From the monthly archives:

August 2009

5 Favorite Fonts for Interior Book Design

August 31, 2009 204 comments

There’s no bigger decision you make in designing a book than picking the body typeface. A book by its nature is a long reading experience, and as book publishers we want our books to be as easy to read as possible while communicating the author’s intent.

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I Found a Book in My Garage; How a New Book Can Come Out of the Blue

August 15, 2009 2 comments

Searching for old files, the author comes across the raw material for a new book drawn from lectures almost-forgotten and stored in his garage.

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How To Use Twitter in 5 Minutes for Small and Independent Publishers

August 13, 2009 0 comments

At the BAIPA meeting many people wanted to talk about social media and their use for self publishers who would like to use these powerful networking tools. Most people seemed hesitant to try Twitter. I certainly understand the reluctance but Twitter is actually a fairly simple site that can be used in a variety of [...]

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