Readability research #2
Choose a comfortable measure | The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web. Again this is for the Web, but this translates to ebook design also.
Continue reading →Choose a comfortable measure | The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web. Again this is for the Web, but this translates to ebook design also.
Continue reading →Flexknowlogy – Jared Steins blog – » readability. This is just for those of you looking for answers, like me. What is clear is that it is all opinion and dependent upon your preconceptions.
Continue reading →Part two: in the series developing my new book, “The New Publisher” Written and published in May, 2011 © David Bergsland • All Rights Reserved Mankato, Minnesota • http://radiqx.com Please let us know if there is anyway we can help you in you publishing endeavors. Page layout basics Setting up your book to be read One of the more daunting aspects of book design for the inexperienced is page layout. Most people have Word experience and Word cannot … Continue reading →
The New Publisher Here we are in the second decade of the new millennium and we are faced with a brand new way of serving the Lord in the Kingdom. Publishing has radically changed. The new changes are almost designed for those of us who feel called by the Lord to share the vision of what He has called us to do. The new methodologies work better for prophets, pastors, and teachers than they do for almost … Continue reading →
InDesign 7.5 On-Demand. I just released the 2nd edition of InDesign On-Demand. I will update the copy for the rest of the first edition. In this new paradigm, procedures, capabilities, and options are still changing weekly or more often than that.
Continue reading →Things have really changed—free whitepaper. Above is a link to a free PDF about how to publish your book for free in print, downloadable PDF, ePUB on iBooks and NookBooks, Kindle book, and various ebook formats. Included are marketing materials and intensive marketing—all for free. This is the new paradigm of on-demand publishing What has happened with few people noticing is that books have become a creative effort for fine artists and authors of all types. Not … Continue reading →
I’ll bet you never thought about it. But there are certainly answers that you need to know. This posting was triggered by a post from Sue Collier this morning which stated the following: “What length constitutes a book? It varies widely depending on who you ask. The U.S. Postal Service says you must have at least eight pages to qualify. International postal standards dictate that forty-nine pages is the magic number, not counting the cover. Anything under … Continue reading →
Now there is some real help. InDesign has been the best page layout tool for print for over a decade now. I was blessed to be in on the beta team for version one in 1999. I can remember how excited I was that there was finally a software tool I could use fluently that fit the way I think. Now InDesign 7.5 for the Design Premium suite CS5.5 is here I don’t know when it will … Continue reading →
What is typography? A good functional definition is very sweet and simple: Typography is the art & craft of making words easy and comfortable to read Some of this has to do with font choices: But ebooks (other than PDF) do not presently allow embedded fonts Some has to do with leading and point size: but ebooks give few controls here, and the readers can butcher that at will A lot has to do with column width: … Continue reading →
My study of biblical church organization took on a life of its own and has now become a small book tentatively called “Should the church be organized?” Its release will be pushing back the release of “Godly leadership and power” the verse by verse study of the Timothys and Titus. We are looking at Easter for the new church book and early summer for the TT&T book at this point. “Knowing Jesus as His Bride” is still … Continue reading →