Lorraine Donegan
GrC 439 - Book Design
Quote of the Quarter
A well-designed text will seem weightless after a time; the initial feel of the book fades away as the mind becomes engrossed in the words.
— Mandy Brown
A little known fact:
- The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
- Required: On Book Design, by Richard Hendel
- Required: InDesign Type, 2nd Edition by Nigel French
- Recommended: Adobe InDesign Styles: How to Create Better, Faster Text and Layouts, by Michael Murphy
- Recommended: Adobe InDesign CS5 Visual Quickstart Guide, by Sandee Cohen
Another interesting thought...
How to Publish Without Perishing
Goodies
- DPS Critique Sheet – Fill out prior to coming to lecture critique
- Print Booklet Helpers (PDFs from Print Booklet handout, Print Booklet Instructions, Print Log)
- Bookland/EAN graphics (zipped folder)
- Book Making Notes.pdf
- Measurements for Book Boards.pdf
- Measurements for Book Covering.pdf
- Quarterbound book instructions.pdf
- Bookbuilders West Scholarship Application Text (include all information listed)
- How to make PDFs from Print Booklet using InDesign CS5
- Print Booklet Printing/Signature Logs (.xls and .pdf in zipped folder)
- CD label template (2-up vertical)
Resources and Links
- Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.
- Cathy Travis, Butterfly Bookbinding
- Cal Poly Library Special Collections
- Typography for Books, The Crystal Goblet – Beatrice Warde
- Covers
- More Covers...
Paper and Supplies:
- Hollanders (order early, they're in Michigan)
- http://www.mrfrench.com
- http://www.foxriverpaper.com/fox
- http://www.neenahpaper.com
- http://www.smartpapers.com
- http://www.boisepaper.com
Electronic Text Sites (not all are free)
- http://www.etext.org/index.shtml
- http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
- http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/titles.html
- http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collections/languages/english/
- http://www.readprint.com/
- http://www.literature.org/authors/
- http://www.bartleby.com/
- http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
- http://www.classicreader.com/
Here is a directory with lots more:
http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Electronic_Text_Archives/
Trade Publishing Market Links
- Bookbuilders West
- Publishers Marketplace
- Book Jobs
- Children's Book Council
- Publishers Weekly
- Media Bistro
- Weldon Owen - San Francisco Office
California Trade Publishers
Higher Education – Book Arts programs
- Mills College – Oakland California
- Cororan College of Art & Design – Washington DC