It looks like it’s become manuscript preparation week here at The Book Designer due to popular demand. Today I’m going to tell you how to do one thing, and only one thing. But this one thing can turn you from a hysterical, tearing-your-hair-out, mumbling...
Do you ever wonder how the Plain Jane word processing files you turn over to a book designer or typesetter get transformed into the graceful typography and measured lines of a printed book? Well, that process starts with the most basic and essential first step: file...
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...
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...
Everybody’s formatting, but nobody’s styling. And that’s my problem. You see, I get files from authors all the time. I get the files while the book’s being editing, and I use those to make estimates and do design samples. After editing is...
