Book Design Made Simple
Book Design Made Simple is the first comprehensive book to explain every step of the book design process, from installing Adobe® InDesign® through to sending the files to press. For those who want to design their own books, Book Design Made Simpleis a semester of book design instruction plus a publishing class rolled into one.
Fiona Raven
Fiona Raven has designed hundreds of books for self-publishers, small presses, and first-time authors since 1995. She coauthored Book Design Made Simple, a comprehensive guide to designing and typesetting books, written for non-designers and designers alike.
Glenna Collett
Glenna Collett has been a book designer in the Boston area for over forty years. She has designed hundreds of books for her many satisfied clients. Glenna joined forces with colleague Fiona Raven to write Book Design Made Simple, a comprehensive guide to designing and typesetting books and covers.
- Attended BEA 2016, displaying book at IBPA booth, included in Next Generation Indie Awards brochure and IPPY Awards brochure given to all attendees.
- Email campaign to all professors at design universities offering free book for possible use as textbook or in campus library and bookstore.
- ALA conference 2016, displaying book at IBPA booth, email campaign to public and school libraries.
- Glenna Collett participates in workshops for self-publishers in New England.
- Using social media to connect with self-publishers, authors, small presses, and graphic designers.
- Glenna Collett does guest lectures in university design departments on using InDesign
- COMPUTERS / Desktop Applpications/ Design & Graphics (COM087020)
- DESIGN / Book (DES001000)
- DESIGN / Graphic Arts/ Typography (DES007050)
