Understanding Book Layouts and Page Margins describes typical margins for a standard 6 inch by 9 inch trade paperback, including CreateSpace book layout specifications
book production
Book Anatomy: Revisiting Your Book’s Back Matter
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 […]
Beware the Impossible Book Project
Don’t try to create an “impossible” book.
New! Full-Service Book Design and Production from The Book Makers
Announcing The Book Makers, a complete book design and production service
Self-Publishers: Are you a Book Planner or a Free Spirit?
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 […]
Review: PDF to InDesign Conversion Software for Book Layout: Markzware PDF2DTP
Review: PDF to InDesign Conversion Software for Book Layout: Markzware PDF2DTP in which the plugin is described and evaluated for book production
Breaking News: New Ingram Spark Discounts for Indie Publishers
Breaking News: New Ingram Spark Discounts for Indie Publishers describes policy changes at the popular POD vendor
Children’s Book Templates Now at BookDesignTemplates.com
Children’s Book Templates Now at BookDesignTemplates.com describes picture book, chapter book, and pre-teen book design templates for Microsoft Word
Book Design and Formatting Services from The Book Designer
Book Design and Formatting Services from The Book Designer describes three different book design services for authors and publishers
X Hits the Spot: Why .DOCX is Better than .DOC for Authors Using Word
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
