Book Design Made Simple includes 73 chapters plus a glossary of design and printing terms and a comprehensive index. And we’ve added more than 400 images to make the steps you’ll take easy to master.
Part I: Getting Started
1 From Word to InDesign 1
2 Windows versus Mac 4
3 Leasing InDesign 5
4 A quick tour of InDesign 12
5 Choosing your trim size 20
6 Planning your pages 23
7 Creating your document 28
8 Placing your manuscript 44
9 Optimizing your text 50
Part II: Creating Your Styles
10 Creating your paragraph styles 56
11 Creating your character styles 80
12 Reversing or undoing mistakes 86
Part III: Formatting Your Pages
13 Applying your character styles 88
14 Formatting your pages 94
15 Adding folios and running heads 110
16 Printing pages 113
Part IV: Designing Your Pages
17 Changing your page design 118
18 Using parent (previously called master) pages 119
19 Changing your trim size 121
20 Changing your margins 123
21 Changing your main typeface 129
22 Setting type size and leading 135
23 Setting up your baseline grid 138
24 Designing chapter and part openings 142
25 Designing headings 184
26 Desiging other elements 194
27 Designing folios and running heads 218
28 Designing your front matter 222
29 Designing your back matter 246
Part V: Adding Shapes & Color
30 Working with shapes 256
31 Working with color 257
32 Using Layers for shapes 264
33 Using the Shape Tools 266
34 Using the Drawing Tools 268
35 Using the Stroke panel 272
36 Putting objects into groups 274
37 Adding a document bleed 275
38 Using object styles 276
39 Using a library 278
Part VI: Adding Images
40 Preparing to add images 282
41 Getting permission to use images 283
42 Organizing your images 285
43 Placing and positioning images 287
44 Adding captions and text wraps 294
45 Packaging your book 300
46 Optimizing your images 301
Part VII: Typesetting
47 Planning your final pass 320
48 Page count for offset printing 321
49 Adding, deleting, and moving text, pages, and styles 327
50 Typesetting tips and tricks 336
51 Improving your page layout 356
52 Creating and applying chapter parent (master) pages 362
53 Final proofreading corrections 366
54 Adding your index 368
Part VIII: Designing Your Cover
55 Researching your target market 376
56 Starting your front cover design 379
57 A few design principles 389
58 Creating a color palette 394
59 Polishing your front cover 397
60 Choosing your book’s binding 407
61 Using a printer’s cover template 411
62 Creating your own cover template 413
63 Planning your back cover 422
64 Designing your back cover 425
65 Designing your spine 437
66 Designing extras for hardcovers 441
67 Printing color cover proofs 444
Part IX: Preparing to Publish
68 Obtaining and assigning ISBNs 446
69 Setting your book’s retail price 450
70 Obtaining a bar code 451
71 Packaging for your printer 452
72 Uploading to your printer 461
73 EBook editions: EPUB and MOBI 463
References
Glossary 471
Keyboard shortcuts 477
The self-publishing process 478
Bibliography 480
Index 481
About the authors 499
A Note about ebooks:
Book Design Made Simple covers all the ins and outs of preparing books for printing. We also give pointers on how to think ahead for ebook conversion. We do not, however, tell you how to produce an ebook yourself as there are lots of excellent books already written on this subject.
Next:
Buy the book online or at your local bookstore.
Read about the authors, Glenna and Fiona.
Learn from our Video tutorials about InDesign.
Explore our Blog for book design and self-publishing tips.
Visit our Resources section for book design and self-publishing links.
Check out our Media Kit.
