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4 Top Book Formatting Mistakes to Avoid

4 Top Book Formatting Mistakes to Avoid

by Joel Friedlander | Mar 9, 2011 | Book Construction Blueprint, Book Design, Book Production, Self-Publishing

Looking at the actual files we print books from, like the Adobe InDesign files I produce, can be quite revealing. I get sent a lot of files for various reasons. They might be the files from a self-publisher who thought they would design and lay out their book...

Book Page Layout Preparation: The Local Formatting Problem

by Joel Friedlander | Nov 11, 2010 | Book Construction Blueprint, Book Production, Self Publishing Basics

It looks like it’s become manuscript preparation week here at The Book Designer due to popular demand. Today I’m going to tell you how to do one thing, and only one thing. But this one thing can turn you from a hysterical, tearing-your-hair-out, mumbling...

Book Page Layout Preparation: Cleaning Up Your Word Files

by Joel Friedlander | Nov 10, 2010 | Book Construction Blueprint, Book Production, Self-Publishing

Do you ever wonder how the Plain Jane word processing files you turn over to a book designer or typesetter get transformed into the graceful typography and measured lines of a printed book? Well, that process starts with the most basic and essential first step: file...
Book Design & Page Layout Software: A Guide for DIY Authors

Book Design & Page Layout Software: A Guide for DIY Authors

by Joel Friedlander | Nov 8, 2010 | Book Design, Self-Publishing

You’re an author, and you want to self-publish. After all, the juice seems to be flowing toward self-publishers, more authors are rethinking their approach to publishing, and new opportunities seem to be opening up to self-publishers every day. The indie spirit...
Pagination Styles: Shall We Kill the Widows & Orphans?

Pagination Styles: Shall We Kill the Widows & Orphans?

by Joel Friedlander | Oct 20, 2010 | Book Construction Blueprint, Book Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing

In Brief: In book design we have to decide which style of pagination to choose. This article presents both so you can make an informed choice. People often seem to divide themselves neatly into two camps: shirts versus skins, innies versus outies, grow it out versus...
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