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Author beware! You are responsible to make good choices

Skilled Workman 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 run across with a quick Google search as you start your hunt for help will be vanity houses seeking to scam the author. There are countless people lusting after your production money This is where you need … 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

Skilled Workman 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, or a very similar, x-height. This way you can use it comfortably for things like run-in heads, where the first few words in a paragraph are used as a contrasting low-level subhead. Your family choice should probably … 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

Skilled Workman 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 readers. It will also include the exciting new advances in ebook design and formatting now possible with InDesign CC. But this is just a quote about why we do what we do: ♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦ So, I’m a writer … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Leadership, Recent Posts, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Arts, author, Book Design, called, crazy, deft, reader, weird, writer, Writers Resources, writing

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

Skilled Workman 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 I Make The Next Book Better? There are three basic underlying concepts 1: Producing a print version of your book 2: Dealing with the size of your production budget 3: Producing a manuscript which can be easily … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, Christian Design, ePUB, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Typography | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book Design, graphic design, Guy Kawasaki, publish, QuarkXPress, Self-publishing, Typography, word

Contrary to common opinion, InDesign CC has helped ePUB export a lot

Skilled Workman Posted on June 5, 2013 by David BergslandJune 5, 2013

In the ePUB world, it is amazing how much bad press is given to InDesign. In fact, the coverage given to coders and developers of ePUBs matches the hype received in the media by Obama. But we won’t go there. I just received yet another posting in an author group I am in this morning. The writer stated that InDesign does not handle embedded fonts in ePUBs well. This is simply untrue. In fact, InDesign ePUB export … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, Christian Design, ePUB, Kindle book design, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book Design, ebook design, epub, epub design, HTML, IBook, Kindle Fire, Kobo, OpenType

DPS in trouble: people do not like digital magazines

Skilled Workman Posted on May 30, 2013 by David BergslandMay 30, 2013

I’ve been saying this for a long time, but now stats are surfacing to show my point. Dead Tree Edition has a good article on it showing that only 25% of tablet users prefer digital magazines over print. That means three-quarters of tablet users prefer print. My point is that DPS is a dead-end for Adobe. It is one of those “you did a wonderful job of making something I really didn’t have any need for” type … Continue reading →

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Posted in Christian Design, Magazines, Recent Posts, Typography | Tagged Adobe, digital magazines, DPS, Dynamic HTML, HTML, IPad, Tablet PCs

The new Self-Publishing Handbook is released!

Skilled Workman Posted on May 11, 2013 by David BergslandMay 11, 2013

My handbook for the new breed of self-publisher is out! Why do you need to read this book? As I have become involved with the amazing variety of the new breed of authors—self publishing pioneers, it has been stunning to watch and listen as they discuss the problems they are having because they are working in Word. If they are dealing with quality issues, Word rarely has an answer. In fact, it’s sad to see that there … Continue reading →

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Does quality matter in the new publishing paradigm?

Skilled Workman Posted on May 1, 2013 by David BergslandMay 1, 2013

As I have been experiencing, learning, teaching, and writing about on-demand self publishing over the past decade or two [I actually started self publishing ebooks in 1993 or 4], one area of book design has slid right past most of the new authors. This is quality. We won’t even discuss how quality dropped in the slide from letterpress to offset. That’s back in the dark ages, pre-digital. Silly person! That doesn’t matter any more. The one that … Continue reading →

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Just released a 69 page preview of my Self Publishing Handbook

Skilled Workman Posted on April 25, 2013 by David BergslandApril 25, 2013

The book is due out in May, 2013. It will be called: Practical Professional Self Publishing Handbook The book is written for those authors who recognize that professional production is key to having their books taken seriously. They are also tired of paying hundreds or thousands of dollars every time they release a book. In addition, they are sick of the need to be constantly contacting their designer to get special previews, gift editions, updates, and all … Continue reading →

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The sadness of Word & how it’s damaging self publishing

Skilled Workman Posted on January 30, 2013 by David BergslandJanuary 30, 2013

As I have become more social online, the prevailing grief for me is listening to all the new authors whose main problem is that they are using Word. Whether it’s one of my Facebook groups like Christian Indie Authors or Indie Christian Authors, a Google+ community like Christian Authors, or the authors who tweet, the ones in Linked-In groups, or GoodReads groups, and many more, the common lament is, “How do I do this in Word?” The … Continue reading →

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