us from run-of-the-mill marketing and design studios. Great design and layout, typographical excellence and correct use of the English language are what define us. Words such as ‘accuracy’, ‘correct interpretation’, ‘consistency throughout’ and ‘great layout and design’ are often used by our clients in unsolicited feedback.

It is our extensive background in professional book publishing that separates us from our competitors. Publishing houses demand high-quality results, usually on very tight timelines. As a preferred service supplier to many leading book publishing companies, we have earned a reputation for both quality and reliability, producing many novels, reference manuals, textbooks, technical reports, scientific publications, law books and ‘coffee table’ books. We maintain preferred supplier status with the largest book publishers, and our multi-skilled team applies this same approach and knowledge to ensure all our commercial clients and self-publishers receive quality outcomes every time.

But can’t my local graphic designer do all that?

Well, no—not unless she or he was thoroughly trained by an experienced typesetter. Why? Because, sadly, the necessary skills are not taught in graphic design colleges. Until design courses place an appropriate emphasis on typography and English skills, we at Sunset will continue to maintain a strict division of labour: a designer will perform the initial creative work, producing sample pages for the client, but it will be a trade typesetter who actually assembles the publication. It is worth noting also that everything our typesetters produce is checked by quality control personnel, all of whom are industry-trained proofreaders.

This is the way things were done traditionally, and it is still the way the commercial publishing industry operates. The books on your local bookshop shelves are not produced by graphic design studios. A designer produces the initial template, but the publishing company uses specialist companies such as our own for the remainder of the work. This is the way we have always operated at Sunset, and it is how we have built and maintained our reputation. We apply this process to all our work—from 1000-page books right down to brochures and business cards.

Does that mean we don’t value graphic designers? Not at all. We utilise the services of some of the best designers in the country, taking great care in matching designer to client—and more often than not we stand in awe of the results. Once the client has signed off on the initial design sample, however, the designer’s work is done.

The difference between us and your local design studio is that we place exactly the same value on the content of a publication as we do on its aesthetics. We believe that form and content should complement one another; however stunning a design may be, it will have been a pointless exercise if the finished product stands ruined by poor typography, or by errors of grammar and spelling.

What sets us apart from our competitors is our mix of creativity and a passion for using the written English language correctly. To state this boldly, how many design agencies’ websites contain poor grammar, incorrect use of punctuation, or spelling mistakes? Ours doesn’t. We challenge you to find an error anywhere on our website. That’s a compelling test that sets us apart. Our clients know that what we produce will look great and be correct.

The Sunset Team