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Book production getting started understanding typography

Posted on July 23, 2017 by David BergslandSeptember 12, 2017

I’m working on new video coursework about using InDesign for publishing. The first course is concerned about book production getting started understanding typography. My concern is reaching my target audience which is you. I’m writing for an elusive niche—people like yourselves … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, Christian Design, Discipleship, Marketing, Recent Posts | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book Design, challenges, Design Issues, graphic design, InDesign, new course, publishing, Self-publishing, Typography, video coursework

Author Website, you need a WordPress blog

Posted on May 17, 2016 by David BergslandMay 17, 2016

I read a good article this morning by Jane Friedman entitled Building an Author Website on WordPress: How to Start Smart. I thought I’d better add my two cents. She’s advertising a course which may be good, but I really have no … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Production, Marketing, Ministry, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged blog, Book Design, Design Issues, gmail, hotmail, internet service provider, isp, professional, publishing, rocketmail, website, wordpress, wordpress.com, wordpress.org, yahoo

Curation: a main focus of your blog

Posted on August 3, 2015 by David BergslandAugust 3, 2015

Book business has a good article today entitled: Are content curators becoming more important than content creators? In many ways they are, especially in niches for non-fiction. For example, on my companion blog, Reality Calling, it’s main purpose has become the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Marketing, Ministry, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Book Design, book marketing, challenges, Design Issues, graphic design, J. R. R. Tolkien, niche development, non-fiction, publishing, reality, Self-publishing

Christian non-fiction reduced to $.99 per book

Posted on February 24, 2015 by David BergslandFebruary 24, 2015

The prices have been reduced on The Narrow Gate and Knowing Jesus As His Bride from the Advanced Discipleship series. Plus, the three verse by verse epistle studies are also at $.99 The Easily Understanding Scripture series $.99 each There are three … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Bible Study, Recent Posts, Sales | Tagged bible study, Christian, Epistle to the Philippians, epistles, Galatians, I Timothy, II Timothy, Jesus, knowing Jesus, narrow gate, philippians, topical studies, verse by verse

Book Production Charges are often ridiculous!

Posted on January 13, 2014 by David BergslandJanuary 13, 2014

I received this post today from GoodReads purporting to give reasonable figures for editing and page layout for books. The table is from the original blog posting. While these may be common charges for freelancers living in large cities, they … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, Christian Design, GraphicDesign, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book, charges, Copy editing, desktop publishing, Editing, graphic production, indexing, page layout, publishing, QuarkXPress

The new flat UIs or the Emperor has new clothes

Posted on January 8, 2014 by David BergslandJanuary 8, 2014

We all remember the story. A king is scammed by cunning tailors to walk around naked. The new iOS7 and Mavericks [OSX.9] are clear examples of this type of thinking. The lemming designers, like the Weather Channel, are beginning to … Continue reading →

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Author beware! You are responsible to make good choices

Posted on December 27, 2013 by David BergslandDecember 27, 2013

Dave Bricker posted a long article today about the dangers of publishing without knowing the expenses and requirements of book production. You need to read the article if you are ignorant of the scams perpetrated on authors. Most publishers you … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, Christian Design, Readability, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Writing In InDesign | Tagged author, Book Design, Editing, Manuscript, publish, Publishing and Printing, Self-publishing, vanity press, what does it cost to self-publish

Choosing a companion sans for your body copy

Posted on August 27, 2013 by David BergslandAugust 27, 2013

Use a companion font for the heads & subheads This font family needs to be carefully chosen. It needs to have enough contrast to the body copy font to make the heads stand out. But it must have the same, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, Christian Design, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Typography, Writing In InDesign | Tagged font, Futura, Garamond, graphics, nested styles, run-in heads, Sans-serif, serif, Times Roman, Typeface, typography. book design, X-height

Writing a book? No Sweat! Right? It’s what I do

Posted on August 24, 2013 by David BergslandAugust 24, 2013

I’ve been working on the third edition of Writing In InDesign due out around the first of the year. As usual, I am writing a lot, rearranging everything, doing everything I can to make it more helpful and uplifting to my … Continue reading →

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New Release! “How Do I Make The Next Book Better?”

Posted on July 20, 2013 by David BergslandAugust 7, 2013

This is the plaintive question I get every time after I have set up, formatted, and uploaded a book for a new author. It is also one of the most common questions I see while socially networking. Buy $2.99: How Do … Continue reading →

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