Joels articles appear widely in online and print publications. But you cant change the world with a book thats still on your hard drive or in a box under your bed. Book design includes not only the graphic design of the front and back cover, but also the layout and typographic design of every page within your book. Simple things, a christian christmas middlegrade novel, and for adult. No matter what kind of book you want to publish, the advice, inspiration and downtoearth tips in this book will help you get to your goal. Hawthorne brings his own agenda to the hunt for ms. But you cant change the world with a book thats unpublished. He blogs about book design, writing and selfpublishing at. No writer himself, this modern sherlock holmes needs a watson to follow alongside as he brilliantly solves the murder of diana cowper, revealing his genius to the world. Joel runs the popular blog at where hes helped thousands of authors create books that readers really want to buy.
Now, im not saying youll ever be able to do that with ms word. So it is the responsibility of your book designer or you, if you choose to design your book yourself to ensure that the details of your book lead your future readers to your book, give off a. I finished writing two other books before setting sail on the good ship maynely hidden. Joel friedlander of the book designer has published the results of last months ebook cover design awards. Isbns dont matter as much as you probably think they do, but you might want to start owning your own anyway i was about to post an overlong response in a comment thread on joel friedlander s the book designer blog, but on reflection, realized what i was about to post wasnt a response, it was a blog entry in its own right. Hes been launching the careers of selfpublishers since 1994 from his book. We also announce how the winning design for pentecost makes for a great book cover. He plans to publish a book about himself to settle some scores and restore his tattered reputation. The book designer practical advice to help build better books. He has won the aiga 50 books of the year award for his work at aperture publishing, and the printing industries of america gold award for his book design and production.
Joel friedlander, one of the leading advocates for selfpublishing on the internet, draws on a lifetime of experience helping selfpublishers launch their books. Im working on the next book in the maynely a mystery series maynely hidden. Whether its advice on writing style, plot, typography, printing or distribution, joel has plenty to tell you. Hermann zapf, a legendary type designer jds writers blog. Beta readers hub is a source blog for beta readers. He covers all sorts of topics including ways to become. Read to the end for a discount code thatll save you almost 50%. Joel is also the author of the newlypublished a selfpublishers companion. There are many ways in which selfpublished authors can format their books. Book layout made easy with a professionally designed word. Author joel friedlander suggests remembering this when designing. Joel friedlander of the book designer, mentioned above takes care of the major details like typography and industrystandard formatting so you can add your custom text and be ready to go with a professionallooking book.
By joel friedlander welcome to the e book cover design awards. Joel friedlander a personal site for the book designer. This hugely popular book blog, written by joel friedlanderwhos worked in the publishing and design industriesstrives to help people get their story out there. I keep thinking of all the people i know who have been affected. Based on his book design experience, he offers comments on the submissions with specific suggestions on how they could be better. He is the founder of the selfpublishing roadmap, a training course for authors, and. Apr 7, 2020 articles from joel friedlander, the book designer. Hes been launching the careers of selfpublishers since 1994 from his book design and consulting practice at marin. The book designer blog september 20, 2012 joel friedlander is a book designer, blogger and the author of a selfpublishers companion. Fortunately, joanna penn on the creative penn hosts book designer joel friedman in the video interview, how to make a professional standard print book interior with joel friedlander, the book deisgner. Joel friedlander, the book designer thebookdesigner on.
Joel friedlander is a book designer, blogger and the author of a self publishers companion. As a book designer and author, his site provides insights, tips and practical information for the selfpublished author, as well as offering breaking news about the industry at large. This blog exists to help you get that book into peoples hands. Betty kelly sargent is the former editorinchief of william morrow, author of seven traditionally published books plus two more that are selfpublished. Turn your blog into a book, or book it, as author and book designer joel friedlander likes. For resources, you cannot do better than this site. He started a blog, the book designer, which focuses on elements of book design like spacing, margin, typography and layout. How to make a professional standard print book interior with joel friedlander, the book designer the creative penn. Indeed ranks job ads based on a combination of employer bids and relevance, such as your search terms and other activity on indeed. Change your author blog into an author website the book. Joel friedlander is a award winning book designer and blogger. Hes been launching the careers of selfpublishers since 1994 from his book design and consulting practice at marin bookworks in san rafael, california.
Joel friedlanders book design templates provide sizing, layout, and. For new writers immersed and perplexed with the intricate world of selfpublishing options, joel friedlanders, a self publishers companion, is a tool they can utilize to clarify the journey and organize their goals. Friedlander provides stepbystep advice and tips to help you create a retailready book. This exercise was one of the most revealing ive ever done. Joel friedlanders ebook cover design awards espine books. The book designer features more than 1,550 articles on everything from writing and editing to publishing and marketing your work, all from the. Joels influential the book designer blog not only reflects joels own extensive expertise and experience, but it leverages the comments and. If you like to use different fonts, you might like this article, too.
