Comments on: My Book Design Process(ed) http://books.sorodesign.com/2009/09/26/my-book-design-processed/ designing books Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ceci http://books.sorodesign.com/2009/09/26/my-book-design-processed/comment-page-1/#comment-25546 ceci Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:11:55 +0000 http://books.sorodesign.com/?p=199#comment-25546 Hi Thomas, thanks for your comment. For most of our customers, the audience wouldn't get to spend time in the interior if there wasn't a cover that pulled them to the book. So for us, the cover is a very important marketing tool. That said, I'd definitely start from typesetting if I was designing a Bible. Very interesting to see how different designers work different ways. And how process can be adapted to be functional to each project. Hi Thomas, thanks for your comment.

For most of our customers, the audience wouldn’t get to spend time in the interior if there wasn’t a cover that pulled them to the book. So for us, the cover is a very important marketing tool.

That said, I’d definitely start from typesetting if I was designing a Bible.

Very interesting to see how different designers work different ways. And how process can be adapted to be functional to each project.

]]> By: Thomas Silkjær http://books.sorodesign.com/2009/09/26/my-book-design-processed/comment-page-1/#comment-25410 Thomas Silkjær Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:33:03 +0000 http://books.sorodesign.com/?p=199#comment-25410 We usually do the complete opposite - for us the internal design is the most important, the readability, font choice, use of white space etc. Inside the book is where the reader is spending most time. In the end we have elements from the design, e.g. typography choices, to bring to the cover. We usually do the complete opposite – for us the internal design is the most important, the readability, font choice, use of white space etc. Inside the book is where the reader is spending most time.

In the end we have elements from the design, e.g. typography choices, to bring to the cover.

]]> By: ceci http://books.sorodesign.com/2009/09/26/my-book-design-processed/comment-page-1/#comment-25194 ceci Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:53:03 +0000 http://books.sorodesign.com/?p=199#comment-25194 @Stephen: Nice to hear from you! Glad to hear you're back blogging, too! @Rachael: Thanks for your nice words about my post. I'm familiar with your site. It's a great resource. Thanks for re-posting there. Yes, there's no reason that self-publishing cannot have great design. @Stephen: Nice to hear from you! Glad to hear you’re back blogging, too!

@Rachael: Thanks for your nice words about my post. I’m familiar with your site. It’s a great resource. Thanks for re-posting there. Yes, there’s no reason that self-publishing cannot have great design.

]]> By: Rachael Gootnick http://books.sorodesign.com/2009/09/26/my-book-design-processed/comment-page-1/#comment-25193 Rachael Gootnick Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:46:34 +0000 http://books.sorodesign.com/?p=199#comment-25193 This was a wonderful entry on a very important topic. I've posted your blog entry to our website, The Open Publishing Guide, a resource website for authors looking to self-publish, a project based out of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Design is often where self-publishers become weary. This entry is very insightful and I believe it will be useful to many people. Thank you! This was a wonderful entry on a very important topic. I’ve posted your blog entry to our website, The Open Publishing Guide, a resource website for authors looking to self-publish, a project based out of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Design is often where self-publishers become weary. This entry is very insightful and I believe it will be useful to many people. Thank you!

]]> By: Stephen Tiano http://books.sorodesign.com/2009/09/26/my-book-design-processed/comment-page-1/#comment-25157 Stephen Tiano Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:19:55 +0000 http://books.sorodesign.com/?p=199#comment-25157 Having survived the hacking that brought down my site and blog, I'm just now reestablshing my blog reading habits. I'm glad you're still here. Good point you make above about white space containing the text. It's so much more than "negative space," as it was referred to by an art director I spoke to many years ago. Having survived the hacking that brought down my site and blog, I’m just now reestablshing my blog reading habits. I’m glad you’re still here.

Good point you make above about white space containing the text. It’s so much more than “negative space,” as it was referred to by an art director I spoke to many years ago.

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