Digital Book Design & Publishing Review

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(More customer reviews)For several years I have used Digital Book Design and Publishing to teach students how to combine their photography and writing to create artist's books that rival professionally printed publications. This book goes right to the heart of what you need to know: How to correct images for the highest quality reproduction of photographs, whether scanned or from digital sources; how to use typography, instead of letting typography use you; how to sensitively design a layout with picture and text, depending on the expressive message of the book - something dreadfully lacking in most "how to" books; how to bind books and create portfolios that challenge the traditional definition of what one might think a "book" is; and how to avoid breaking copyright laws. The book is richly illustrated with every kind of book you can imagine, which motivates students to think in non-traditional ways about artist's books. The information is also perfect for someone with more prosaic projects, such as a cookbook or first aid instructional booklet (both of these were projects done by students who didn't fancy themselves as "artists.") This book is especially good for people who are computer phobic. Holleley makes you feel like your computer is your best friend. When you buy this one book, it's like getting 5 books for the price of one. A great deal, a great inspiration - a must on everyone's bookshelf.

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DIGITAL BOOK DESIGN AND PUBLISHING is profusely illustrated with photographs of exemplary artist's books from the United States, Australia and Europe. Artists whose work is featured include... William Blake, Helen Brunner, Bill Burke, David Carson, John Crombie, John Diamond-Nigh, Johanna Drucker, Albrecht Durer, Carol Flax, Brad Freeman,Johann Gutenberg, Christian Ide, Warren Lehrer, Joan Lyons, Nathan Lyons, Peter Lyssiotis, Clifton Meador, Scott McCarney, Deborah Muirhead, Shinro Ohtake, Keith Smith, Laurie Snyder, Carl Sesto, Sonia Sheridan, Karen Wirth, John Wood, the Wayzgoose Press, Phillip Zimmermann and Janet Zweig. The book is 308 pages long, with 444 illustrations printed in full color. It is soft bound and Smythe sewn.