Book Construction Blueprint: Expert Advice for Creating Industry-Standard Print Books

Tips, advice, and lots of guidance for authors who want to create print books. Whether you are planning on print-on-demand or offset printing, print books have specific demands and hundreds of years of conventions that you need to address when designing your book and your production and marketing plans. Joel Friedlander—an award-winning designer with over 20,000 books published based on his work—wants to help you take your book to print. What you’ll discover in Book Construction Blueprint: --How to pick fonts for your book interiors and covers, including lots of free options --Why readers expect your books to be “industry-standard” --Step-by-step instructions to handle short-run offset book printers --Keys to understanding the “language of printing” --Making the decision between print-on-demand and offset printing --How to design details like running heads, text breaks, and indexes for your book --Expert tips for preparing your Word files for book production If you’re planning to see your book on bookshelves in bookstores, you’ll find the advice and tips you need in this book.