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You can afford great book design-- let's talk about it.

The corner stone of all great novels these days is phenominal book design. With companies charging upwards of $600 to create a custom cover, most...

Examining books at the Design Exchange

As writers, our focus is often solely on what lies between the covers. But have you given thought to what happens when your manuscript is completed...

A Canadian Self-Publisher's Checklist

There are several little odds and ends involved with the Canadian book publishing process—some obvious, others not so obvious. The below...

How to Properly Design a Paperback Book Cover

No matter how engaging your story may be, the public is going to "judge your book by its cover" before they ever pick it up to read the...

How to Design Your Book's Interior

A book's interior is comprised of three basic elements: front matter, the body, and back matter. Each element may differ slightly depending on...

10 reasons to hold onto those printed books, even if you have a new Kindle...

As an avid computer user and graphic designer who depends on fancy-shmancy technology to do my work, I wasn’t surprised when people started...

Workshop on book design: bring your passion to life

Award-winning book designer Jennifer Omner of ALL Publications (www.ALLPublications.com) in Portland, Oregon is passionate about helping writers...

Are Ebooks a step backward?

Author and desinger David Barringer offers an interesting, and perhaps controversial, perspective on ebooks in this interview with Design Observer:...