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Book Design Basics: Small Capitals – Avoiding Capital Offenses

The World's Greatest Book Posted on December 19, 2011 by Dave BrickerJanuary 2, 2023
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Use of Small Capitals—uppercase characters designed at lowercase scale—is one aspect of writing and book design that isn’t taught in grammar school. We all know every sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. We all should … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Design, book typography, Self-Publishing | Tagged abbreviation, acronyms, big and small caps, book design, capital letters, capitalization, capitals, Dave Bricker, periods in acronyms, small capitals, small caps, typesetting, typography, writing

Should Indie Publishers Lower Their Expectations?

The World's Greatest Book Posted on December 12, 2011 by Dave BrickerJanuary 2, 2023

Many authors start down the publishing road believing that printing books is the same as printing money, only to be disappointed by low returns and the amount of work involved. This guest article by novelist, poet and songwriter Richard Geller … Continue reading →

Posted in Publishing, Self-Publishing | Tagged ablogaboutsomething, asiteaboutsomething, author, Dave Bricker, fiction, indie publishing, indie-author, nonfiction, novel, pod publishing, poetry blog, publishing, publishing success, Richard Geller, self publishing, writers, writing

Book Design Basics – Dashes, Hyphens and Dots

The World's Greatest Book Posted on December 5, 2011 by Dave BrickerJanuary 2, 2023
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I particularly like this section on dashes, hyphens and dots because it goes beyond typographic aesthetics to explore how we can communicate more effectively as writers. The subtle intricacies of hyphens and dashes affect all authors whether they typeset their … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Design, book typography, Self-Publishing, Writing | Tagged book design, colon, dash, Dave Bricker, dot dot dot, ellipses, ellipsis, em-dash, en-dash, hyphen, hyphenation, parentheses, punctuation, typesetting, typography, writing

Are Self-Published Books Really Crap?

The World's Greatest Book Posted on September 13, 2011 by Dave BrickerJanuary 2, 2023

From an Internet writer’s forum: Comment: I see self-publishing as vanity publishing. There’s a reason there’s a traditional route; it really does sift out the crap. I may not be a published author, but I’ll be damned before I chuck … Continue reading →

Posted in Publishing, Self-Publishing | Tagged agents, Books, bookstores, editors, press, publishers, publishing, self publishing, traditional publishing, vanity publishing, writing

Self-Publishers Should Not Be Self-Editors

The World's Greatest Book Posted on August 19, 2011 by Dave BrickerJanuary 2, 2023

Editing is one of the first hurdles you’ll encounter as an independent writer. Your fan club is your enemy. Encouraging friends who think it’s “wonderful you actually wrote a book” are not unbiased editors. A good editor will put your … Continue reading →

Posted in Publishing, Self-Publishing, Writing | Tagged bricker, editing, editor, proofreading, publishing, self publishing, writing

POD, Vanity Presses and Publishing

The World's Greatest Book Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dave BrickerJanuary 2, 2023

There is a tendency to refer to “POD Publishers” with disdain, but POD is just a printing technology. Without POD, we’d all be sitting on stacks of books, handling fulfillment ourselves, and praying for the day when we get our closet space back.

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Tips For Book Cover Design

The World's Greatest Book Posted on September 23, 2010 by Dave BrickerJanuary 7, 2023

Most book designers make the same errors. One sore spot for me and with many of my university design students, is typography.

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