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Is book design REALLY simple?

July 11, 2014 By Glenna Collett Leave a Comment

open book with strong colors to indicate good book designIf you are a book designer reading this, you have probably just put a huge question mark at the end of our book title, Book Design Made Simple. “There’s nothing simple about it!” you say, and I have to admit that I agree with you. Especially when typesetting and page layout are added into the mix with book cover design elements. [Read more…]

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How this whole thing started (for me)

June 6, 2014 By Glenna Collett 2 Comments

book with glassesFor my entire professional life, since the mid 1970s, I have been a book designer. But back in 2008, my two best textbook publishing clients suddenly stopped using freelancers, and the bottom dropped out of my business just like that. So I scrambled for a new way to make some money as a book designer. [Read more…]

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Design your book and get it to press with confidence—even if it’s your first book!

May 13, 2014 By Fiona Raven

Book Design Made Simple, 2nd Edition, 5 medals!
Do you want to create your book cover and/or pages yourself using Adobe InDesign? Well, now you can! Follow easy step-by-step instructions to create your own book design and typeset your pages. [Read more…]

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