Jun 22 Love0 How to Prepare Images for Your Memoir By Kayla Snyder Book Design and Production, Creating Images, Self-Publishing How do you best prepare photos, maps, illustrations, or diagrams for your memoir or nonfiction book? Review these technical requirements.Read More
Jun 21 Love0 Public Domain, Creative Commons, Royalty-free: What Images Can I Use in My Self-Published Book?? By Kayla Snyder Creating Images, Self-Publishing A Complete Guide to Image Usage in Your Book (or Other Commercial Project) Let's say you're writing a family memoir.…Read More
Jun 17 Love0 Must-Have InDesign Scripts for Book Formatters By Kayla Snyder Book Design and Production, Creating Images, Helpful Hints What is a Script? InDesign Magic! If you've ever completed a monotonous task in Adobe InDesign, you've probably gritted your…Read More
Jun 14 Love0 Understanding AI Technology, Ethics, and Copyright for Authors and Illustrators By Kayla Snyder Creating Images An Analogy to Explain the Difference Between an AI Model, an AI Engine, and an AI System Understanding the components…Read More
Jun 15 Love0 Should You Use AI Illustrations in a Children’s Book? By Becky Bayne Book Design and Production, Creating Images, Design What Every Self-Publishing Author Needs to Know Before Hiring an Illustrator The Quality of Illustration Matters The illustrations in a…Read More
Mar 15 Love0 Professional Typography Tips to Step Up Your Game! By Kayla Snyder Book Design and Production, Creating Images, Design, Helpful Hints, Typography/Fonts No Comments Bad Formatting Gives Self-Publishing a Bad Reputation We’ve all seen Word documents with such horrible, inconsistent formatting that it…Read More
Jul 10 Love0 An Illustrator’s Guide | Set up Files for Printed Artwork By Kayla Snyder Book Design and Production, Creating Images, Helpful Hints, Print Design, Self-Publishing 2 Comments Dear Illustrator: You've been hired to create illustrations for a book! Awesome! Maybe it's a children's book, charts and graphs,…Read More
Jun 18 Love3 How to Create a Children’s Book Storyboard in Canva (FREE!) By Kayla Snyder Book Design and Production, Creating Images, Helpful Hints, Self-Publishing No Comments Tips for working with an Illustrator You've written a children's book—now it's time to create illustrations to bring the story…Read More
Mar 22 Love1 How to Keep Up with Social Media Changes By Becky Bayne Branding, Creating Images, Helpful Hints No Comments Changes to Facebook and Instagram: Like me, you’re probably busy running your business and occasionally glancing at your socials to…Read More
Apr 22 Love15 Tips for Creating Illustrations for Book Publishing By Becky Bayne Book Design and Production, Creating Images, Helpful Hints 3 Comments Preparing artwork for your book doesn't have to be difficult but you need to know a few rules before you…Read More