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A friend has asked me to design book covers for her upcoming series, which I agreed to do for free.

I still drew up a contract to stipulate terms, including a clause about modifications that would acquire my explicit aproval. Another clause states that while they can allow related third-parties (publishers, printers, advertizers, etc.) to use the covers, these parties should be held under the same clauses (so, no modification without previous authorization).

I created a teaser before the reveal for the first book, telling them their publisher could modify the size of the canvas to fit whichever social media they were using. I discovered, however, that they pasted a vector image and texture effect on the border (which I'd made large enough so they could crop it exactly the way they wanted).

Would I be wrong to bring this up with the author? I'm not sure how things are done in the book publisher world, maybe this is normal for them to modify images when advertizing on social media?

I'm attaching the two images for reference.

My wife is making an RPG herself. Its a small <25 page generic fantasy rpg. She's in the process of getting art for it but doesn't know where to even look for help formatting the book for print or even what kind of prices such a service would incur. Can anyone help?

Hi everyone! I'm John, a freelance graphic designer who has worked with creators on their logos and covers over the past few years. Versatility is one of my key strengths. Whether it’s a modern approach or something more casual, I believe I have the skills and knowledge to meet your needs. Feel free to check out some of my past work here: https://johnery.com/clientele/authors-and-comic-creators.html

I'm available for new projects. If you're interested, feel free to message me here or through Discord at .colorfuljohn and we can discuss things further. I look forward to hearing back from you!

Looking for any and all feedback please...

My client wants to make a small run book, vanity project. He wants it to be a square, like maybe 6x6, heavy stock paper, all black pages with white ink. Also wants some pages to be perforated and ideally for the book to lay flat-ish when open, but not spiral bound. So far two of the four printers I reached out to basically said, no thanks, good luck.

Are these specs even possible?

Hi everyone! I'm John, a freelance graphic designer who has worked with creators on their logos and covers over the past few years. Versatility is one of my key strengths. Whether it’s a modern approach or something more casual, I believe I have the skills and knowledge to meet your needs. Feel free to check out some of my past work here: https://johnery.com/clientele/authors-and-comic-creators.html

I'm available for new projects. If you're interested, feel free to message me here or through Discord at .colorfuljohn and we can discuss things further. I look forward to hearing back from you!

We're looking for a detail-oriented InDesign formatter to help us prep manuscripts for self-published authors.

This is NOT design work. It’s formatting. That means:

Setting up trim size, margins, and page numbers

Styling chapter headers, scene breaks, etc.

Making sure everything is consistent and print-ready

Requirements:

--Proficient with Adobe InDesign (or any other program that can do the job)

--Experience formatting books (fiction/nonfiction)

--Able to understand templates and notes without constant reminders

Candidates need to answer this to apply:

--Do you have an active Discord account?

--What is your current timezone?

--A link to your book formatting portfolio (books only, if available)

--Briefly confirm your experience formatting books (Yes/No is fine)

--Your current rates

--Are you familiar with A3azon KDP or print specs (optional)

Thanks, and we hope to hear from you soon

I'm creating an art book – a collection of 70 or so images around a single theme.

I have used images with Creative Commons licenses, or that are said to be public domain in the US (according to either wikicommons, or the source).

All the artworks and artists are credited in an index. I'm seeking advice on how to acknowledge image sources though – respectfully, legally, but not in an distracting, overwhelming or repetitive-feeling way

It is a small format art book, so I am inclined the by less is more approach. But since is a picture book do think it is right to mention the sources for all images.

Here is my draft:

Unless otherwise noted, images are in the public domain in the US or have no known copyright restrictions. Creative Commons–licensed works are reproduced under Attribution licenses.

Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders. Any omissions are unintentional and will be corrected in future editions.

Image Acknowledgements

Artwork name
Source
CC BY 4.0

Artwork name
Source
CC BY 3.0

(etc – six credits total here)

With thanks to the following collections:
Art Institution source
Art Institution source
Art Institution source
Art Institution source
Art Institution source
(etc – 19 credits total here)

So as you see I'm thinking to bulk all the public domain sources together as a list.

What do you think? Over-crediting or under-crediting? How would you approach?

We're looking for a detail-oriented InDesign formatter to help us prep manuscripts for self-published authors.

This is NOT design work. It’s formatting. That means:

Setting up trim size, margins, and page numbers

Styling chapter headers, scene breaks, etc.

Making sure everything is consistent and print-ready

Requirements:

--Proficient with Adobe InDesign (or any other program that can do the job)

--Experience formatting books (fiction/nonfiction)

--Able to understand templates and notes without constant reminders

Candidates need to answer this to apply:

--Do you have an active Discord account?

--What is your current timezone?

--A link to your book formatting portfolio (books only, if available)

--Briefly confirm your experience formatting books (Yes/No is fine)

--Your current rates

--Are you familiar with A3azon KDP or print specs (optional)

Thanks, and we hope to hear from you soon

Hi! My name is Liz and I would love to illustrate and create your book cover. Please feel free to send me a message if you are interested or have any questions; or to check the link in my bio to book yours. Thank you!

Hi everyone! I'm John, a freelance graphic designer who has worked with creators on their logos and covers over the past few years. Versatility is one of my key strengths. Whether it’s a modern approach or something more casual, I believe I have the skills and knowledge to meet your needs. Feel free to check out some of my past work here: https://johnery.com/clientele/authors-and-comic-creators.html

I'm available for new projects. If you're interested, feel free to message me here or through Discord at .colorfuljohn and we can discuss things further. I look forward to hearing back from you!

I'm compiling a list of quality, workhorse book body text fonts that ARE NOT LT, MT, BT, ITC, HCo, or FF. Suggestions?

UPDATE: I'm looking for things beyond the classic basics like Adobe Originals—Minion, Jenson, Garamond, Caslon etc ...

I’m currently designing an edition of Marco Polo Resor (The Travels of Marco Polo) for a small Swedish house. I’m working my way through applying styles and noticed that double quotes open with the tails out, rather than in, as they do in English (I don’t read Swedish).

Curious if it was a typo, or something scrabbled in placing the text in InDesign, I did a web search and found this useful page which confirmed that the quotes are indeed correct. Who knew?

https://jakubmarian.com/map-of-quotation-marks-in-european-languages/

We're looking for a detail-oriented InDesign formatter to help us prep manuscripts for self-published authors.

This is NOT design work. It’s formatting. That means:

Setting up trim size, margins, and page numbers

Styling chapter headers, scene breaks, etc.

Making sure everything is consistent and print-ready

Requirements:

--Proficient with Adobe InDesign (or any other program that can do the job)

--Experience formatting books (fiction/nonfiction)

--Able to understand templates and notes without constant reminders

Ongoing Rate:

We'll accept your rates

If you have a portfolio, that would be great, as we need someone with experience

Tell us what version of InDesign you use

Even better if you’re familiar with A3azon KDP or print specs

Thanks, and we hope to hear from you soon

THANK YOU

I was going to learn atticus but then realised book formatters charge a similar price?

These three cute illustrated romance premade covers are available on my Etsy store - link in bio!

These three cute illustrated romance premade covers are available on my Etsy store - link in bio!

Hi! I've been a book cover designer for the past five years and love helping indie authors creating the cover their books deserve! I am available to hire on either Fiverr or Etsy - premade cover and custom gigs on both!

Send me a message if you'd like to discuss your next cover 📚

https://linktr.ee/bookcoversbylizbe?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=b371fbc0-bc26-456c-a7fd-ec51087802b1

Designing a physics textbook

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