The world of e-book publishing today is a bit reminiscent of the World Wide Web of the mid-90s: the possibilities are fascinating, and there’s tremendous promise for new ways of communicating, but the roads there are still unpaved and littered with occasional potholes. I recently had the opportunity...
At Talk Science to Me, we spend a lot of time sourcing images, both for our own use on our blog and website, and for our clients. The right image can be invaluable to a document, either by helping to break up long blocks of...
At Talk Science to Me, we often deal with projects that are deceptively complicated. That includes e-books. We've got an e-book project coming up that we think will challenge the skills of the most talented and experienced e-book designer. Think you're up to the task?...
Whether you’re in the initial stages of building your brand or you’re well established and undertaking an overhaul, a design style guide is well worth considering. Although it’s a non-trivial outlay in terms of both time and money, the headaches and expenses a design style guide...
Typesetting and layout aren’t just important to how a document looks. They can also be vital to how easy it is to read. Content creators now have many options for handling these things themselves—everything from default themes in MS Word and Pages all the way...