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Book Anatomy: Revisiting Your Book’s Back Matter

by Joel Friedlander on May 6, 2019 4 Comments

I’ve recently been writing a series on Book Anatomy for the BookWorks site, and the most recent article just went live last week. In taking the opportunity to revise my own work of about 10 years ago on the Parts of a Book I found a number of places where the list could be updated […]

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Production Tagged With: book design, book production, BookWorks

Beware the Impossible Book Project

by Joel Friedlander on February 19, 2018 12 Comments

Don’t try to create an “impossible” book.

Filed Under: Book Production, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book production, San Francisco Writers Conference

New! Full-Service Book Design and Production from The Book Makers

by Joel Friedlander on March 6, 2017 9 Comments

Announcing The Book Makers, a complete book design and production service

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Production Tagged With: Abigail Dunard, book design, book production, Marla Markman, Michele Orwin, The Book Makers, Tracy R. Atkins

Self-Publishers: Are you a Book Planner or a Free Spirit?

by Joel Friedlander on November 30, 2015 21 Comments

Fiction writers are sometimes divided into “plotters” and “pantsers” depending on how much advance thought they put into the development of their novels. The “plotters” like to work everything out in advance. They may develop elaborate outlines, timelines, character portraits, diagrams of pivot points in their story, and know, even before they strike the first […]

Filed Under: Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design templates, book production, BookPlanner, Self-Publishing

Review: PDF to InDesign Conversion Software for Book Layout: Markzware PDF2DTP

by Joel Friedlander on April 8, 2014 9 Comments

Review: PDF to InDesign Conversion Software for Book Layout: Markzware PDF2DTP in which the plugin is described and evaluated for book production

Filed Under: Book Production, Reviews Tagged With: Adobe InDesign, book design, book production, markzware, QuarkXPress, Recosoft

Breaking News: New Ingram Spark Discounts for Indie Publishers

by Joel Friedlander on January 8, 2014 176 Comments

Breaking News: New Ingram Spark Discounts for Indie Publishers describes policy changes at the popular POD vendor

Filed Under: Self-Publishing Tagged With: Book Printing, book production, Ingram Spark, Robin Cutler, self publishing

Understanding Book Layouts and Page Margins

by Joel Friedlander on August 14, 2013 78 Comments

Understanding Book Layouts and Page Margins describes typical margins for a standard 6 inch by 9 inch trade paperback, including CreateSpace book layout specifications

Filed Under: Book Design Tagged With: book design, book layouts, book production, CreateSpace, publishing a book, self publishing

Children’s Book Templates Now at BookDesignTemplates.com

by Joel Friedlander on August 2, 2013 20 Comments

Children’s Book Templates Now at BookDesignTemplates.com describes picture book, chapter book, and pre-teen book design templates for Microsoft Word

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Production, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Beatrix Potter, book design, book design templates, book production, book template, Microsoft Word, Tracy R. Atkins

Book Design and Formatting Services from The Book Designer

by Joel Friedlander on July 19, 2013 6 Comments

Book Design and Formatting Services from The Book Designer describes three different book design services for authors and publishers

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Production, Cover Design Tagged With: book design, book formatting, book interiors, book production, bookdesigntemplates.com, eBooks, Joel Friedlander, Tracy R. Atkins

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

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