Tag: Print books

Want to guarantee that no one but friends and family will buy your book? It’s easy: just write a crappy book blurb for your back cover.

There’s more social distancing, more quarantining, and more medical emergencies ahead. But it’s heartening to see so many companies rushing to help defeat this crisis — and our sister company, Disc Makers, is among them.

For all the pleasure that reading provides, the sensual pleasures you get from a truly special edition of a book heighten and expand the experience.

What you include in the front matter of your book depends on the information you want to impart to your reader to help enhance, explain, or set things up.

I think as human beings we all have something of value to share with the world and we shouldn’t be afraid to share our stories.

This is the sixth entry in a series in which I detail the entire experience of self publishing my book. The goal is to offer tips and strategies so you can learn from my successes and mistakes. This week: cover design and interior formatting.

When it comes to professional book production, the interior formatting is absolutely critical. Whether the pages have two columns or one column, the type and size of font that's used, the spacing... all of that is very important.