Have been wanting to make your own book? Indie Publishing: How to Design and Publish Your Own Book (Design Brief), is the step-by-step manual that will help you. Design principles such as scale, cropping, pacing, and typography are explored along with way on how to create effective title pages, tables of contents, captions, and more. The book aims to inspire readers with examples of print projects similar to those they might undertake on their own. Sample designs include a picture book, artist’s portfolio, exhibition catalog, poetry chapbook, novel, and zine. Important business aspects of independent publishing – from how and why you should get an ISBN number to creating promotional materials and using the internet to market your book, are addressed. This comprehensive, illustrated guide concludes with a portfolio of the most exciting examples of independent publishing from the contemporary scene. More info