Book Design Made Simple

By Fiona Raven, By Glenna Collett

COMPUTERS

512 Pages, 7.4 x 9.02

Formats: Trade Paper, Mobipocket, PDF

Trade Paper, $59.95 (CA $59.95) (US $59.95)

Publication Date: June 2017

ISBN 9780994096920

Rights: WOR

12 Pines Press (Jun 2017)

Price:	$59.95

Overview

Book Design Made Simple gives DIY authors, small presses, and graphic designers—novices and experts alike—the power to design their own books. It’s the first comprehensive book of its kind, explaining every step from installing Adobe® InDesign® right through to sending the files to press. For those who want to design their own books but have little idea how to proceed, Book Design Made Simple is a semester of book design instruction plus a publishing class rolled into one. Let two experts guide you through the process with easy step-by-step instructions, resulting in a professional-looking top-quality book.

Reviews

"Regardless of design background, anyone who wants to design and produce a professional-looking book should find everything they need in Book Design Made Simple. Self-publishing spawned a whole cadre of authors anxious to turn manuscripts into completed books. While online sources often offer templates to create books with adequate design elements, there is nothing that duplicates the quality of designing a book that is free of system-imposed constraints. That is the approach taken by Raven and Collett, two experienced and accomplished book designers. In this book, they walk inexperienced book designers—whom they recognize are likely to be self-published authors—through every step of book design, from a blank page to a print-ready book.” —Barry Silverstein, Clarion Reviews

Author Biography

Fiona Raven and Glenna Collett are book designers with a combined 60+ years of experience. After collaborating on designing books for self-publishers, they joined forces to write Book Design Made Simple, a 500-page comprehensive guide to designing and typesetting books for non-designers and designers alike. Fiona has designed hundreds of books for self-publishers, small presses, and first-time authors. Glenna has designed more than 100 textbooks for large publishers, dozens of self-published books for authors, and also taught self publishing.

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