For 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…]
Publishing
Below you'll find links to all the information about publishing that’s available on the Book Design Made Simple website, book, videos, and blog.
We gained a lot of experience from creating Book Design Made Simple. You can learn from our successes and avoid our pitfalls! We’ve written blog posts about entering book award contests and publishing a second edition, as well as explained how to get all the details you need for your copyright page.
Excerpts from Book Design Made Simple
- Subject categories: how and where to get them for your book
- Barcodes: what they include and where to get them
- Book trim size: how to choose the right trim size
- Ebooks vs print books: why not create both editions?
- Book binding: many options beyond softcover and hardcover
- Digital vs offset printing — which is better? what's the difference?
- List of book printers for indie authors
Blog posts
Below are all the blog posts in the Publishing category, starting with the most recent post.
Our views on copyright
If you live in Canada, it used to be that your work was automatically protected under your country’s copyright laws. But now you must register with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and pay a fee. In the U.S., however, there has long been a raging debate about whether to register for an official copyright from the U.S. Copyright Office or not. [Read more…]
