by Joel Friedlander | Aug 17, 2012 | Writing
by Michele DeFilippo (@1106design) I met Michele online a couple of years ago. She and I share a commitment to educating authors for the challenges of self-publishing great books. As anyone who visits the site of her book design firm 1106Design knows, she is a very...
by Joel Friedlander | Jul 15, 2012 | Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
Welcome to this edition of the e-Book Cover Design Awards. This edition is for submissions during June, 2012. Here’s what we received: 64 covers in the Fiction category 12 covers in the Nonfiction category Award Winners and Listing I’ve added comments (JF:...
by Joel Friedlander | Jul 8, 2012 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
I guess this side of July 4th is the beginning of the second half of summer. But there’s no letup in the changes sweeping over the publishing industry, and today you’ve got some great reading in front of you right now that will help get you up to speed in...
by Joel Friedlander | May 30, 2012 | Self-Publishing
The call came in the early evening. Something was wrong with the big television in my son’s room. What do I know about TVs? Not much—I’m a book designer, after all—but I went in to have a look anyway. It showed a dot when turned on, but was...
by Joel Friedlander | Aug 28, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Welcome to this issue of the Carnival of the Indies blog carnival. This issue is for August, 2011. We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. A collection of outstanding articles recently posted to blogs,...