Posts Tagged ‘Book design’
8 Tips for Working With a Book Designer. Volume IV
Welcome to our final installment of 8 Tips for working with (and finding) a book designer. Volume IV. To recap the tips from previous weeks: Tip #1 – Research your genre. Tip #2 – Research a cover designers style. Tip #3 – Get a personal recommendation. Tip #4 – Don’t let $$ be everything. Tip…
Read More8 Tips for working with (and finding) a Book Designer. Volume III
All this month I’ve been covering tips for working with (and finding) a designer. Welcome to Volume III. To recap the last few tips: Tip# 1 – Research your genre. Tip# 2 – Research a cover designers style. Tip #3 – Get a personal recommendation. Tip #4 – Don’t let $money$ be everything. Moving on…
Read More8 Tips for Working With (and finding) a Book Designer Volume II
Professional creative graphic designer working at office desk, he is designing a vector illustration using a laptop Welcome to Volume II of 8 Tips for Working With (and finding) a Book Designer. Here’s a recap from last week: Tip# 1 – Research your genre. Tip# 2 – Research a cover designers style. Moving on to…
Read More8 Tips for Working With (and finding) a Book Designer – Volume I
Hello authors, fans and followers, and welcome to May! (already!) All this month I’ll be discussing Tips for Working With (and finding) a Book Designer. Let’s get started at the beginning. Tip# 1 – Know your genre and target audience. Research what is available for sale in your genre with the big publishing houses. Don’t…
Read MoreTitle Typography: 8 rookie mistakes that scream DIY Volume IV
Welcome to the final installment of 8 Rookie mistakes that scream DIY
Read MoreTitle Typography – 8 Rookie mistakes that scream DIY Volume III
All this month I’ve been going over 8 rookie mistakes in title (and by line) typography. Here’s the recap from weeks 1 and 2: #1 – Using white, black, primary yellow, primary red, primary blue #2 – Using flat, solid colour text#3 – Text too close to the edge#4 – Using too many fonts Feel free…
Read MoreTitle Typography – 8 Rookie mistakes that scream DIY Volume II.
This month I’m talking about rookie typography mistakes I see when folks attempt to create their own covers. These 8 examples are dead giveaways that the project is DIY. I’ll recap at the end in case you missed 1 & 2.For the record, the image I posted has many of these rookie mistakes. Can you…
Read MoreTips on book interior design. Volume IV
This month I’ve been discussing the basics of formatting your book interior. Welcome to volume IV. As a recap of the last few weeks: Tip #1 – Match your half title and/or title page to your cover. Tip #2 – Check your document for Widows & Orphans. Tip #3 – Know the order in which…
Read MoreTips on book interior design. Volume II
3 – Front matter and back matter. Unlike dark matter or plasma matter, these are not NASA space terms. Front matter and Back matter are a group of specific textual items that should/could appear in front of (front matter) and in back of (back matter) your manuscript text. The Chicago Manual of Style lists 16 front and…
Read MoreTips on book interior design. Volume I
Creating your books interior might seem easy. You might think, “Well, I’ll just upload my Word manuscript,” and Bob’s your Uncle! You’ve got a book! Uh, no. (not even sure you CAN do that, but if you could, I wouldn’t recommend it.) Keep in mind, your book, both inside and out, is competing with books designed…
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