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Chain bookstores don’t have to die: see Waterstones

Posted on December 17, 2015 by David BergslandDecember 17, 2015

In a fun article in Slate, Stephen Heyman tells a tale of hope. In an article entitled, Big-Box Bookstores Don’t Have to Die, he shares the story of how Waterstones, the largest bookstore chain in Britain, has turned things around. Hint: it’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Production, Brick&Mortar, Marketing, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Bookselling, bookstore, chain bookstores, survival, Waterstones

Just because you can buy a buggy whip, cars have still completely replaced the horse and buggy

Posted on December 15, 2015 by David BergslandDecember 15, 2015

There’s a good article in Book Business today called Why Ebooks will eventually replace books. Caleb makes some very good points. Many people don’t look at the situation and see what a radical thing an ebook is. Like I mentioned in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brick&Mortar, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon.com, Book Design, E-book, on-demand, publishing, Self-publishing

Amazon is not the enemy, it’s the pathfinder

Posted on July 24, 2015 by David BergslandJuly 24, 2015

Get off your lazy butt—it’s a jungle out there! The only way to beat the leader is to be better at what the leader does. I was reading yet another excellent article this morning from Mike Shatzkin about the current state … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brick&Mortar, Marketing, News, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, E-book, ebook sales, iBooks, indie publishing, Self-publishing, traditional publishing

Writing and working in InDesign makes using it easy

Posted on July 21, 2014 by David BergslandJuly 19, 2014

I was talking to a friend a couple days ago. He mentioned the primary trouble he has in using InDesign to format his books: when he gets into InDesign he can’t remember how to use it. Suddenly, it dawned on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Kindle book design, Readability, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Typography, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, Book Design, CSS, ebook design, HTML, InDesign, lulu, Scrivener, smashwords, Typography

Lightning Source: the pro’s choice for POD?

Posted on November 18, 2013 by David BergslandNovember 18, 2013

The image is meaningless fill. I received this comment from Michael W. Perry, Inkling Books, Auburn, AL. I’ve been wanting a guest posting on this for a while, so I am appropriating his comments for that purpose. I’ve never dealt with … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, Guest Posts, Recent Posts | Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Createspace, CreativeCloud, InDesign, Lightning Source, LightningSource, Michael W. Perry, POD, Print on demand, professional

One of the hopes for the local bookstore…

Posted on October 19, 2013 by David BergslandOctober 19, 2013

Forbes has a fun article called:   The Man Who Took on Amazon and Saved a Bookstore It is this type of technology which will let the local bookstore compete against Amazon. The Expresso Book Machine can publish out-of-print titles … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Production, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts | Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Book, Forbes, instant, on-demand, publishing

The changes to self-publishing are just beginning

Posted on July 1, 2013 by David BergslandJuly 1, 2013

This has been a day for it. All my sources are talking about nothing else. Here’s an excellent article about where indie and self-publishing may go There’s some good stuff here. The real problem is two-fold: The transitional future of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, apple, desktop computers, IPad, Kobo, laptops, nook, Tablet computer, tablets

Picking an appropriate size for your book

Posted on August 20, 2012 by David BergslandAugust 20, 2012

Document size [page size] In traditional publishing, there were many more options. This is one reason why traditional publishing costs so much more. Virtually all traditional printing is custom work—to meet the needs of the individual designer & various paper … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, On-Demand Publishing, Self-publishing, Typography, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, column width, Createspace, Lightning Source, lulu, page size, Print on demand, publishing, words per line

Writing In InDesign means it’s ready to go when you finish!

Posted on June 19, 2012 by David BergslandJune 19, 2012

When you’re done writing and editing, it’s ready to print! This is probably the best part of the process. In the traditional scenario, design and formatting does not begin until the book is written and edited. If you are writing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, converting books to ebooks, epub, IBook, kindle, print to epub, print to kindle

My newest book: Writing in InDesign

Posted on July 14, 2011 by David BergslandNovember 19, 2012

Check out my page on the book This book has been replaced by “Writing In InDesign Revised Edition 2.5” This first edition, first formatting of the new book is no longer available available on Amazon. It includes many of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Ministry, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts, Typography | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Amazon.com, apple, Book Design, Design Issues, epub, IBook, InDesign, InDesign 7.5, IPad, on-demand, page layout, PostScript, publish, publishing, Typography
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