Sentences with phrase «thoughts on cover design»

We schedule a meeting between the author and designer to discuss the book and its intended audience and hear your thoughts on cover design.

Not exact matches

(And if you think Christians have cornered the market on bad design, you should check out the Lousy Book Covers blog, which features bad design from all genres of the publishing industry.)

We know Jena Malone's dress was designed to look like this, but it also prompts us to think that if we ever put on something with a cutout that makes us feel self - conscious, we can just add on some multicolored electrical tape to cover up part of the cutout.

The featurettes cover set and production design, story / character areas, cast and performances, costumes and props, locations, Branagh's work on the set, makeup and creature creation, music, and general thoughts.

sign Location signs to put around your role play ice - cream parlour — such as ice - cream bar, drinks area, cutlery etc On sale here sign Menus to display around the shop Price cards + blanks to differentiate Large lettering, buntings, patterned and plain display borders Please pay here sign Thank you, please come again — sign Special offer signs Receipts to complete Taking orders pad Ice - cream photo flashcards showing different flavours — great for using during the role play Parking bay signs for customers Washing hands poster Money poster, coins border and quiz, pretend money to use Blank large and extra large labels to be used around the shop for anything needed Ice - cream parlour open and closed signs, opening times Messages pad Ice - cream related word mini cards — such as wafer, sprinkles, syrup etc Photo pack to use as inspiration Long banner «ice - cream parlour» with cute ice cream pictures Bunting banner with pictures of different ice - creams — looks lovely in your role play ice - cream parlour 10 multicultural face masks, Staff role play badges Alphabet flashcards, Colour flashcards, Number flashcards, ordinal numbers cards, Counting cards Colouring pages Word matching cards, picture matching cards Hand hygiene writing task Word search Write sentences worksheet Themed writing frames Work booklet cover to keep pupils project work together Acrostic poem task Addition game Blank thought and speech bubbles — useful for providing evidence of role plays Draw your favourite flavour ice - cream task Design your own menu activity Folder, binder, drawer labels to keep resources organised Resources sack tag

«[I felt] it would cover a number of my goals, which essentially were to focus on STEM, to engage girls in STEM, and to look at some really exciting creative ideas where they could integrate design thinking with using equipment; and making it a very cross-disciplinary approach so every subject could go in from Prep right through to Year 12.»

But think of it this way: Ferruccio Lamborghini, whose name is on the door, founded the company to build grand tourers — powerful, comfortable cars designed to cover long distances at high speeds.

Self publishing, I've always thought was the more risky route to take because my understanding has been that you have to pay for everything; printing, advertising, cover design, editing, etc., then clear that on the sales before you ever see a profit.

But thanks to this snazzy cover design, I think this may be one book that's more fun to read on paper than on an e-reader.

Having completed this task it dawned on me I also needed to think about the spine and the back cover (again something you don't have to think about when designing an ebook cover).

The Hilarious Art of Book Design (TED Talk by Chip Kidd, famed Knopf cover designer): Since we're on the topic of book design and production this week, I thought it was worth resurrecting this classic (and truly hilarious) talk by ChipDesign (TED Talk by Chip Kidd, famed Knopf cover designer): Since we're on the topic of book design and production this week, I thought it was worth resurrecting this classic (and truly hilarious) talk by Chipdesign and production this week, I thought it was worth resurrecting this classic (and truly hilarious) talk by Chip Kidd.

On those not infrequent occasions when some of my previous publishers were making me crazy with their ineptitude on things like cover design, the bio, and various marketing issues, sure, I used to think about this kind of thing a lot, and even discussed it with some writer friendOn those not infrequent occasions when some of my previous publishers were making me crazy with their ineptitude on things like cover design, the bio, and various marketing issues, sure, I used to think about this kind of thing a lot, and even discussed it with some writer friendon things like cover design, the bio, and various marketing issues, sure, I used to think about this kind of thing a lot, and even discussed it with some writer friends.

(And as Joel complimented my cover designer for the covers of The Crystal Warrior and Freaks of Greenfield High when I submitted them for his October eBook cover design awards, I think I'm on the right track.)

More food for thought — You may be able to design something beautiful yourself but many published authors who design their own covers use images that are often seen on other covers, use cheap tricks or non-professional fonts... the end result is a a book that screams self published.

If you think you can do it yourself, on this one... God Bless you, but book and cover design is best left for people who do it for a living.

And I think Hugh Howey can teach us a lot about book cover design, but not by sharing his design instincts (fun and artistic, creative like his books, but making a statement about the author, rather than conforming to industry design standards based on what actually moves books).

Award - winning designer Anna Woodbine will host this quickfire edition of our cover critiques, offering her thoughts and suggestions on book cover designs submitted by authors like you.

The thumbnail size of books on Amazon has prompted many authors to think twice before heavily investing in a professional cover design (where quotes can range from $ 400 to $ 2000).

Some authors have specific ideas for their covers, while some give us general thoughts on the design, and others just want to see what we come up with.

Meet award winning cover designer, Monica Haynes who shared some of her thoughts on what makes a great cover design.

A lot of authors think they need to create or at least have input on their own book cover design.

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This reminds me of how the head of MacMillan — I think that's who it was — back at the start of the agency pricing debate tried telling everyone that publishers had double charges on editing, cover design and layout, among others, when it comes to e-books and print books.

I'll go on record as saying that the only purchases I think are * essential * for self - pubbers are professional editing and cover design.

Marketing resources can be in the form of setup resources (ex: getting a great book cover designed, spending money and time on setting up an outstanding online presence etc.) or recurring resources (tweeting daily, doing weekly blog posts, maintaining a monthly BookBuzzr subscription etc.) Think of your marketing like a rocket being launched into space.

A lot of work I do is for front covers only — back covers, spines, and French flaps are all extras now, which is a pity, I think, as they allow the design of the front cover to carry on and get played around with.

The phone would certainly benefit from a metal back cover as we have seen on the HTC Desire S, as so much thought has gone into to the design that it seems a shame to feel a flimsy plastic cover in your hand.

You're close to crafting that final sentence, you want to start thinking about cover designs and marketing and you're wondering whether you also need to get one of those odd - looking 13 - digit numbers and bar codes you've seen on the back of books.

For editing, I'm thinking of relying on beta readers for now to help me find problems, and for the cover art, I'll draw and use design programs for now too.

In the past 6 months, I've designed well over 100 covers and I thought it was perhaps a good time to share my thoughts on some of my favorites and talk about the challenges faced -LSB-...]

Thinking about looking forward in eBook design, there's been a sort of gifts on covers and embedded media and video.

To me, this is like the indie author who writes, produces (think creating the ebook and cover design) and markets a book, and the book goes on to smash sales records.

There are plenty of articles about the design successes of AAA titles, so as an alternative I thought I'd cover more about developing on a

Unsurprisingly, it is designed to high standard — data is presented in a thought - provoking style and the cover is printed on Orange 021, the most popular Pantone colour according to the designers surveyed.

On the choice of West for the Dec. / Jan. 2016 Art Issue Cover, Bailey says, «No matter what you think of Kanye, he is the rare pop star who, under his control and influence — and through his engagements in art, architecture, design, and fashion — has the potential to pervade our global culture from the low to the high, bringing the two together in a way only he can.»

A combination of these two spatial characteristics in a building is a hallmark of emotionally resonant building design (think of sitting on the covered porch of a slightly raised bungalow, looking out over an expanse of greenery).

I once tried my hand at this and it was nothing short of a disaster but think I took on a very sophisticated design and was too ambitious so just covered it with wallpaper!