Once referred to derisively as "vanity publishing," self-published books are finally taking their place alongside moreaccepted indie categories suc...
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Mar 31, 2009
Princeton
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Once referred to derisively as "vanity publishing," self-published books are finally taking their place alongside more accepted indie categories such as music, film, and theater. Indie Publishing is a practical guide to creating and distributing printed books regardless of your background, skill set, or ambition. It will help you realize projects of every scale and budget, from the traditional bookmaking techniques used to create zines to the more ambitious industrial production method
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Jul 28, 2010
Mo
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This is a pretty nifty overview of book publishing in general, with information on obtaining an ISBN number and choosing a printing method, along with chapters dedicated to specific types of books, such as poetry, fiction, zines, and portfolios. Sidebars offer handy information, such as a quick and dirty beginner's guide to Adobe InDesign, the anatomy of a standard book, or how to choose a POD (print on demand) service.
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Feb 22, 2009
Amy
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It's been ages since I made a book from scratch, but this book has me hankering to try it again. In particular, the last fourth of the book has great diagrams of the steps involved, and drawings of homemade books & portfolios of various kinds that are very appealing. A beginner might attempt this one from page 132-135: titled Brain Dump, it is a Single Signature Pamphlet which consists entirely of doodles created during undergraduate lecture classes. It utilizes the pamphlet stitch - the simp
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Mar 12, 2010
David
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Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book is a mildly useful, pretty to look at guide to … doing just what it says. My main issue is that this book is a very high-level survey of many different types of book making that will likely not be useful to most people. The authors spend chapters on poetry chapbooks, zines, picture books for kids or adults, exhibition catalogs, handmade books, and more. It’s rather light in content for each book type so it acts as more of an introduction
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Mar 05, 2010
Shannon
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Does a great job of breaking down each piece of the creation, construction and publishing of a variety of books, a soup-to-nuts rundown really. Very well designed itself, and chock-full of illustrations and visual examples.
Light on the text, but that was fine with me. My only misgiving? A lot of the books used as examples aren't anything I'd choose to buy or publish. But that aspect didn't really hurt my grokking of the material.
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Light on the text, but that was fine with me. My only misgiving? A lot of the books used as examples aren't anything I'd choose to buy or publish. But that aspect didn't really hurt my grokking of the material.
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Jul 20, 2010
K.A.
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An absolute must-own for anyone considering indie publishing, whether to get a novel out to readers or to hand-make a book for family and friends. Chock full of great information on the physical design of your book, with gorgeous diagrams and easy-to-understand formatting tips and tricks. I'm so glad I snagged this from the library- now to wait for my copy to come from Amazon! :D
May 05, 2009
Jamie
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Am I planning to publish my own book? More than likely that's the path these trotters will take if any of my morass of pennings materialize into a complete work - Bwahahahahaha! So nice to imagine though. If you ARE one of those impassioned and disciplined folk with an edited manuscript and no dear publisher with the wisdom to recognize the sublime art that you have just slipped beneath their crooked proboscis, then Indie Publishing is an informative resource that will guide from the basics o
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Nov 03, 2009
Dea
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I want to be an independent publisher, and I thought this book might give me some tools and ideas. It has an arty, depoliticized bent, but does cover some interesting design topics [damnit, I TOTALLY would have forgotten about the endpaper!:]. It also teaches techniques for making books using web software and by hand. Furthermore, it is a very pretty boook, and sometimes I just like pretty books about making books. An InDesign manual might have been more useful, but would it have been more fun?
Oct 30, 2011
Myself
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love its simplicity.
different techniques you can use in designing and producing your own book.
she starts every technique with an example and then moves to the main point.
I like this strategy, starting with a familiar example and then moves up.
different techniques you can use in designing and producing your own book.
she starts every technique with an example and then moves to the main point.
I like this strategy, starting with a familiar example and then moves up.
Jan 25, 2011
Lord
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This book is a must for anyone interested in book art, making books, graphic design, illustration, art, literature. It will be used as a constant source of reference for me from now on.
Dec 10, 2008
Melanie
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I read this book for my MBA independent study. It was great! I learned a ton in a fun way about publishing. I only gave it 4 stars because I wish it was longer.
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Aug 01, 2010
Amy
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A beginner's guide to publishing their own books -- simple and well laid out. Full review: http://pikaland.com/2010/04/16/review-in...
Apr 25, 2009
Ingrid
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This books is GREAT! It takes you through the basics of publishing - a DIY approach and offers helpful illustrations that are easy to follow.
Mar 31, 2009
Catherine
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Useful, highly visual introduction to different mechanisms for publishing your own books. I found it helpful for understanding some parts of the production process that had been a bit murky before. Recommended!
Dec 27, 2009
Alethea
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I liked this book. Experts and Intermediates won't learn much that's new, but newbies will learn a lot. It's well designed, simple in its instruction, and give pretty good basics.
Jan 12, 2009
kelli
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Nice. Good examples pictures illustrations etc. However, I wanted to learn some new technical stuff and didn't. Also, the first few chapters are borderline self-helpy in the way that they forcibly reinforce what you already know.
Jul 01, 2010
Kristi
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I'm glad I didn't but this book, because I have a book about various bookbinding techniques that goes into more depth than this one does. It was a cute book but mostly just pictures of examples of different kinds of self-published media. Cool, but by no means a complete source of instruction.
Nov 17, 2010
Pascale
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A decent little book about the basics of book planning and publishing process.
Sep 19, 2011
Kristin
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Very good if you're thinking about self-publishing. Useful examples and some practical information. Very much a starter's guide.
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