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Boxy FontSpring introductory offer is really cheap

Skilled Workman Posted on January 15, 2018 by David BergslandJanuary 15, 2018

The Boxy FontSpring introductory offer is really cheap. As my new font family, Boxy, rolls out there is a wonderful intro offer on Fontspring. It currently available at MyFonts, FontSpring, Creative market, and here on this site. As many of you know, normal professional pricing on MyFonts, fonts.com, or YouWorkforThem is $24.95 per font and $74.95 for the four-font family. The FontSpring price is exceptional. Boxy FontSpring introductory offer is really cheap Until mid-February, their price is … Continue reading →

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Kindle image size rules change again

Skilled Workman Posted on January 15, 2018 by David BergslandJanuary 15, 2018

Again, Kindle image size rules change. Not a whole lot, but the new outrageous Kindle image sizes become more understandable. I was reading a Kindle formatting guide, from Amazon, the other day which said full-width images needed to be 3000 pixels wide. This is not that bad. However, in Aaron Shepard’s Publishing Blog today, I read the following paragraphs: But not long ago, I received one of those dread quality notices from Amazon, in this case warning me of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, Kindle book design, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon Kindle, Book Design, challenges, Design Issues, graphics, kindle, page layout | 2 Replies

Old Hermann Zapf film from 1967

Skilled Workman Posted on January 13, 2018 by David BergslandJanuary 14, 2018

Today I ran across this Old Hermann Zapf film [look at the end of the post]. It’s an old film, 1967. But, it starts out with Hermann freehanding large caps with chalk on a chalkboard. It’s breathtaking. The letters look remarkably like what we finally see in Zapfino. It was produced by Hallmark during a visit Mr. Zapf made there. Here’s a quote from an article on Linotype where they have a lot more info: Hermann’s account of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Font Design, Recent Posts, Typography | Tagged calligraphy, chalk calligraphy, Design Issues, font design, graphic design, Typography | 5 Replies

Powerful book design font groups are rare

Skilled Workman Posted on December 23, 2017 by David BergslandDecember 23, 2017

For the holidays, I set up a 64% Off sale for one of my powerful book design font groups on MyFonts. This includes the font families of Librum, Librum E, Librum Sans, Bookish, Bream, and Bulkr. So, instead of the normal $25 a font/$75 a family, all the individual fonts and families in the Librum Book Design Group are available for $9 per font/$27 per family or less through February 3, 2018. The image on the left links to a copy … Continue reading →

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Some new year self-publishing trends for 2018

Skilled Workman Posted on December 11, 2017 by David BergslandDecember 11, 2017

Sarah, from Marketing Christian Books, has shared some new year self-publishing trends for 2018. There are five things to mull over and I think she’s right. Independent publishing will continue to grow. But this is a mixed blessing. The number of books is growing like crazy, but the number of readers hasn’t changed much since 2012. Amazon will continue to streamline operations for book publishing. There’s good reason to believe that Createspace will disappear and print books will … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Production, Marketing, News, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Book Design, challenges, Design Issues, professional, publishing, Self-publishing | 1 Reply

2018 ebook conversion guide using InDesign CC

Skilled Workman Posted on November 28, 2017 by David BergslandNovember 28, 2017

I thought a good way to start the new year would be a 2018 ebook conversion guide. Things changed quite a bit in 2017. Plus, CC 2018 added some handy new features. Remember, I have a seemingly unusual attitude. I believe that spending a lot of time hand-coding a book is a waste of time. The good news is that InDesign CC now works well enough to make writing code unnecessary. 2018 ebook conversion guide As you know, … Continue reading →

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The ebook future grows complex

Skilled Workman Posted on November 17, 2017 by David BergslandNovember 17, 2017

The ebook future grows complex — more confusing as far as I can tell. Right now in my work, ebook design is being largely constrained by the limits of Kindle. I’ve mentioned this several times. Increasingly Apple ebooks are becoming a problem as the Apple marketers constantly change their marketing lingo. At least monthly, Apple bounces one of my ebooks because I am using what they told me to use, i.e. the iBookstore, and now they don’t … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, ePUB3, Kindle book design | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book Design, challenges, Design Issues, E-book, ebook, ebook production, professional, publishing, Self-publishing | 2 Replies

The stupid Kindle argument continues unnecessarily

Skilled Workman Posted on November 10, 2017 by David BergslandNovember 10, 2017

I’ve been fighting the stupid Kindle argument more and more lately. Kindle remains stupid, as far as formatting is concerned. Kindle’s immense list of things which cannot be done remains. Worse yet, they continue to strip out a lot of stuff. I’ve come to do a Kindle version with: HTML lists: InDesign does an excellent job of typesetting lists with custom indents and special bullets. They work fine in ePUBs with embedded fonts, but Kindle ruins them. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Production, ePUB, Kindle book design, Readability, Recent Posts, Typography | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book Design, challenges, E-book, epub, graphic design, HTML, InDesign, professional, publishing, Readability, Typography | 3 Replies

InDesign CC 2018 adds borders to shading

Skilled Workman Posted on October 19, 2017 by David BergslandOctober 10, 2017

I’ve waited a long time to write this: InDesign CC 2018 adds borders to shading! This is one I’ve been pushing for over the past decade or so. I was excited when they added paragraph shading. I never could understand why the borders weren’t added at the same time. Regardless, the InDesign team added them for this update. Finally, we have a good sidebar solution for ePUBs This has always been a major hassle in ePUB design. Sidebars simply don’t work … Continue reading →

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On-demand lay-flat binding options are few

Skilled Workman Posted on September 12, 2017 by David BergslandSeptember 12, 2017

On-demand lay-flat binding options are few. Joel Friedlander posted on 9/11/17 on the subject, talking like it’s no big deal. This is true, but only in traditional publishing, in most cases. On-demand lay-flat binding options are few Joel says, “My conclusion, after quite a bit of research, testing, having prototype books created so I could try to destroy them, is this: sewn bindings will give your book a structural and aesthetic integrity unachievable by other means, and it’s … Continue reading →

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