Most readers, myself included, look up the reviews of a book before buying it. If the reviews are great, they’re likely to buy it as they have ample assurance that they’ll have a good time reading it. If the reviews aren’t good, they likely won’t buy the book. And...
Although this blog is called The Book Designer, many of the articles we publish here deal with topics other than book design such as self-publishing, marketing and social media, etc. That is why it gives me great pleasure to welcome Andrea Reider. Today, Andrea...
Nonfiction authors, listen up. There are books that don’t live up to their promises. From authors who only consulted themselves about what should be in their book, and how it should be presented. But this also creates an opportunity, because the existence of...
Barnes and Noble Press, formerly known as Nook Press, is an independent publishing platform with one of the most prestigious names in book retail behind it. But does Barnes and Noble Press have anything to offer beyond its brand name? What’s available at Barnes and...
When I started out as a book designer, I had one kind of client: book publishers. Whether they were trade publishers, academic presses, private presses, religious presses, nonprofits, or small independent presses, every client was a publisher of some kind. No one else...