by Preflight Books | Sep 26, 2022 | Publishing, Writing
Different genres have different expectations from their readers. For these expectations to be met, the author must follow certain rules to satisfy the readers. Let’s look at how you should be writing for your genre. Fiction In fantasy novels, readers heavily rely on...
by Preflight Books | Sep 6, 2022 | Cover
The first thing someone sees when they have a look at your book is the cover. This is the very first chance you have, to make a good impression, which is why it is very important to do it right. Colour psychology in covers, is an effective marketing tool that will...
by Preflight Books | Nov 18, 2021 | Cover, Design, Open files, Printing, Publishing, Self-publishing
The elements of a book cover A book cover is more than just the front page of the outside of a book. When we talk about a book cover, we mean the back cover, the spine and the front cover connected as a spread. A print-ready book cover also needs to be a PDF with at...
by Preflight Books | Nov 18, 2021 | Cover, Design, Open files, Publishing, Self-publishing
Open files, or working files, are all the files needed to create the book, image, video, or other type of artistic work. For example, with our design software Adobe InDesign we would package our projects at the end. This would give us a file that contains the font...
by Candice Robertson | Apr 19, 2021 | Design, Printing, Publishing
How well do you know the different parts of your book? Well, if you think you know what headbands, spines and signatures are, you can think again! Here’s a basic breakdown on the parts of a book: Board Board is the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth covering on...
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