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Is Interior Book Design a Commodity?

by Joel Friedlander on June 3, 2013 62 Comments

Is Interior Book Design a Commodity? Examines the 4 requirements for a functional interior book design, and asks readers whether they need custom book designs

Filed Under: Book Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, book designer, book formatting, book layout, commodity pricing, InDesign, indie publishing

Catherine Ryan Howard Interviews The Book Designer

by Joel Friedlander on May 15, 2013 4 Comments

Catherine Ryan Howard Interviews The Book Designer describes the problems authors have when they try to format books in Word, and bookdesigntemplates.com

Filed Under: Book Design Tagged With: book design, book formatting, bookdesigntemplates.com, Catherine Caffeinated, Cathering Ryan Howard, Microsoft Word, self publishing

Book Design: Pages or Spreads?

by Joel Friedlander on April 22, 2013 20 Comments

Book Design: Pages or Spreads? looks at the differences between designing print books and ebooks, and tips for dealing with them

Filed Under: Book Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, book formatting, bookdesigntemplates.com, CreateSpace, templates

X Hits the Spot: Why .DOCX is Better than .DOC for Authors Using Word

by Joel Friedlander on April 17, 2013 28 Comments

X Hits the Spot: Why .DOCX is Better than .DOC for Authors Using Word by Tracy R. Atkins examines the evolution of Word’s file formats and gives advice for authors

Filed Under: Book Design, Interior Design Tagged With: book design templates, book formatting, book layout, book production, Microsoft Word, Tracy R. Atkins

Adding Photos and Creating PDFs in Microsoft Word

by Joel Friedlander on February 27, 2013 6 Comments

Adding Photos and Creating PDFs in Microsoft Word shows pages from the bookdesigntemplates.com Formatting Guide

Filed Under: Book Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, bookdesigntemplates.com, formatting, Microsoft Word, publishing, self publishing

Your Top 7 Book Design Templates Questions Answered

by Joel Friedlander on February 25, 2013 76 Comments

Your Top 7 Book Design Templates Questions Answered deals with user issues with the new Microsoft Word files from bookdesigntemplates.com

Filed Under: Book Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Aeternum Ray, book design, bookdesigntemplates.com, e-books, Joanna Penn, Michael Hyatt, Microsoft Word, templates

Self-Published Books Get a Major Overhaul with BookDesignTemplates.com

by Joel Friedlander on February 22, 2013 128 Comments

Self-Published Books Get a Major Overhaul with BookDesignTemplates.com describes the Microsoft Word templates newly offered today

Filed Under: Book Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, bookdesigntemplates.com, licenses, Microsoft Word, self publishing, Tracy R. Atkins, typography

Book Designer Confesses: The Truth About Word Processors

by Joel Friedlander on February 18, 2013 35 Comments

Book Designer Confesses: The Truth About Word Processors discusses the movement on the part of authors to use word processors for book layout

Filed Under: Book Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Adobe InDesign, book design, Microsoft Word, self publishing, typography

Book Design Quick Tips for Self-Publishers

by Joel Friedlander on February 13, 2013 34 Comments

Book Design Quick Tips for Self-Publishers presents common mistakes to avoid and how to select typefaces for use in your book

Filed Under: Book Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, book interiors, bookdesigntemplates.com, font, publishing, self publishing, typeface, typography

Getting Started With Microsoft Word Styles for Book Layout

by Joel Friedlander on February 1, 2013 38 Comments

Getting Started With Microsoft Word Styles for Book Layout introduces how to work with Styles as a way to learn how to format your own books, especially with book design templates

Filed Under: Book Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, book design templates, book formatting, Microsoft Word, self publishing, Word styles

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