http://www.thebookdesigner.com Practical Advice to Help Self-Publishers Build Better Books Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:57:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/articles/#comment-14524 Cover Page Design for the Dirt Poor and Graphically Challenged | BloodWrites Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:32:14 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?page_id=1650#comment-14524 [...] The Book Designer. Joel Friedlander has done a great job of organizing his site, so if you click on ARTICLES in the top menu, you’ll find entire sections devoted to book design, cover design, interior, [...] [...] The Book Designer. Joel Friedlander has done a great job of organizing his site, so if you click on ARTICLES in the top menu, you’ll find entire sections devoted to book design, cover design, interior, [...]

]]> http://www.thebookdesigner.com/articles/#comment-13536 7 Formats for Winning Blog Posts « Alive Creative Tue, 03 May 2011 05:02:15 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?page_id=1650#comment-13536 [...] Now in the blogging world, maybe that’s no big deal. But just between you and me, that seems like a pretty big deal. It’s immensely gratifying that people can find and make use of the 500+ articles in the archives. [...] [...] Now in the blogging world, maybe that’s no big deal. But just between you and me, that seems like a pretty big deal. It’s immensely gratifying that people can find and make use of the 500+ articles in the archives. [...]

]]> http://www.thebookdesigner.com/articles/#comment-12995 MediaShift . The Easiest, Cheapest, Fastest Way to Self-Publish Your Book | PBS Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:32:22 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?page_id=1650#comment-12995 [...] Formatting the Smashwords .doc file is simple but tedious and can be a little frustrating to non-geeks, so they've compiled a list of people who will do that for you who charge from $25 an hour and up. My advice is to save yourself the headaches and hire it out. I also always recommend getting professional book cover design -- these people know how to make book art and titles pop even when it's the size of a postage stamp. See the Smashwords FAQ to get both lists. Try to find a designer who can also help you create a back cover and spine for your print edition when you later upload it to CreateSpace. (For more details on book design, visit Joel Friedlander's site The Book Designer.) [...] [...] Formatting the Smashwords .doc file is simple but tedious and can be a little frustrating to non-geeks, so they've compiled a list of people who will do that for you who charge from $25 an hour and up. My advice is to save yourself the headaches and hire it out. I also always recommend getting professional book cover design — these people know how to make book art and titles pop even when it's the size of a postage stamp. See the Smashwords FAQ to get both lists. Try to find a designer who can also help you create a back cover and spine for your print edition when you later upload it to CreateSpace. (For more details on book design, visit Joel Friedlander's site The Book Designer.) [...]

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