Book pages, especially early in the design and construction of your book, are architectural in that they contain basic structural elements that need to be built on strong foundations, allow for ornamentation where appropriate, and pay attention to the execution of the book’s function of transmitting information from author to reader. Well, that was a […]
The Writer’s iPad: Apple’s Pages Does Words & Layout
The Writer’s iPad: Apple’s Pages Does Words & Layout. Touchscreen interface makes this capable app both fun and frustrating, leaving me guessing at its role. With screen shots and command breakdown.
Book Page Layout for a Long Narrative
One of the projects I’m working on is a memoir of growing up in Johannesburg, South Africa. It’s a very personal but fascinating look at childhood in another time and place, and I’ll talk more about this book when it’s published, but it’s a great example of setting up a straight narrative book page layout. […]