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Book Design: Chapter Openers and Part Openers

by Joel Friedlander on August 7, 2017 9 Comments

I have to confess that my favorite part of book design is creating the chapter opening pages. Ideally the display typography and any other pictorial or decorative elements you use on the chapter opening pages will reflect the type used in the rest of the book, including the title page. In indie books we have […]

Filed Under: Book Design Tagged With: book design, Gregory A. Barker, Larry Jacobson, Lisa Alpine, Maggie Anton, Tony Brasunas, W. David Baird

Case Study: Hardcover Adventure Travel

by Joel Friedlander on April 5, 2011 4 Comments

Case Study: Hardcover Adventure Travel. The Boy Behind the Gate by Larry Jacobson, a complex typographic design with a lot of other decorative elements

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Printing, Book Production, Cover Design, Interior Design, Samples, Self-Publishing Tagged With: adventure travel book, binding, book design, Book Printing, book production, casebound books, color inserts, Larry Jacobson, publish a book, self publishing

8 Keys to Self-Publishing Success

by Joel Friedlander on March 11, 2011 26 Comments

8 Keys to Self-Publishing Success by Larry Jacobson. A self-publisher describes bringing his book to market by explaining the steps he took

Filed Under: Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, book distribution, book marketing, Book Printing, BookMasters, Larry Jacobson, Marla Markman, promotion, Rachel Arends, sales, self publishing, The Boy Behind the Gate

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