How to Choose a Book Size
How to Choose a Book Size The question of book size is very important. By size, a printer means the page dimensions and by orientation they mean landscape or portrait. Many authors will have seen an book and want to replicate the size and feel [...]
Section Sewn Binding v Perfect Binding
Section Sewn Binding v Perfect Binding Although they are not so obvious to see at first glimpse, these are 2 completely different methods of holding pages together in a book. If you are thinking about printing a book you need to consider your options and [...]
Which path should an author take to get their book into print?
So, how should an author get their book into print? I hear this question asked a lot by authors once they have written their book. Many authors assume that the best way to get their book into print is to approach traditional publisher. Even when they have [...]
Mmmmm. There is nothing like the smell of a good book!
Researchers at University College London's Institute for Sustainable Heritage conducted an experiment asking how participants felt about a number of different aromas. Among them, of course, was an old book. Their findings were published in Heritage Science (https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-016-0114-1). Without knowing what they were smelling, participants overwhelmingly [...]
How do I make my book feel thicker?
How do I make my book feel thicker? Sometimes a book that does not have many pages will benefit from being a little thicker to give it more perceived value. This is often easily be achieved by just increasing the paper weight, but the disadvantage of [...]
Make your book look and feel like a best seller
Make your book look and feel like a best seller Every year I go to the London Book Fair where I meet with lots of first time self publishers, many who have just had their book printed. Sometimes their excitement is tinged with disappointment about how their [...]