As an avid reader, there are few things worse than picking up a book that you’re excited to read and finding that the interior formatting is done so poorly that it actually inhibits your ability to enjoy the book. While the choices you make as a designer make a huge...
Since we introduced our interior book templates in February, 2013 over 15,000 authors all over the world have created their books more quickly and at less expense than ever before. But nothing’s perfect, right? Tracy Atkins and I have been hard at work for over...
Every once in a while I like to take a look at the tools I’ve been using recently because, stealthily, apps and services creep into daily use almost without our noticing. And that makes sense. Software continues to morph into different forms. We’ve moved...
The realization came to me a few years ago, in a flash: maybe they just don’t care. You see, for years as a working book designer, I’d been used to diving into an extensive design process for each new book project. Using variations in fonts, layouts,...
Last week I talked about how to get a book out of your blog archives, as I explored my own trove of articles in How I’m Going to Book My Blog—And You Can Too Let’s take the next step together. And I have something to confess. Do As I Say? Okay,...
