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An Interview With Ryan Lybeck, Graphic Designer

You never know where a connection may be lurking.

I have Moo cards of all my books, with the front cover on one side, in full color and almost exactly the same aspect ratio as the finished book, and my website and email address on the back. I’m far too willing to ask people, after only

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Typographical Data in Books (or: A Tale of Long, Long Ago)

Back in the olden dayes…
(…when I was but a wee lad…)

It was fairly common to see a note in the back of the book that read something like this:

A Dark and Stormy Night at the Morgue was set in 12-point Baskerville Old Face and printed on 80-pound 100% linen rag stock.

So my questions are:

Whatever happened

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Elements of Book Design – Widows and Orphans

Make your self-published book the absolute best it can be.

I firmly believe it is incumbent upon every self-publishing author to make his or her book perfect in every way. It really isn’t enough to tell a great story, to craft each chapter, each paragraph, each sentence and phrase to say exactly what you want to

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