If you are a writer working with a publisher (large or small) or if you are a small or first time publisher, this book will help you understand the book production process and the principles of good cover and interior book design. It will allow you to look at a book design and immediately see the common errors and to see that a book is following the traditions of good book design that gives credibility to your message. Whether you do the work yourself or hire it done, this book will help you get your book done right. Use this book to guide you through the bookd design and production process.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
This is THE book on entry level book design:
Pete Masterson has written an excellent nuts and bolts book on designing your own book. If you're thinking of jumping onto the POD (Publishing On Demand) train, you'd be well advised to read this book before making that leap. I'd worked in publishing and media, so I thought I knew everything. But I'd never designed a book. After working on complex media projects, how difficult could book design be? Just flow the text into InDesign, design a snappy cover, and that's that. I decided to buy... more info
Excellent Book if you want the detail:
Before I purchased this book, I read some of the critical reviews. They are valid, in as much as this book provides a lot of technical detail and is low on fluff. It's written in a readable style and laid out so it is easy to use as a reference for years to come. However, be prepared to get down into the details of Book Design. They're covered thoroughly. Another criticism I read was the the book didn't focus on other products besides Adobe's InDesign software. There's some truth in that; however, there is... more info
Excellent reference, but . . .:
This book has a lot to recommend it, up to a point. It has solid, detailed information on fonts, working with publishers, etc. I was surprised and disappointed, however, that he didn't go into interior design in terms of layout, etc. The last chapter, which was about choosing a designer, made the book seem that his goal was to attract clients. After all he has mentioned in previous chapters, which would be useful for people wanting to learn how to design a book themselves, he recommends hiring a designer... more info
Technical, full of useful information, a little boring in it's style:
For a book on book design, it seems like the book itself would be more visually appealing. With that being said, the book has a lot of useful information and is superior to others in it's class. It covers several areas that I haven't seen in other books like Word vs Adobe Indesign, scanning pages, etc.
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