Joel Friedlander commented on the post, In Search of Free Images for Blog Posts and Book Covers, on the site Self-Publishing Review 11 months, 1 week ago
Nice roundup, Lela, it should be very helpful for authors, and thanks for the link to my article, too.
Joel Friedlander commented on the blog post A Note from the New Guy 2 years, 4 months ago
Todd, just want to congratulate you on jumping into your new role. I’m sure you’ll get lots of suggestions, but I see part of the potential of Self-Publishing Review in the social interaction of the people here. I look forward to your posts, and good luck!
Joel Friedlander commented on the blog post Resource: UpHype – Get Your Message Out 2 years, 10 months ago
Since this seems close to the “too good to be true” department, I’ll be interested in Matt’s results. Of course, if you have a sales funnel and products to support it, this type of advertising could be quite lucrative. Whether it will work for book sales is an interesting question. Novels especially seem to sell [...]
Joel Friedlander commented on the blog post The iPad is Incredible: A Review 2 years, 11 months ago
I waited a month to get an iPad. When they passed the 1 million shipped, I went down and order it without a clear idea of what I would do with the thing. An iPhone user, the interface was quite familiar. Now I carry it around finding new ways to use it constantly. It’s very [...]
Joel Friedlander commented on the blog post Ten More Things Book Designers Probably Won’t Tell You 3 years ago
Hey Cathi, Thanks for the reply. When I saw your snippet I checked back with Blurb.com and it appears that the articles previously on their site about RGB have been removed (although the references to them are still showing up in the search on their site). So apparently Blurb has changed their workflow, which is [...]
Joel Friedlander wrote a new blog post: Self-Publishing Design Review: Stories from the Asphalt by John Sparger 3 years ago
Review by Joel Friedlander, TheBookDesigner.com Our next book for review is a book of short stories, Stories from the Asphalt by John Sparger 5.5″ x 8.5″ 208 pages, softbound, ISBN 978-0979865008, Publisher: Unabashed Media, 2008. In his email, John informed me that the book was printed by Lightning Source. The cover artwork is by Baron von…[Read more]Joel Friedlander posted an update in the group
Book Design for Self-Publishers: 3 years agoJust a note that I’ve just uploaded the most recent Self-Published Design Review today, and I’m sure it will get through moderation very soon. It’s a review of John Sparger’s Stories from the Asphalt, and I know you’ll want to check it out. Look for it in the blog postings on the front page of the site.
Anyone else who wants to send in a…[Read more]
Joel Friedlander commented on the blog post Ten More Things Book Designers Probably Won’t Tell You 3 years ago
More great tips, Cathi, that’s really useful. You might be interested to know that Blurb.com, the digital short-run color book printer, actually prefers books to be uploaded in RGB rather than CMYK, which was a surprise to me. They are the only ones I know of that request RGB. However, I have to say they’ve [...]
Joel Friedlander commented on the blog post Writers and grandiose delusional disorder
Love it, love it, love it. The hair is fabulous.
Joel Friedlander commented on the blog post Self-Published Design Review: The Fiddler’s Gun by A.S. Peterson
Duolit,
I absolutely agree with Cheryl also. Your primary responsibility to your book is as a writer, and it will succeed based on the content, not the widows and orphans. I see them as additive, but it’s interesting being a writer and a…Joel Friedlander wrote on the wire of the group Book Design for Self-Publishers:
New Self-Published Design Review up on the blog. Here's a link: http://bit.ly/b6LcvI
This is a beautiful book by A.S. Peterson, check it out.
I have one more book in the on-deck circle for review, so this is a good time to send one in if you'd like to see your book…Joel Friedlander commented on the blog post Self-Published Design Review: The Fiddler’s Gun by A.S. Peterson
Cheryl,
Widows and orphans, hyphenation, and “rivers” in the page are what bedevil typesetters. For most books I prefer to kill the widows and orphans (sounds cruel, doesn’t it?) and have the odd page with an extra space at the bottom.…Joel Friedlander commented on the blog post Self-Published Design Review: The Fiddler’s Gun by A.S. Peterson
Pete,
Thanks for your additional input, which is really valuable. I agree that rendering the title in Illustrator and then embossing and foiling it would have made a big difference. And your prices are pretty much right in line with my…Joel Friedlander wrote a new blog post: Self-Published Design Review: The Fiddler’s Gun by A.S. Peterson 3 years, 3 months ago
Review by Joel Friedlander, TheBookDesigner.com Our next book for review is the historical novel The Fiddler’s Gun by A.S. Peterson. (6″ x 9″, 293 pages, softbound, ISBN 978-0615325422, Rabbit Room Press.) Design Review—Cover This novel is set during the American revolutionary war. Arthur Peterson said in his email to me thatI have not been…
Joel Friedlander commented on the blog post Self-Published Design Review: The Fiddler’s Gun by A.S. Peterson
Henry, the unit cost in this case would be directly related to the quantity the author printed, unlike digital, where one book costs the same as 100. I would not assume this book cost more than at LSI, the only extra cost would have been…
Joel Friedlander wrote a new blog post: Self-Published Design Review: The Fiddler’s Gun by A.S. Peterson
Review by Joel Friedlander, TheBookDesigner.com
Our next book for review is the historical novel The Fiddler’s Gun by A.S. Peterson. (6″ x 9″, 293 pages, softbound, ISBN 978-0615325422, Rabbit Room Press.)
Design Review—Cover
This novel is set…- Load More
