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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...

Book Design with Microsoft Word: The Art of Moriah Jovan

by Joel Friedlander | Sep 14, 2010 | Book Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing

I bet, like me, you’ve been using Microsoft Word for years. One of the most common complaints you hear from professional book designers, cover designers, typographers, and some self-publishers is that you can’t create a “real” book in a word...

8 Drop Caps For Chapter Openings in Adobe InDesign

by Joel Friedlander | Sep 2, 2010 | Book Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing

When you start to design your book, one of the first things you might realize is that the chapter opening pages have the greatest potential for design elements. The rest of the book has to do the duty of conveying the meaning in the manuscript, and we judge book...

The Typographer’s Curse: Automatic Leading

by Joel Friedlander | May 6, 2010 | Book Design, Interior Design

Let me tell you a story. One day long ago a couple of engineers sat around putting together the first piece of software that would help people lay out documents and do the work of graphic designers, right from their own desktop computer. Do you think these engineers...
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