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Designing the Book, Pt 3

May 7, 2012
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Designing the Book, Pt 3

I’ve been putting the finishing touches on our own print book this week, and I must say, it can be a punishing task if you’re not used to it. While I usually have no problem going through my checklist of items to do on a client’s book, on my own I find myself backtracking,...

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Designing the Book, Pt 2

April 29, 2012
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Designing the Book, Pt 2

Last time we talked about typography. Today I’m going to talk about setting up a page and what to look for. Margins… margins, margins, margins. If this is a new term for you, this is the empty space around the block of text on...

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Designing the Book, part 1

April 8, 2012
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Designing the Book, part 1

You’ve put in months, maybe years into writing your book. You’ve edited it, proofed it, and you’re almost ready to unleash it on the world, to pacify all the clamoring readers. But have you thought about how to design your book? That’s right: design....

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Writing Novels: Writers Work Wonders

March 19, 2012
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Writing Novels: Writers Work Wonders

We’re almost ready to publish our first novel. I must say, writing is hard. I certainly respected anyone who could write a book before, but now that I’ve done...

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Shhh! Can’t Keep it a Secret!

March 16, 2012
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Shhh! Can’t Keep it a Secret!

Okay, I wasn’t going to post about our unpublished bundle sale, but dang it, I want to share the opportunity. I don’t know exactly how long we’ll keep doing...

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Snow Talk

March 13, 2012
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Snow Talk

It’s mid-March, and they’ve been talking snow. Woke up this morning and they were announcing the Oregon coast is pretty much snowed in. This is a rare event. Not...

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The Publishing Process

This is the process a book must go through before you find it on the shelves at your local bookstore:

Develop and write manuscript

Proof

Edit

Proof

Edit

Proof

Edit

Proof

Edit

Proof

Design

Typeset

Proof

Typeset corrections

Proof

Typeset more corrections

Proof

Make ready for press

Proof blueline

Print

Bind

Ship

Distribute books

Are you sure you can and want to do all that editing yourself?