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Real Documents from a Fictional Town

By Ivy Knight

November 1, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Real Documents from a Fictional Town

If making your fictional world feel real is a goal, consider creating “found documents” and ephemera to bring it to life.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: book design, book-interior, Design, design process, ephemera, found documents, interior, interior design, Odsburg

Nonlinear Narratives: Using Unusual Formats to Tell a Different Kind of Story

By Jenny Kimura

June 24, 2019 by OoliganPress 1 Comment

Nonlinear Narratives: Using Unusual Formats to Tell a Different Kind of Story

Sometimes when a story breaks the traditional rules—by, for example, skipping around in time or being told by more than one narrator—the conventional layout of a book interior is not enough: visual design is necessary to help it make sense.

Filed Under: Design, Manager Monday Tagged With: book design, fiction, formats, interior design, Narrative, nonlinear, publishing, story

Book Design Basics

By Elise Hitchings

January 14, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Book Design Basics

As a writer, the process of designing books can be overwhelming. You already know what good book covers and interiors look like, and you probably already know some of the basic concepts of design, but you may not necessarily know the right terms to use.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: book design, cover design, Design, design basics, design help, design principles, design tips, interior design, Self-Publishing

Tips and Tricks for Good Interior Design

By Courtnee' Morin

October 12, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Tips and Tricks for Good Interior Design

While the interior design of a book may not always be as flashy as cover design, it is just as, if not more important. A book with a good layout and design may not always get noticed, but a book with a bad interior can ruin professionalism and even lose readers. With these tips, sticking to industry standards when necessary, but utilizing creative practice where possible, the interior design of your book can become the backbone needed for its content and cover to shine.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: 50 Hikes, blogging, book-interior, font, interior design, layout, Ooligan, tips, trim-size

Grand Designs

By T. J. Carter @tjudsoncarter

November 16, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Grand Designs

Another season has passed for the 50 Hikes in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests team, and the project feels ever more real to us. Since our last update, our talented design team has brought together the many elements of this book—the photographs, maps, illustrations, informational icons, and text—into a cohesive product.

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: ARC, Clatsop, Editing, forests, galley, hiking, interior design, nature, proofreading, Social Media, Tillamook

Reading Flow in Book Design and Layout

By Riley Pittenger

November 3, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Reading Flow in Book Design and Layout

What makes your favorite book your favorite? Most answers focused on content will include positive story elements related to characters, language, etc. These effective books and our interactions with them rely on the communication of a story, experience, or information through the “text” of the inside, the interior design. Along with the contents of a book, it is important that readers shape meaning, glean information, or immerse themselves in a text. If the text and interior elements do not have a familiar and clear structure separating different chapters or ingredients from steps, the product runs afoul of difficulty and confusion and invites criticism. By orienting the text to fit the market, reader, and content in the clearest way possible, books are memorable because of the choices made through interior design.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: Book trends, Design, graphic design, interior design

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