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What skills are needed to self-publish?

Skilled Workman Posted on July 30, 2012 by David BergslandSeptember 17, 2012

What skills do you need? The idea is that InDesign can be learned and you can become comfortable enough with the software so that it becomes an extension of your creativity. For example, as I started this chapter in the Writing In InDesign book, I hit the shortcut to set my headline. This started the chapter on the next odd page (which is the norm). When I wrote the headline and hit the Return key, InDesign changed to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, ePUB, Kindle book design, Self-publishing, Typography, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Adobe InDesign, how do I self-publish, IBook, ibook2, InDesign, IPad, Kindle Fire, Kobo, publishing, Self-publishing, Typography, writing

Benefits of the new self-publishing paradigm

Skilled Workman Posted on July 23, 2012 by David BergslandJuly 23, 2012

There are many benefits of the new self-publishing options. I’ll cover the financial at the end. It is very fast! One of the real changes in the new paradigm is the speed with which you can release books, booklets, posters, and so on. If you have proofed copy that is ready to format, you can get it published and released in a day or so. The limitation is only your formatting speed. With the techniques and workflow … Continue reading →

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New Review: Writing In InDesign: A Philosophy for Writers In Service to Readers

Skilled Workman Posted on July 20, 2012 by David BergslandJuly 20, 2012

Today we have a guest post from a man who is a reader of my work who has become a friend. A while back he told me he was going to write a review. I had no idea he would put so much effort into the attempt. I asked if I could share this and he said to do it. Pastor Dean Williams has been a pastor for over 30 years serving in “a multitude of denominational … Continue reading →

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Kindle Export Plug-in for InDesign CS6 Released!

Skilled Workman Posted on July 10, 2012 by David BergslandJuly 10, 2012

I probably shouldn’t have put an exclamation mark on the title for I haven’t had a chance to try it yet. I’m still wading through the documentation. But I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. The CS6 plug-in Here’s a quote from their Web page from which you can download the plug-in. Kindle Plugin for Adobe InDesign® (Beta) is officially supported by Amazon to convert files to the Kindle format. We recommend you use Kindle … Continue reading →

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But you learn by doing: is your hardware/software good enough?

Skilled Workman Posted on July 2, 2012 by David BergslandJuly 2, 2012

You learn by doing, and there is a lot to learn: typography, page layout, printing limitations, ebook limitations, and much more. BUT! You can do it simply, line upon line, precept upon precept, as you grow into the publisher you need to be. How long will it take? That depends on how seriously you take your work and assignments. I used to teach this stuff in two intense semesters to people starting from scratch who were not … Continue reading →

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Careful of hyphens and eliminate widows and orphans

Skilled Workman Posted on June 27, 2012 by David BergslandJune 27, 2012

Be careful with hyphens. Because typeset line endings are automatic, so is the hyphenation. You can turn it on or off. Hyphenation is done by dictionary. You can set up the hyphens when you add new words to the user dictionary (see InDesign’s help). Another problem is that automatic hyphenation can create hyphens for many consecutive lines. Here there is sharp debate. Most of us agree that two hyphens in a row should be the maximum (a … Continue reading →

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Looking professional: Letterspacing, kerning, and tracking

Skilled Workman Posted on June 20, 2012 by David BergslandJune 20, 2012

Letterspacing Here is another typesetting capability that cannot even be considered by word processors. We mentioned letterspacing earlier. Letterspacing is the built-in spacing between characters in a font. The basic idea is that the white space between letters should be identical for all letter pairs. Obviously, this is not simple or easy. AT, OOPS, and silly have very different spacing problems—especially the ill. The better the font, the better the letterspacing. In very cheap fonts, individual letters … Continue reading →

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You must learn to produce your own book

Skilled Workman Posted on June 11, 2012 by David BergslandJune 11, 2012

For the past two decades, I have taught digital publishing skills. For the past fifteen years I have written and published books, both traditionally and on-demand. I have taught skills to present digital content transparently, effectively, and gracefully. I’ve learned how to present reader-centered books to my students and followers. But Word [and word processors in general] cannot do this. There are skills and capabilities that are necessary which are simply not available in Office. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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What’s your niche? It determines your strategy

Skilled Workman Posted on June 4, 2012 by David BergslandJune 4, 2012

Niche writers to limited markets Here we begin to see the modern reality of publishing. The change is of the same type as we saw with the conversion in television from three, then four, gargantuan mass-market networks to the current reality of thousands of channels on cable and satellite. The same thing has happened in magazines where there are now over 10,000 magazines in the US alone. There are now millions of active blogs. We are currently … Continue reading →

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The 3 dashes: hyphen, en dash, and em dash

Skilled Workman Posted on May 30, 2012 by David BergslandMay 30, 2012

5. Hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes The next major change we need to discuss is dashes. Typewriters only have one—the hyphen. Type has three—the hyphen, the en dash, and the em dash. All three have very specific usage rules. Hyphen: This is the character used to hyphenate words at the end of a line and to create compound words. For example, 10-point is the normal point size for book publishers’ body copy. In fact, hyphens are … Continue reading →

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