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Book Design
Explore the world of design for book publishing and the web. From cover design to layout, learn how to create visually stunning and effective materials for print and digital platforms.
How to write a design brief and why it’s important to get right
One of the biggest aspects that can make or break a design project is the briefing process. The best design work comes when designers are confident,…
Draw me a picture: Why books are becoming more visual
When your satnav tells you your journey will take 58 minutes, are you one of those people who immediately things to themselves: ‘I bet I…
Best practices for managing font collections
Design and publishing professionals juggle documents all day long. Ensuring that each and every document opens quickly and renders properly is critical to getting the…
Remote control: Collaboration and proofing tools for design teams
For many of the book publishers I work with the use of freelancers is an integral part of their workflow. Some companies offer their internal…
Learn new publishing skills with BookMachine in 2017
After the huge success of Coding for publishers: half-day taster course (with Bibliocloud), BookMachine is back with more training for publishing professionals. Publishing software expert…
Publishers Assemble: Christmas 2016 is the time to connect
Let’s face it, 2016 has been one heck of a year. We’ve had Brexit; Trump; the Zika virus; nuclear and missile tests from North Korea;…
Trouble keeping your team’s fonts in sync?
You’re not alone. You can learn how to effectively distribute fonts with a font server. Font issues can crop up in any workflow. Font problems…
Once upon a time an editor, designer and publicist linked up… Why we started Bookollective
Esther Harris is an Editor and PR with Bookollective Writing for a living can be a lonely business – you spend your days in your…
Mind The Gap: Planning your InDesign pages using Margins and Columns
This is an excerpt from Nigel French’s book ‘InDesign Type: Professional Typography with Adobe InDesign’. These principles apply to all versions of InDesign and any…
British Book Design and Production Awards Winners
The British Book Design and Production Awards were held on 10 November at the dazzling Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge, central London. Baroness Floella…
A day in the life of a book designer
Hello! We’re Abi and Katie from emc design and we’d like to tell you about a typical day here at work! Abi has been at emc for…
Marketing vs Design: Photo/Twitter blog
If you work in book marketing, your focus is on running campaigns to sell more books. If you are a designer you know that no…
5 skills a designer needs
This is a guest blog post by Jo Thomson. Jo is a Senior Designer at Pan Macmillan Publishers. Before working in publishing, Jo was a…
Marketing vs Design: Katie Roden interview
Katie Roden is a publishing, marketing and content strategist with 25 years’ industry experience. She is speaking at ‘Marketing vs Design, which matters more?’ on…
