Research Catalog

Title

Indie publishing : how to design and produce your own book / edited by Ellen Lupton.

Publication

New York : Princeton Architectural Press ; Baltimore : Maryland Institute College of Art, ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Lupton, Ellen.
• Maryland Institute, College of Art.

Description

174, [2] pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 22 cm

Summary

From the Publisher: Once referred to derisively as 'vanity publishing, ' self-published books are finally taking their place alongside more accepted indie categories such as music, film, and theater. Indie Publishing is a practical guide to creating and distributing printed books regardless of your background, skill set, or ambition. It will help you realize projects of every scale and budget, from the traditional bookmaking techniques used to create zines to the more ambitious industrial production methods required to produce hardcover books in large quantity. Indie Publishing's special focus on the visual design of books makes it unique among publish-it-yourself manuals. Readers are taken step-by-step through the process of designing a book to give it personal style as well as visual coherence and authority. Design principles such as scale, cropping, pacing, and typography are explored in relation to each example, along with commentary on how to create effective title pages, tables of contents, captions, and more. Indie Publishing 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. Indie Publishing addresses the 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. This comprehensive, illustrated guide concludes with a curated portfolio of the most exciting examples of independent publishing from the contemporary scene, reproduced in full color. If you have content to share and you want to give it a fresh and orderly form, this book will kick-start your project and keep you motivated until the ink dries. Indie Publishing is the eighth title in our best-selling Design Briefs series, which has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide.

Series Statement

Design briefs

Uniform Title

Design briefs.

Subjects

• Publishers and publishing
• Self-publishing
• Publishers and publishing > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Book design > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Handbooks and manuals
• Self-publishing > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Book industries and trade > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Electronic publishing > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 175) and index.

Contents

Publishing basics -- Design your own books : Design basics ; Fiction ; Poetry ; Zines ; Picture books for kids ; Picture books for adults ; Exhibition catalogs ; Portfolios -- Make your own books : Production basics ; Handmade books -- Indie Inspiration : Designer as publisher ; Artists' books as indie publishing.

Call Number

JFD 18-1192

ISBN

• 9781568987606
• 1568987609

LCCN

2008017325

OCLC

226038005

Title

Indie publishing : how to design and produce your own book / edited by Ellen Lupton.

Imprint

New York : Princeton Architectural Press ; Baltimore : Maryland Institute College of Art, ©2008.

Edition

1st ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Design briefs

Design briefs.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 175) and index.

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Table of contents

Table of contents

Added Author

Lupton, Ellen.

Maryland Institute, College of Art.

Research Call Number

JFD 18-1192