by Kayla Cook | Jan 10, 2023 | 1106 Design offers, Book Interior Design, Self-publishing for professionals
Between copyediting and proofreading, there’s another phase of the publishing process that you may or may not be familiar with: Typesetting. If you have any questions about typesetting, by the end of this blog post, you’ll have a better understanding of...
by Kayla Cook | Apr 26, 2022 | Book Cover Design, Book Design, Finding & Evaluating a Designer
If you’ve been around this blog for very long, you’ve undoubtedly seen us discuss all of the ins and outs of self-publishing many times. Perhaps you’ve even been hard at work completing your own manuscript, long awaiting the day when you’ll be ready for the next step....
by Michele DeFilippo | Aug 3, 2021 | 1106 Design offers, Book Interior Design, Book Marketing, Book Printing, Editing & Proofreading, Editorial Evaluation, Publishing Business
A guest post by Kyle Weckerly Editors are an elusive and sometimes intimidating breed. They have the power to turn our stories into the polished gems we know them to be. Or reveal the glaring flaws that would tear them apart. It is that last one that nearly every...
by Michele DeFilippo | Nov 1, 2020 | Book Design
We’ve talked many times in this blog about the process to self-publish a book, how to research book designers and self-publishing services, and how to avoid scams. Now, here’s our Book Design Checklist of what book designers want to know about your project so that you...
by Michele DeFilippo | Sep 20, 2020 | Book Cover Design
Self-publishing is a personally rewarding and exciting endeavor for most indie authors, not to mention a good business strategy. The problem is when the final product ends up looking self-published. If a book looks self-published, reviewers, retailers and buyers will...
by Michele DeFilippo | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Cover Design
Indie authors understand that good cover design matters. Yet many don’t understand what professional book designers bring to the process; they don’t know what a book cover designer does. In short, a book cover designer will: Research your book’s genre Research the...
