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Book Design Articles by Kareen Ross
Articles will be posted soon. Here are some blog entries.
Book Design: Tips for interior formatting
THREE GRAPHIC DESIGN TIPs for INTERIOR Format
1. Some might not realize it's done, but the first paragraph in chapters looks and reads better if the indent is omited and the line is flush left. This allows the reader a 'strong' beginning point.
2. books can be made longer by using simple layout tweeks such as increasing type size, leading and margins.
3. Space after a paragraph is also important, I like to use extra space and an indent. This helps your eye move easily
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Book Design: Paper choice for Book Cover
When designing your book cover consider the Paper you'll use. Most are glossy, laminate, UV, etc., but have you really looked and felt them all...? Some are a delightful linen or uncoated stock that for, the right book, can really bring home another 'sense' to the reader. And for your paperbacks... be sure to get samples from the printer on 10 or 12 pt CS1 stock... the weight makes a difference too.
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Book Design: Use of Cartoons
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!!
Your book cover is more than you see...it's what you think as well. More than once a new publisher has come to me with a cartoon for their cover 'because all the other books in the catagory' had used a similar image so it must work. Not necessarly true. Cartoons. Is your book funny? Does it need to be introduced in a non-threatening way? Leave your options open to other possibilities when you hire a designer. Knowing the right questions to ask make all the difference in the final result.
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Book Design: Book Interior Design
Designing the interior of your book: Most manuscripts I receive have the charts, graphs, tables already made exactly the way the author wants them so some times redoing them can be costly. Most of the time they are able to be exported from MS Word exactly the way they were created and look good in reproduction. Be sure to consult with your book designer when the time comes... they can really help you with the process.
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