Designing Books
This article appeared in Issue 105 of InDesign Magazine.
A guided tour through the eyes of a veteran designer and teacher
Designing a book is a challenge that combines time-honored aesthetics, a sound knowledge of InDesign’s long document features, and an openness to resourceful workarounds. Whether you’re laying out a novel, a technical document, or a treatise, the fundamentals are the same: you want to build a publication that is easy to read, easy to navigate, and—because you’ll inevitably need to make changes along the way—easy to update.
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I am not interested in a lot of emails about things that I can’t get without extra money. Paid subscriptions are not in my power as an employee. I clicked on the link in anticipation of reading the highlighted article only to find that it takes a premium subscription to access it. Please just send those to “premium” subscribers; don’t waste my time!
Hi Leesa-
I realize it’s frustrating to follow a link that you don’t have access to, but if you’re referring to the Tip of the Week email, this article was clearly under the heading Bonus Content for Premium Members.