InDesign Books

Being enabled to create your book as a whole

This is the new phenomenon that makes the new paradigm of 21st century publishing so exciting. You can now write your book fully formatted with all the typographic tools you need to communicate clearly and effectively with your readers. You are set free from dependence upon editors and publishers who do not know your industry and have no understanding of your niche. You can speak to your readers in their own language—the language of your area of interest. This gives new power to your writing and new control to the process.

Get excited! You have more creative control than ever

You must be set free from the limitations of word processors. You need to learn the power of excellent typography. You should learn what printers require. But that is doable. I used to teach all of these basics to my students at the community college [with no prior knowledge on their part] in only five 3-credit courses [one semester]. The likelihood is that you know now more than they did when they started.

The Creative Suite is a phenomenal tool for publishing

If you are buying, you need the Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium, minimum. I know it is $1,000 software. But non-profits, faculty,  and students can buy it from Adobe for well under $500, in most cases. Go to http://www.adobe.com/nonprofit and check it out. We've always gotten good service at Academicsuperstores. You need InDesign, Photoshop, and Acrobat Professional for professional production, at the least. You will also need Dreamweaver for Web production and Kindle books. For ePUB production, you will need InDesign 7.5, which is Creative Suite 5.5.

You can buy the book at:

Lulu: 6x9 book $13.95; PDF download $4.99 Amazon: 6x9 book $13.95

Kindle $9.99


InDesign 7.5 On-Demand

InDesign 7.5 [CS5.5] can finally export an ePUB that will validate and work for the iPad and NookBooks. The only thing that is missing is some updated material from my newer book, Writing in InDesign. Here's a link to the rough draft of that copy at Scribd. It's called Repairing the CSS in your ePUB . IT'S FREE!
There are also several more older books for older versions available at my Lulu author spotlight—just search for InDesign or whatever other books you are interested in: forms design, letterpress usage, type specimen books, and more.

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