filed in Book Design and Layout, Self Publishing on Mar.20, 2013
Into all blogs some miscellany must fall… So a few links to articles I suspect will be of help and interest to those working in the publishing industry — and especially authors. First, a publishing horror story — and just one more reason more and more authors are self-publishing: O’Reilly Media Has Lost Its Soul […]
filed in Book Cover Design, Book Design and Layout, Self Publishing on Mar.12, 2013
What typeface is best for laying out the text in a book? Like spices, the ideal typeface for text adds a little flavor but not so much as to overwhelm. Some of the best picks are older types that have stood the test of time: Baskerville, some flavor of Garamond, or a modern version of […]
filed in Publishing Industry, Self Publishing on Feb.28, 2013
I’ve been in the publishing industry several decades now (and had a love for books and writing for many decades before that). I’ve followed with interest the appearance of the eBook. I was an “early adopter” of the eBook in idea if not name, reading text in 2002 on a Dell Axim PDA (personal digital […]
filed in Self Publishing on Feb.26, 2013
Here are a few articles that may be of help to those wanting to self-publish their books: Do you want to self-publish or go with a vanity press — and what are the differences? Self-Publishing & Vanity Publishing: Confuse Them and Pay the Price Type Size and Leading, White Space and Page Color Book Design […]
filed in Publishing Industry, Self Publishing on Dec.31, 2012
The intriguing thing about publishing these days, is not only that the playing field has been leveled by Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and others, but also that with POD and ebooks, a title can remain “in print” for many decades (and can do so without the costs of advanced printing, storage, or taxes on unsold […]
filed in Publishing Industry, Self Publishing on Feb.02, 2012
Another round of articles that try to look into the future of publishing… And one with thoughts about the proper price for an eBook and another on which is better for text, Serif or Sans Serif (the answer is not as simple as you might think): The Book Publishing Industry of the Future: It’s All […]
filed in Publishing Industry, Self Publishing on Jan.31, 2012
I’ve been working in the publishing business for several decades. While I’m now making my living mostly as a book illustrator, I’ve had the good fortune to see over 100 of my own books go to print, including 12 novels with HarperCollins and another with Avon, and a slew of technical books and how-to manuals […]
filed in Book Artwork and Illustrations, Graphic Novels, Self Publishing on Jul.26, 2011
Sometimes I’m contacted by writers having questions about how to translate a script or novel into a format that would allow an artist to create a graphic novel of the story. The process is not as straight-forward as one might imagine. Many writers make the mistake of trying to put too much into each page […]
filed in Book Cover Illustrations and Artwork, Self Publishing on Jul.04, 2011
Lawrence P. White’s science fiction novel Knights of the Chosen series (which I did the book cover illustration for — shown above) is now available in Kindle format from Amazon.com. The second in the Spirit of Empire series, this epic tale offers another good read. Check it out. If you like science fiction, you’ll enjoy […]
filed in Book Cover Design, Self Publishing on May.13, 2011
I’m slowly wrapping up what proved to be a huge book project: Illustrating and laying out Steve Quayle’s Angel Wars. Rather than creating only the cover illustration for the book (as is my normal assignment with book projects), I also did the graphic design and layout of the cover and all the inner pages as […]
