About Us

Dakota Book & Type offers complete design services, including book interiors and covers. Book designer Gary Niemeier has 20 years experience managing book projects and was voted best technical and scholarly book designer by PubWest, The Publishers Association of the West.

About Gary Niemeier

Experience	Owner, Dakota Book & Type, 1994-present Book design firm providing interior and cover designs for publishers and authors. Production Director/Book Designer, Eastland Press, Seattle, WA, 1988-1994 Designed and typeset medical textbooks. Purchased book printing services. Maintained production schedules. Typographer, freelance, Seattle/Bellevue, WA, 1987-88 Clients included Virginia Mason Medical Centers, Preview Publishing, and Technigraphic Systems, Inc. Typographer, Key Strokes, Inc., Seattle/Bellevue, WA, 1985-87 Typeset advertisements and magazines, including Alaska Airlines, Thousand Trails, and The Monthly. Type/Production Manager, City Pages Newsweekly, Minneapolis, MN, 1984-85 Ad design, typesetting, camera, keylining and proofreading. Publication Assistant, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 1981-84 Designed, typeset and keylined University publications.
Awards	First Place, Scholarly/Technical Book, in recognition of design excellence, PubWest Western Regional Book Design and Production Awards, 2004 Runner-Up, Scholarly/Technical Book, in recognition of design excellence, Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Awards , 1993 First Place, Scholarly Book, in recognition of design excellence, Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Awards , 1993 First Place, Scholarly Book, in recognition of design excellence, Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Awards , 1991 First Place, Scholarly Book, in recognition of design excellence, Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Awards , 1990 Second Place, Scholarly Book, in recognition of design excellence, Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Awards , 1989
Skills	Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator Macintosh OS GREP Nisus
Historical Skills	Quark XPress Compugraphic
Education	North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND Bachelor of Science, 1983 Majors: Communications, Business Administration Emphasis in Print Media
Additional Training	AppleScript Pro Sessions, Monterey, CA, 2002

Please contact Gary for more information.