Sentences with phrase «of designing a book»

I can sheepishly admit that I never really read a lot of the design books I own (so bad, I know).

I'm a huge fan of design books and domino: The Book of Decorating is one of my favorites.

The hardest part of designing a book cover is figuring out what the cover should be.

One of the most difficult aspects of designing a book cover is trying to predict what the public will like.

Our most recent addition to the Pressbooks User Guide explains the basics of designing your book cover (or more likely commissioning a cover) for both ebook and print - on - demand venues.

Over at his blog, A Newbie's Guide to Publishing, Joe Konrath puts an axe to industry - determined royalties and costs, including the cost of designing a book cover.

This time I had the experience of designing the book that would change my life.»

I don't know about you, but the process of designing a book cover and then seeing the reality is one of the most satisfying parts of indie publishing.

Production: The process of designing the book's interior and cover.

I read an excellent article this morning on the importance of designed books.

That makes sense to me: After just a few hours on the course with him, I feel as if I've attended a seminar more valuable than all of the design books I've pored over.

HTC took a leaf out of the design book of the previous models but did not forget to update its form factor.

Bungalows, or ranch - style homes, gain popularity in the rest of the United States from 1905 to 1910, when a number of design books and articles on the style are published.

House Beautiful has compiled a fabulous list of design books.

I'm seriously on my way to opening up my own library of design books.

Treat yourself by adding this easy, inspiring read to your collection of design books.

I've seen pictures on Pinterest of stacks of design books that serve as nightstands.

I wanted to display my collection of design books and a few fun accessories I had been collecting over the past few months.

Not exact matches

Scan the web: There is no shortage of articles touting the benefits of a book as a business card — and expensive packages, products and courses designed to help entrepreneurs write their own.

The CEO and co-founder of Vayable, a platform to request, design and book unique travel experiences, dishes on how stress was not only detrimental to her health but also her startup.

Jamie Wong is the Founder and CEO of Vayable, a platform to request, design and book unique travel experiences.

But the short answer for anyone who doesn't want to buy a book is that the standard old - fashioned clinical trial is designed to answer a specific question about a population with lots of different specific characteristics.

The chart below shows how the prevalence of the word «fact» has changed over time, using a tool designed to search for it in Google's library of millions of books published from 1600 to 2008.

He is also the author of several books on gamification, including Game - Based Marketing (Wiley, 2010) and Gamification By Design (O'Reilly Media, 2011).

Nadal even had a book of his favourite quotes put together by Bruce Mau Design, another MDC firm, called The Secret to Making a Difference.

The New York — based Thompson hotel group has transformed a once staid and average Sheraton into one of the capital's hippest hotels, packing the lobby with the requisite design books and a gallery's worth of original art.

We'll take a look at some of them, from renowned fashion designer Vera Wang, who didn't design her first dress until she was 40, to writer Harry Bernstein, who authored countless rejected books before getting his first hit at age 96.

That said, this manual from San Francisco — based green cleaning supplies maker Method Products rewards more than most of its peers — and not just because the book is informed by the company's enthusiasm for design.

Owner Ivan Gedz is sworn to secrecy over which book patrons must tug to gain access, but crack the case and you'll find a low - lit bar designed with recycled wood that musters the look and feel of a Kentucky moonshine shack.

When I self - published, I paid a service, which took my document and pretty much handled everything, including editing, book cover design (upon my approval, of course) and even posted and got it approved through Amazon.

As it happens, Activision recently released two Canadian - designed games based on comic books, both of which I found to be decently fun.

• Design is sturdy and dependable but doesn't have the flair of a MacBook Pro or Surface Book despite the high price

In a recent article by Design Mantric that analyzes the designs of four leading SAAS blogs, a common theme is that blogs are clearly split into sections to help users find what they are really looking for and to provide high - quality articles, podcasts and videos, even online books.

«We are investing more in the photography, design and finish of our books.»

While thought provoking, the real value of the book comes from the practical, templated framework the authors provide for designing your own category that includes a clear articulation of the problem at hand, creating a memorable name for a category, and developing a unique point of view about the current and future of the category.

This book, along with all her other work, especially her podcast Design Matters, is one of the most enriching resources to get a grip on this topic.

«Social Security is about as complicated a fiscal system as is humanly possible to design,» said Larry Kotlikoff, an economics professor at Boston University and author of the book «Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security,» set for release in February.

Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical took the highest number of 2018 Tony award nominations with 12 each including best musical, best original score, best book, best direction, best scenic design, and best choreography.

In a terrific 1985 book, To Engineer is Human — The Role of Failure in Successful Design, Henry Petroski argues that every structure that engineers build is a hypothesis — an educated guess to the effect that «yes, indeed, this bridge is strong enough to bear the weight of all that traffic on a daily basis.»

Guy Kawasaki, venture capitalist and bestselling author, encouraged visitors to the site for his book about self - publishing, Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur — How to Publish a Book, to share a link to the site on Twitter or Facebook in exchange for a bundle of free materials, including a book design templbook about self - publishing, Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur — How to Publish a Book, to share a link to the site on Twitter or Facebook in exchange for a bundle of free materials, including a book design templBook, to share a link to the site on Twitter or Facebook in exchange for a bundle of free materials, including a book design templbook design template.

The teacher: Steven Heller writes the Visuals column for the New York Times Book Review and is the editor of the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design.

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The game was designed in conjunction with a British company that books tours of North Korea.

In Michael Lewis» hugely popular book, Flash Boys, he documents the building of a $ 300 million dollar cable designed to cut the time a trade takes from 17 milliseconds to 13 milliseconds.

Eventually Google Ventures will be putting out a book - length elaboration of the process but in the meantime it has made a simple DIY version of its «design sprint» available online.

Carson didn't plagiarize in anything directly related to his campaign, but it was discovered last year that portions of his book America the Beautiful — which was published in 2012 and clearly designed as part of the retired neurosurgeon's entry into politics — were taken directly from other sources, including a website called SocialismSucks.net, without consistent attribution.

By way of example, McCormick points to Book in a Box client Melissa Gonzalez, the CEO of a company that designs pop - up stores.

This campaign is also an experiment designed to see how I can collaborate with all of you as part of the research process for my next book (working title: The Startup Way).

Born out of the frustration that doing the books is just too damn hard for most of us, our accounting software is designed to demystify accounting for freelancers and small businesses.

Jack Canfield, co-creator of the famed Chicken Soup for the Soul series has teamed up with successful author and young entrepreneur, Kent Healy to design a fun and engaging teen - friendly book that offers the timeless information and inspiration to get from where you are to where you really want to be.