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Book Design 101: The secrets of paper in self-publishing

In every first-time author’s life there comes a moment when someone – or a self-publishing platform’s interface – asks a very important question: what kind of paper would you like to use for y

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Book Design 101: How to prepare your manuscript to make your designer cry tears of joy

If you want to make your designer’s day, here’s a few simple rules on how you can prepare your manuscript before sending it off for formatting – four DO’s and three DON’Ts!

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EPUB accessibility 101 – and what does it mean for authors

How to make sure that your EPUB meets the accessibility criteria? And what does accessiblity even mean?

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6 formatting mistakes that make your book (layout) look self-published

The goal of correctly formatting a book is giving your reader a comfortable reading experience… but sometimes, you’re faced with a choice of “what will make the reader the least uncomfortable”

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5 ways to make your novel’s layout unique

A short guide to make your novel’s layout fun, unique, and eye-catching - with decorations, drop caps and small caps, and other methods.

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Book Design 101: File Formats You Should Know as an Author

Self-publishing means dealing with A LOT of different files – in all possible formats. Here’s short guide to all the textual and visual file formats that you might find useful as an author.

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Book cover design and layout - "Det andre tyske di Book cover design and layout - "Det andre tyske diktaturet" by Marit Helene Meyer, via @boldbooksnorge. 

The design ended up not being used, since the book was picked up by a publishing house before the author could self-publish, but we were both pretty happy with the end result. 📕 

#bookdesign #bookcoverdesigner #nonfiction

book designer ~ book cover ~ book layout ~ book formatting ~ formatting ~ interior book design ~ self-publishing ~ history book ~ typography ~ editorial design
I wasn't able to finish a #pride painting in June I wasn't able to finish a #pride painting in June this year (but I AM still working on it!), so here's a few of my favourites from previous years. 🌈 

 Hopefully I'll finish this year's June painting in July!😆

#digitalartwork #romance 

couple ~ gay couple ~ lesbian couple ~ lgbtqia ~ lgbt ~ june pride ~ love ~ digital art ~ digital illustration ~ digital artist ~ summer
"The Wild Magic of Albion Hall" by Jayne Rice - il "The Wild Magic of Albion Hall" by Jayne Rice - illustration and book cover design. ✨️ 

I have SO MANY covers to post that I actually just finished working on book 2 of this series! 😅 Also, did I mention that I love drawing portraits and magical creatures? 😎 

#bookcoverdesigner #coverdesign #bookdesign

book cover artwork ~ digital artwork ~ fantasy book ~ ya book ~ young adult book ~ book designer ~ book cover designer ~ self-publishing ~ magic ~ unicorn ~ fmc