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Apple iBooks Author Reinvents eBook Creation

by Joel Friedlander on January 20, 2012 42 Comments

Apple iBooks Author Reinvents eBook Creation and iBooks 2 will display the books

Filed Under: Book Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Apple iBook Author, book design, e-books, ebook, publishing a book, self publishing

Finding Photographs for a Book or Blog Gets Better

by Joel Friedlander on December 21, 2011 11 Comments

Finding Photographs for a Book or Blog Gets Better compares Fotolia.com and iStockphoto.com and looks at the Flickr utility Compfight.com

Filed Under: Book Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Book covers, book design, compfight.com, cover design, Flickr, Fotolia, interior design, iStockphoto, stock photos

Hardcover Books Reach New Heights

by Joel Friedlander on December 6, 2011 15 Comments

Hardcover Books Reach New Heights relates to a New York Times article describing commercial hardcover books produced with luxury features.

Filed Under: Book Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: e-books, ebook, hardcover book, julie bosman, mass market paperback, New York Times, publishing a book, self publishing

e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011

by Joel Friedlander on October 20, 2011 37 Comments

e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 including four badges awarded for fiction e-book cover designs and one for nonfiction e-book cover design

Filed Under: Book Design, Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Appie iBook, book design, e-book cover design awards, e-books, ebook cover design, ePub, Kindle, Nook

e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 4

by Joel Friedlander on October 19, 2011 11 Comments

e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 2

Filed Under: Book Design, Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, cover design, e-book cover design, eBooks, Kindle, self publishing

e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 3

by Joel Friedlander on October 18, 2011 23 Comments

e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 3

Filed Under: Book Design, Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: cover design, e-book cover design, eBooks, iBooks, Kindle, Nook, publishing a book, self publishing

e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 2

by Joel Friedlander on October 17, 2011 24 Comments

e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 2

Filed Under: Book Design, Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book cover design, e-book, e-book cover design, graphic design, self publishing

e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 1

by Joel Friedlander on October 16, 2011 17 Comments

e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 1

Filed Under: Book Design, Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book cover design, book design, cover design, e-book cover design awards, e-books

There's Something Odd About Self-Publishing Books

by Joel Friedlander on October 12, 2011 31 Comments

There’s Something Odd About Self-Publishing Books and that is that they usually don’t look very good. Why is that?

Filed Under: Book Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, cover design, Michael N. Marcus, publishing a book, self publishing

Book Design: Who's the Top Dog?

by Joel Friedlander on October 4, 2011 10 Comments

What would you say is the most important element in book design? Text font? Trim size? Words per page? Page proportions? Gutter margins? Each of those things is important, of course. They each have to take part for a book design to really work. But work for whom? Experienced designers know that only one person […]

Filed Under: Book Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, e-books, self publishing, typography

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