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Amazon still doing Kindle book modification

Skilled Workman Posted on June 9, 2016 by David BergslandJune 9, 2016

I received this in an email from Aaron Shepard this morning. I didn’t get permission to copy this, but I’ve done what I can to make sure you know this is Aaron’s writing. Evidently, Kindle book modification is still a problem after they are uploaded in the name of “better typography”. Aaron has some serious questions about this process. It is certainly something of which to be aware. The following quote is from Aaron’s email: One of the problems in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Production, Kindle book design, News, Recent Posts | Tagged aaron shepard, Adobe InDesign, Amazon kindle plug-in for indesign, Book Design, challenges, Design Issues, enhanced typography, kfx, kindle, kindle typography, Self-publishing, Typography

Color e-ink paperwhite: coming soon?

Skilled Workman Posted on May 26, 2016 by David BergslandMay 26, 2016

Gizmag has an interesting article today about color e-Ink. They claim it will not have any impact on ereaders. I hope they are wrong. Paperwhites, and their ilk, are one of the largest drags of ebook publishing today. They are great for simple novels and white papers. They are quite bad for non-fiction with its need for complex lists, large tables, color images, and so on. Color e-ink could bring the most popular ereaders to a new … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Production, Kindle book design, News, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon Kindle, E-book, epub, fiction, graphics, kindle, Kobo, non-fiction, nook, publishing, reality, Self-publishing

Is Kindle worse or just archaic?

Skilled Workman Posted on April 22, 2016 by David BergslandApril 22, 2016

Mumble, grumble, PITA, ;oebpa;b/ hkvo… Ok! Now that’s off my chest. I just had fits with a Kindle book for a client. I use to do them first (after the print/PDF versions were complete) because they were such a pain in the a…, but I’ve begun doing them last because they’re just bleah. Working with Kindle formatting seems like stepping back a decade. For me, the ePUB problems have largely been solved: paragraph shading, anchored graphics, embedded … Continue reading →

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Book Publishing With InDesign CC: Spiral-bound

Skilled Workman Posted on April 19, 2016 by David BergslandApril 19, 2016

Even after over forty-five years, there’s still that little thrill when you see a finished book for the first time. It’s too bad that Amazon won’t carry them. But, they are the best choice for the classroom or self-study. The spiral-bound workbook I had to cut out the Christian marketing section to get the page count below the 470 page maximum for spiral-bound. The only thing I really miss are the color graphics. To get that (and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, ePUB, Kindle book design, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Typography | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Amazon Kindle, Book Design, Design Issues, epub, graphic design, iBooks, kindle, Kobo, nook, publishing, reality, Self-publishing, Typography

A free sample of “Book Publishing With InDesign CC” is available

Skilled Workman Posted on April 8, 2016 by David BergslandApril 11, 2016

I’ve published a sample of the new book on the Adobe servers. It’s about 75 pages of the various sections of the book. If you are interested in a review copy I recommend the PDF is reader’s spreads with the full color graphics. Let me know if you are interested. Here’s a link to the page with more information and purchase links. If word processor book production is taking up too much time and the results are … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, ePUB, ePUB3, Illustration, New Book Release, On-Demand Publishing, Pre-release Excerpts, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Typography | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book Design, Christian, Design Issues, E-book, epub, graphic design, iBooks, kindle, Kobo, nook, on-demand, OpenType, page layout, professional, publishing, Readability, reality, Self-publishing, Typography

Page Layout Part 5: Graphic needs of the formats

Skilled Workman Posted on March 10, 2016 by David BergslandMarch 26, 2016

Graphic needs for Print, PDF, ePUB, & Kindle KFX For book publishing, what you need to understand about graphics is how usage varies in the different formats. You’ll need to hand-adjust to produce the graphics for the various formats. Automation causes many problems. I’m just going to list the four options and their requirements, best formats, and so on. Greyscale print with color cover Lulu & Createspace, plus professional on-demand like Lightning source: You need to be careful. … Continue reading →

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A short note about ebook licensing for your fonts

Skilled Workman Posted on October 4, 2015 by David BergslandOctober 4, 2015

As a font designer, Monotype is the biggest and best. They have all the top sites: fonts.com, myfonts.com, itc.com, and several more. They are the sites used by the pros, primarily. At the least, the pros sell their fonts there also. These places are where my fonts are sold, in most cases. Ebook licensing is very new I have the entire Adobe library and several others, maybe 4000 fonts total. None of them are licensed for anything other … Continue reading →

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Pictures on Kindle remains a crap shoot

Skilled Workman Posted on October 1, 2015 by David BergslandOctober 1, 2015

I don’t do this as often as I should (read other people’s books on self-publishing). It’s not because I don’t think they have good things to offer. Mainly it’s the result of a reasoning and a fact. First, I don’t want to accidentally plagiarize someone while writing. So, I tend to keep others’ writing out of the memory banks. Second, most non-fiction on book publishing is far too expensive for my little budget. But I picked up a copy … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Production, GraphicDesign, Images, Kindle book design, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged aaron shepard, Adobe InDesign, Amazon Kindle, Book Design, challenges, Design Issues, E-book, graphic design, Graphic designer, iBooks, Kobo, publishing, Self-publishing, word

Enhanced typesetting and new inaccessible Kindle format?

Skilled Workman Posted on September 22, 2015 by David BergslandSeptember 22, 2015

Back to scratching mud Aaron Shepherd is convinced that this is true. The .kfx (which Aaron believes stands for .kf10) is a post-uploading process done to your books over the first month or two after uploading. What it means as far as he is concerned is this: In practical terms, this means there is no longer any effective way to proof your book before or after publication. You can get it looking absolutely perfect in a KDP proof, and … Continue reading →

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More on Kindle Problems…

Skilled Workman Posted on September 4, 2015 by David BergslandSeptember 4, 2015

A continuation of the Kindle formatting issues On one of the Facebook groups I participate in, there’s been some general poo-pahing over my most recent posting on the problems with Kindle formatting. I can understand it because many in that group only upload very simple novels. But the problem may be worse than I thought. So, I thought I better give some samples. In the process I found that Kindle has indeed destroyed the Kindle version of this … Continue reading →

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