Why it's essential to get your book designed by an expert before self-publishing!

So many people decide to write a book and think only about the writing and how to publish it. Maybe they think about the cover design and the price. Very few understand that getting the book properly designed is crucial. This means carefully choosing the typeface and font (they’re not the same thing), the size of the margins, the number of lines on a page, page layout, how any illustrations will be managed – including copyright if needed, and the type of binding. Badly designed books run into all sorts of problems when it comes to getting them printed and accepted by cataloguing services or sales platforms like Amazon. Berenice Howard-Smith has been designing books and advising authors for many years and this presentation explains the things that need to be considered before your book is ready for print.