Book Construction Blueprint: Expert Advice for Creating Industry-Standard Print Books - Softcover

Joel Friedlander

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9780936385440: Book Construction Blueprint: Expert Advice for Creating Industry-Standard Print Books

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ISBN 10: 0936385448 ISBN 13: 9780936385440

Publisher: Marin Bookworks, 2017

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Tips, advice, and lots of guidance for authors who want to create print books. Whether you are planning on print-on-demand or offset printing, print books have specific demands and hundreds of years of conventions that you need to address when designing your book and your production and marketing plans. Joel Friedlander—an award-winning designer with over 20,000 books published based on his work—wants to help you take your book to print. What you’ll discover in Book Construction Blueprint: --How to pick fonts for your book interiors and covers, including lots of free options --Why readers expect your books to be “industry-standard” --Step-by-step instructions to handle short-run offset book printers --Keys to understanding the “language of printing” --Making the decision between print-on-demand and offset printing --How to design details like running heads, text breaks, and indexes for your book --Expert tips for preparing your Word files for book production If you’re planning to see your book on bookshelves in bookstores, you’ll find the advice and tips you need in this book.

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Joel Friedlander is an award-winning book designer, blogger, and writer. He speaks regularly at industry events and is the author of A Self-Publisher’s Companion and coauthor of The Self-Publisher's Ultimate Resource Guide. The blogger behind TheBookDesigner, Joel is a columnist for Publishers Weekly, and was named by Writer's Digest as one of the 10 people to follow in book publishing. Joel also operates BookDesignTemplates.com, where he provides predesigned interior book templates for Word and InDesign; AuthorToolkits.com, where authors find digital products to help in their marketing and business activities; BookPlanner.com, the only project planning tool specifically designed for indie authors; and TheBookMakers.com, offering full service book production for authors and publishers.

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