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Why embedded fonts matter for your ebooks

Skilled Workman Posted on September 9, 2013 by David BergslandSeptember 9, 2013

Today I want to talk about an area of ePUB and Kindle design which is never mentioned. The reason it is not mentioned is that only iBooks and Kindle Fire have the capability. There are a few peripheral apps that can: Bluefire on the iPad & Readium on Chrome, plus there may be more on Android, but I have no way to test that. There is a huge difference between the two options   You can clearly … Continue reading →

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Cover Design: The seduction of type effects

Skilled Workman Posted on August 12, 2013 by David BergslandAugust 12, 2013

Amateur covers are obvious! The number one mistake is made by adding all kinds of fancy trimmings to your type. Not only does it make the type much harder to read, but all trained designers have been strongly told that NO ONE EVER does that. As a result, there are very few professional covers with type stylized like that. If it is, the type is carefully embossed, maybe beveled. Using the minimal amount necessary to get the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, ePUB, Kindle book design, Readability, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Arts, book cover, book cover design, graphic design, importance of covers, Kobo, lulu, nook, Readability | 1 Reply

The changes to self-publishing are just beginning

Skilled Workman 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 the dedicated ereader Getting book discovery out of the hands of Amazon The ereader is going Some of this may be wishful thinking on my part. But the sales stats are proving my assumptions to be true. … 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 | 8 Replies

InDesign CC begins the solution to ugly HTML lists

Skilled Workman Posted on May 15, 2013 by David BergslandFebruary 7, 2014

One of the real issues with ePUBs and Kindle books are the horrendously ugly HTML lists which have no typographical relationship with the rest of the copy in the book. InDesign CC has made a large step forward by beginning their development of a robust convert-to-text option for our ePUBs. Let me show you the issues with a sample document:   Here we see a small bulleted list using an oversized red dingbat from the font, Embellishments … Continue reading →

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Multiple linked TOCs in ePUBs for CC

Skilled Workman Posted on May 14, 2013 by David BergslandMay 14, 2013

One of the new changes to InDesign CC is an innocuous checkbox at the bottom of the Table of Contents dialog box for: Make text anchor in source paragraph. What this does is make sure that any TOC has functional links in the exported ePUB. As Ron Bilodeau commented, “You can now have multiple ID-generated TOCs within your document(s) and they will all exist with correct links within your exported ePub file.” Now you can have custom … Continue reading →

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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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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, Christian Design, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Amazon Kindle, Book, Book Design, DIY publisting, how do I self-publish, iBooks, InDesign, publishing, Self-publishing, what does it cost to self-publish | 3 Replies

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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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, Leadership, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, epub, iBooks, InDesign, IPad, kindle, nook, page layout, Typography, word, Word processing | 16 Replies

Graphics In InDesign: an excerpt from “Practical Professional Self Publishing Handbook”

Skilled Workman Posted on March 30, 2013 by David BergslandMarch 30, 2013

This is the first portion of the new Practical Professional Self Publishing Handbook due out before summer this year. InDesign is the true replacement for FreeHand Many designers are still upset that Adobe took FreeHand off the market. We remain convinced that FreeHand was a far superior vector drawing program to Illustrator. Actually, I bring good news. InDesign is actually more closely related to FreeHand than it is to Illustrator. Ole Kvern and I have commented on this many … Continue reading →

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Nook dying? B&N could go DRM-free and hook up with the iPad

Skilled Workman Posted on February 28, 2013 by David BergslandFebruary 28, 2013

Now I admit, I’m going on the words of others. I personally bailed on the Nook app and B&N a while ago. I am saddened by the troubles of the local B&N—it’s the only bookstore in town. I was hoping for viable competition to Amazon, but it is just not there. As they are stuck in a supposedly poor version of proprietary DRM, the smelly ears syndrome has got them in its clutches. I’m slightly hopeful that Riggio … Continue reading →

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Writing In InDesign ePUB with fonts is available via email

Skilled Workman Posted on October 31, 2012 by David BergslandOctober 31, 2012

If you want your own copy on your hard drive, Buy the 2.5 edition ePUB direct, NOW! You can purchase directly an ePUB version of Edition 2.5 with embedded fonts for the normal price of $7.99. I’ll email it to you, and you can upload it into your iPad or Android tablet BlueFire app to see the embedded fonts. The embedded fonts will also be seen in in the Kindle Fire (but I can’t email a KF8 … Continue reading →

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