The design of books an explainer for authors, editors, agents, and other curious readers
"Of all the aspects of making a book, design is perhaps the most mysterious. Authors and readers surely realize that covers are designed objects that, like it or not, books are commonly judged by. But a book's interior is also the product of a designer's careful attention to such matt...
| Main Author: | Berne, Debbie (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2024.
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| Series: |
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The physical book. Kinds of books ; The parts of a book ; Printer's specifications ; Printing
- 2. Type. Brief history ; Looking at letters ; Font categories ; The character set ; Choosing type ; Type size ; Styling type
- 3. The cover. What's on a cover ; The creative brief ; Genre ; Craft ; Process ; The online cover ; The rest of the cover
- 4. Inside the book. The spread ; Front matter ; Back matter ; The body of the book ; The page ; Setting type ; Interior decorating
- 5. Illustrated books. Illustrated how? ; Vision and planning ; Designing visual books ; Image quality and production
- 6. Ebooks. Brief history ; Devices and apps ; Reflowable ebooks ; Fixed-layout ebooks
- 7. The design process. Traditional publishing ; Self-publishing ; The finished book
- Postscript
- Appendix. Type etiquette ; Freelance design contract ; Resources
- Glossary.