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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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E-books 101: what they are and how they work

When publishing a book, you may find yourself facing a dilemma – should I publish a paper edition only, or should I also have an e-book? In the paragraphs below, you will find all the basic informat

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"Veeda" by @katherinepotter.writer - book cover de "Veeda" by @katherinepotter.writer - book cover design, illustration, and typesetting. ⛵️ 

A really fun and creative project I loved working on. The book will be available in both hard- and softcover! 📕 

#bookcoverdesigner #bookdesign #youngadult 

book cover design ~ cover designer ~ book designer ~ book design ~ editorial design ~ fantasy book ~ young adult ~ linocut ~ dragons ~ sea ~ adventure ~ self-publishing ~ indie book ~ indie author
When in doubt, go back to your comfort zone - whic When in doubt, go back to your comfort zone - which for me means painting women in armour with flowers. 😅 

This is my SECOND personal artwork this year, and I hope it means that I'm finally getting back to my normal mode of functioning. Painting this was really fun and relaxing - I do have moments when leaves and other small details really frustrate me, but I also have moments when they're almost meditative to work on. 

Here's to many more paintings like this in the following months! 

Ref from TrueRef by @abbeymarieesparza. <3

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digital art ~ digital artist ~ digital illustration ~ procreate ~ paladin ~ medieval ~ armor ~ amour ~ purity ~ innocence ~ lily ~ book cover illustration ~ book cover artwork
"Skoleanarkiet" by Lars Erik L. Gjerde - book cove "Skoleanarkiet" by Lars Erik L. Gjerde - book cover design. 

I've been showing you mostly fantasy covers lately, and in the meantime I'm also working on a lot of non-fiction. These books usually take longer - I'm usually working on the cover first, the layout later, and preparing the latter tends to take both the authors and myself more time. 

This book is still waiting for typesetting, but I can show you the cover already - I'm a bit fan of a minimalist non-fiction approach. 😉 

Project via @boldbooks_as. 

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book cover designer ~ self-publishing ~ norsk bok ~ sakprosa ~ book design