How to design an ebook cover that hooks readers september 10, 2016. Thats why i created this free 24page ebook packed with tips, links and. Joel friedlander from gives us some tips on how to make. Say hello to mr joel friedlander, the book designer. In 2010, at 62 years old, joel friedlander decided to get back into the industry he left many years prior independent book publishing. So this article by joel friedlander from the book designer, stood out for me. M4 cp book cover design part 1 an odyssey reimagined. For the month of october, there were 99 book covers submitted for the category of. The following is a guest post from tracy atkins who along with the book designer, joel friedlander has developed a series of book design templates just for indie authors.
Print book interiors follow industry standards of which, under normal circumstances, a selfpublished author would not be aware. Recently, at a marketing conference i was attending, the leader asked us all to come up with our big why. To complicate the matter, jack and frank, who was a squareliving bloke, ha ve been bitterly estranged for years. Joel friedlander the book designer recently, at a marketing conference i was attending, the leader asked us all to come up with our big why. Joel friedlander from and i talk about the book design process and how the iterations work. By joel friedlander welcome to this issue of the carnival of the indies blog carnival. Each is designed for a specific purpose, such as nonfiction, memoirs. Joel friedlander, the book designer writers change the world one reader at a time. Carnival of the indies blog carnival post for february followed by januarys ebook cover design awards for january on monday, the 24th. Joel is the proprietor of marin bookworks in san rafael, california, a publishing services company where. Joel friedlander, veteran book designer, publisher of the book and author of over 700 helpful articles for selfpublishers, just launched a new service offering affordable, professionally designed templates that allow you to produce a polished book project with microsoft word. Carnival of the indies issue including dave chesson, ron callari, and d.
Kaye and many others joel friedlander, the book designer. If youre a selfpublished author, want to be a selfpublished author or just a writer in need of inspiration i found a great blog that may help you. The imperative this createsboth for me, in making sure these books get published properly, and for you, to make sure the story that only you can. Joel friedlander is a selfpublished author, an award winning book designer, and a blogger on a mission to educate writers in how to print, market and sell their books with confidence. Let me go through the individual points provided by mr. The man behind the site is a professional book designer and writer. As blogger joel friedlander comments, people who have just selfproduced their first book have a lot of trouble visualizing just how to a get that book out onto the market, and b get that book noticed.
Joel friedlander author of the selfpublishers ultimate. Joel friedlander on book cover design for indie publishers. What i am saying is that you can have an awesome printed book for little to no cost. Hes a oneman information point for everything selfpublishing based. Joel friedlander is the proprietor of marin bookworks in san rafael, california, a publishing services company where hes helped launch many selfpublished authors. Self publishing print books and interior book design. My good friend jacqueline church simonds of beaglebay inc.
This edition is for submissions during march, 2020. One of these other books was written, edited and submitted in one month i was inspired. How joel friedlander started his book design blog case study. If you have a blog, theres a high likelihood theres a book in there somewhereor at least the beginning of one. Because of the challenges publishing a new book stirs, most authors today have decided to take the publishing aspect. The book designer practical advice to help build better. His name is joel friedlander and he does a lot for those of us in the selfpublishing world. Indeed may be compensated by these employers, helping keep indeed free for jobseekers.
Bookbaby asked selfpublishing expert joel friedlander to write the definitive guide to producing a great printed book. Joel friedlander is an awardwinning book designer and one of the internets leading experts on selfpublishing. How to make a professional standard print book interior. Im always looking at fonts, especially when im working on one of my childrens books. Im very grateful to joel friedlander, at the book designer, for taking time to answer a few questions about book design, especially as it relates to selfpublishing. Thats why i created this free 24page ebook packed with tips, links and resources to help you reach the readers who are waiting for your books. Book design templates is a new program, website and tool created by joel friedlander to solve an emerging problem among indie authors getting an industrystandard, good looking book that sells using a word processing program. Get carter is a jacobean revenge storybut not a tragedyof a smalltime london gangster, jack carter, on a trip home to yorkshire to bury his late brother, frank, and dig up the mucky truth surrounding his mysterious death. The enneagram of essence types, a book that explores an ancient system of classifying people according to their physical traits. A matter of resolution, ebooks have 117 of the image information needed for print covers. I recently had a chance to check out joel friedlanders preformatted book templates.
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