InDesign CC: Book Production, Putting the book together
Producing books as we discuss why and how things are done
Created by David Bergsland
What you'll learn
- Design and produce an excellent print version of a book
- Create a full-color downloadable PDF version
- Make a Kindle Print Replica, Kid's book, or Comic version
- Convert the downloadable PDF into an ePUB FXL [fixed layout]
- Convert the downloadable PDF into an ePUB Reflowable version
- Convert the ePUB Reflow into a Kindle book
- Upload the book versions to the various distributors and aggregators
- Develop an online platform for marketing the author and the books
Requirements
- The InDesign CC: Book Production, Starting With Basic Typography course
- "Book Publishing With InDesign CC" is the textbook [a copy is included in the first course]
- A thorough understanding of typography, paragraph & character styles
- Introductory knowledge of InDesign CC and a licensed copy to work with
Description
This is a very practical course. There is a lot to learn, but none of it is very difficult. It is very complex though. It is the goal of the course to make the complexity easy to understand and relatively simple to execute. If you have any questions, just send me a message or email me directly
Who this course is for:
- The graphic designer or author who needs to handle the complexity more easily
- The author looking to improve the writing experience, as well as making the book release simple
Instructor
Author, font designer, & publisher at The Skilled Workman
- 4.0 Instructor Rating
- 182 Reviews
- 1,007 Students
- 3 Courses
- Began art & design career doing posters for my acid rock band in Minneapolis
- Earned my BFA in printmaking & painting in 1971
- Illustrated for publishers as soon as I was graduated
- Became a graphic artist in 1979 in West Virginia
- Grew into Typographer & Art Director in 1983 in Albuquerque at a large commercial printer
- Began teaching commercial printing in 1991 in a large community college in Albuquerque
- Started writing textbooks in 1994 beginning with “Printing In A Digital World”—the 1st textbook on the all-digital workflow for commercial printing
- Began designing fonts to use in my books
- Developed digital publishing degree in 1996
- Initiated on-demand publishing house for print & ebooks in 2002—which developed into a full-time effort in 2009