Booking Information
PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE READ OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE BOOKING AND THAT YOU READ THE INFORMATION BELOW VERY CAREFULLY
Step 1:
ADD info.showerofschmidt@gmail.com TO YOUR EMAIL CONTACTS
ENSURE YOU KNOW YOUR OWN SCHEDULE / TIMELINES AND BOOK WELL IN ADVANCE OF THESE TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT - PLEASE ENSURE YOU BECOME FAMILIAR WITH OUR TURNAROUND TIMES
PLEASE BE AWARE OF OUR WORKING HOURS:
Monday to Friday 6pm - 10.30pm except for UK school holidays where we may open during the day on week days.
Schmidts is not open for business during the weekends. Although we may choose to do extra work if we see fit during these times, and you may see our presence online, please do not expect correspondence during these times.
Step 2:
FILL IN A BOOKING FORM.
This form is to secure a slot in our schedule. You do not need to have your details ready at this stage.
THIS FORM ALLOWS YOU TO BOOK MULTIPLE JOBS AT ONCE.
For example: multiple covers for a series / a book cover plus teasers etc.
Step 3:
AWAIT EMAIL CONFIRMATION OF YOUR BOOKING
Once we have received your booking form, we will contact you to confirm your booking/s and request design information from you.
We aim to send booking confirmations within 5 working days, but please allow for delays at busier times. Working days are Monday to Friday.
This design information must reach us no later than 5 working days before the dates stated in your confirmation email.
If we do not receive this information by this point, or if there is information missing, you must expect delays and may even need to rebook.
PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM / JUNK FOLDERS IF YOU DON’T RECEIVE THIS E-MAIL WITHIN THE TIME FRAME.
We will endeavour to ensure clients are booked onto the schedule on or as close to their requested date as possible, but this might not always be achievable depending on availability.
Step 4:
RESPOND TO BOOKING CONFIRMATION EMAIL WITHIN THE TIME FRAME STATED.
ALL CUSTOM WORK TURNAROUND TIMES
You will be contacted for a brain-storm discussion within the 5 working days stated in your booking confirmation providing the design information reaches us in the required time.
After this discussion, there will be a 10 working day period in which The Designer will generate up to four draft concepts based on your ideas.
Final files will be delivered within 5 working days of The Client confirming a final version of the cover design.
PLEASE NOTE:
For custom cover design, you are required to have chosen at least ONE image that you would like your cover to be based around. We use Adobe Stock and Depositphotos.
If you have an exclusive image you would like us to use, details of how to get that to us are in the design brief form.
For teasers you will need to provide the links / numbers to images you would like us to use.
PRE-MADE ALTERATIONS TURNAROUND TIMES
A draft of your cover will be sent to you via email within the 5 working days stated in your booking confirmation providing the design information reaches us in the required time.
Final files will be delivered within 5 working days of The Client confirming a final version of the cover design.
PAPERBACK RE-SIZING TURNAROUND TIMES
Once you are ready for your spine resizing for paperback, drop us an email at info.showerofschmidt@gmail.com with your page numbers, trim size and paper colour and we will book you into the next available slot and email you to confirm the date.
Final files will be delivered within 5 working days of the booking date
CUSTOM CARTOON PORTRAITS TURNAROUND TIMES
PLEASE AWAIT INSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR BOOKING CONFIRMATION EMAIL.
After discussion, there will be a 10 working day period in which The Designer will generate up to four draft concepts based on your ideas.
Final files will be delivered within 5 working days of The Client confirming a final version of the design.
If clients have an emergency or wish to discuss booking options prior to filling out the form, they should contact us