Design Books for Print with Adobe InDesign

Design Books for Print with Adobe InDesign, available at $34.99, has an average rating of 4.6, with 8 lectures, based on 10 reviews, and has 33 subscribers.

You will learn about Pick and set the trim sizes and margins for your book Set up individual chapters for your book Compile the book sections in a single document Design front and back matter for your book This course is ideal for individuals who are Self-publishing authors and designers who want to add book design to their skillset It is particularly useful for Self-publishing authors and designers who want to add book design to their skillset.

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Summary

Title: Design Books for Print with Adobe InDesign

Price: $34.99

Average Rating: 4.6

Number of Lectures: 8

Number of Published Lectures: 8

Number of Curriculum Items: 8

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 8

Original Price: $22.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Pick and set the trim sizes and margins for your book

Set up individual chapters for your book

Compile the book sections in a single document

Design front and back matter for your book

Who Should Attend

Self-publishing authors and designers who want to add book design to their skillset

Target Audiences

Self-publishing authors and designers who want to add book design to their skillset

Ready to start creating books like a professional? Adobe InDesign is the industry standard for book designers for a reason: it’s powerful! But all those features can get confusing. In this course, I’m going to show you the step-by-step process to format a novel or other manuscript into a tidy professional book interior.

This will create an interior that is ready for printing with Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, or any other book printer. Since Amazon is the largest self-publishing platform, we will be referencing the trim sizes and margin sizes found in their help guides; however, these are going to be largely transferrable. Just check with your printer if you’re designing your book for somewhere else.

Our sample is going to be a no-bleed book interior, but we do touch on how to calculate the page bleed if you’re designing something with edge-to-edge images. We will also explore how to set up a cover design file, though this course doesn’t provide a tutorial on the specifics of cover design.

By the end of this course, you’re going to be able to produce a finished professional book interior. You’ll have the skills necessary to create as many books as you like; this is great for self-publishing authors, but also designers who are looking to add another type of design skill to their portfolio!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Pick Trim Size and Margins

Lecture 1: Pick Trim Size and Margins

Chapter 3: Getting Started Designing

Lecture 1: Setting Up Your Document and First Chapter

Chapter 4: Other Chapters

Lecture 1: Creating Subsequent Chapters

Chapter 5: Additional Design Work

Lecture 1: Compile Your Book and Design Front Matter

Lecture 2: Design Back Matter

Chapter 6: Final Steps

Lecture 1: Preflight and Exporting

Lecture 2: Setting Up Your Cover

Instructors

Rebecca Wilson
Artist and Graphic Designer

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