I’m getting closer to publishing my new book on creativity called Meeting the Muse: 28 Ways to Unlock the Pleasures & Avoid the Pitfalls of Your Creative Life. As regular readers know, this book is not about book publishing, it’s about the motives that...
Two recent projects have reminded me of just how much attention book designers have to pay to details. With a complex book, every detail counts. What makes a book “complex”? It could be very long manuscripts, books with footnotes, endnotes, annotations,...
I’m getting ready to publish a new book on creativity called Meeting the Muse: 28 Ways to Unlock the Pleasures & Avoid the Pitfalls of Your Creative Life. This book is not about book publishing, but more about the motives that move us to be creative, as all...
I know readers come here for practical help making and marketing their books, but today I want to give you an update on the things I have lined up in the coming months for indie authors, all of which are now coming to fruition. Over the past few years I’ve spent...
Case Study: Unmaking War, Remaking Men: How Empathy Can Reshape Our Politics, Our Soldiers and Ourselves by Kathleen Barry Design brief: Create a complete book design for the important launch of a new imprint. Constraints: None. The author was committed to turning out...
Case Study: The Andrew Street Mob by Brian Marais Design brief: Create a book design and production method to enable an author to publish a personal memoir. Constraints: The Andrew Street Mob was not designed to be a commercial project, so the economics of the...
