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Paperback and Hardback Interior Layout
When it comes to publishing a book, the focus is often on the cover design and marketing strategy. However, the interior of the book is just as important, if not more so, as it can greatly impact the reader's experience and overall perception of the book. In this article, we will discuss why the interior of the book is important and how it can affect the reader's experience.
Readability
One of the most important aspects of the interior design of a book is its readability. The font size, typeface, line spacing, and margins all play a role in how easy or difficult it is for the reader to read the text. A book that is difficult to read can quickly turn off readers, while a book that is easy to read can encourage readers to keep reading.
Organization
The interior design of a book can also impact its organization. Chapters, headings, subheadings, and page numbers all help to guide the reader through the book and make it easier to navigate. Without proper organization, readers may become confused or disoriented, which can lead to frustration and a negative reading experience.
Visual appeal
While the interior design of a book is primarily focused on functionality, it is also important to consider the visual appeal of the book. A well-designed book with visually appealing graphics, images, and layout can enhance the reading experience and make the book more enjoyable to read. On the other hand, a poorly designed book with inconsistent fonts and formatting can detract from the reading experience and make the book less appealing.
Branding
The interior design of a book can also play a role in branding. A consistent design throughout the book can help to reinforce the author or publisher's brand, making it easier for readers to recognize other books by the same author or publisher. This can also help to build trust and loyalty among readers, which can lead to increased sales and a stronger following.
Accessibility
Accessibility is an increasingly important consideration in the design of books. This includes making sure that the book is accessible to readers with disabilities, such as those with visual impairments or dyslexia. Features such as larger fonts, alternative text for images, and audio versions of the book can make it easier for these readers to access and enjoy the book.
Printing and distribution
The interior design of a book can also impact its printing and distribution. A book that is designed with printing and distribution in mind can be more cost-effective to produce and easier to distribute to bookstores and online retailers. This can lead to increased sales and a wider audience for the book.
The interior of the book is just as important as the cover design and marketing strategy. The design and layout of the book can impact the reader's experience in many ways, including readability, organization, visual appeal, branding, accessibility, and printing and distribution. By paying attention to these factors and designing a book with the reader in mind, authors and publishers can create a book that is not only visually appealing but also functional and enjoyable to read.
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Diary of a Mad Gay Man
When Jeremy wakes up on January 1, 2019, his life is off-course. He needs to find a new job, lose weight, and then . . . nothing else matters because what he really wants is a relationship. Why does everyone else seem to be dating but he's still single? It's not like he has a tail, two assholes, or looks like the Elephant Man. He dresses well (from H&M), gives ten percent of his salary to charity (drag queen performers), and exercises regularly (exercises his right to hook up, that is).
He blames the gay community with its high standards and ageism. Everyone wants a rich, young, skinny bitch--so basically his boss. The other day, he chatted with a handsome Broadway actor (note: server), but after Jeremy sent him his pictures the server blocked him. Jeremy blames his pudgy face.
Things only get worse before they get better. Credit card debt, long commute, and lots of social activities. His only escape from life is his diary and martinis.
Diary of a Mad Gay Man is a witty, hilarious, no-holds-barred look at the everyday life of the ultimate New Yorker. He may be jaded and cranky but he's fabulous!
The Girl and Apple Martinis
In this humorous debut novel, Taylor explores family, friendships, adulthood, and the theory of rock bottom. Is life just like gambling or can everything be calculated?
There’s nothing like a strong drink after a day of hard work. Calyssa is at her favorite bar in New York, drinking, because things aren’t going swimmingly for her. After landing a remunerative job at Shred Unread as a secretary, Calyssa was able to afford a one-bedroom apartment, and even purchased her first couch to prove to her mom she’s now an adult. If life is anything like gambling, this job is the equivalent of a royal flush.
However, there’s Babette, a unibrow secretary with bad breath who wants Calyssa fired. For whatever reason, Babette’s boss, Mr. Grunt—the founder and CEO of Shred Unread—wants to see Calyssa first thing Monday morning, three days from now. To get her fired, for sure. Calyssa can’t afford to be fired. What would her mom think? True, Amelia is dead, but still. Calyssa has always wondered whether Amelia is in hell or in heaven, and most importantly, whether there’s any alcohol. Calyssa must keep her job. Whatever it takes.
The only person who can protect Calyssa is her boss Adam, who’s vacationing in Hawaii. But, what if Adam declines to speak up for her? To be safe, Calyssa decides to blackmail him, a task for which she’ll go to Hawaii, find him and get him drunk, and take some provocative photos of him naked—an idea empowered by the delicious apple martinis. This is how Calyssa ends up in Honolulu with a stolen fish, a black cat, a liar, a stripper, and a gambler—searching for Adam—to only learn that Hawaii is indeed a land of creation, but also a land of destruction.
The Devil's Thesaurus
An emotionally-charged collection of poems seeking to define the most powerful emotion of all.
What is love? In a painstaking effort to answer this question, the nameless narrator takes the reader on a tumultuous journey of true love gone direly sour.
Through poignant poetic storytelling in a unique dictionary format, Sam Faulk reveals the onslaught of emotion in the wake of a marriage’s covert deconstruction.
Beyond a mere collection of emotive poems, The Devil’s Thesaurus serves as an outlet to grieve not only the loss of a lover or the opportunity at fatherhood, but also the loss of self.
Ambiguous, reckless, strenuous, and vacant… These are only a few of the adjectives that sum up the culmination of events that transpire throughout this book’s pages.
Finding Warrior Pose
Jaya Gupta is having a bad week. Her dating prospects have fizzled, she has just lost her job, and her traditional Indian-American family expects her to get married.
When her grandmother uncovers the deed to a long-lost plot of land in India, now the home of a world-famous yoga ashram, Jaya is intrigued. Sent on a six-month holiday to learn yoga, Jaya is pulled into a new global travel backpacking scene.
She falls for Josh, a fellow traveler, and meets the all-powerful Panditji, the head yoga master. But when she stumbles upon Panditji's long-hidden secret on the night of the Shiva Moon Festival, everything changes. With Josh at her side, she sets off on a freewheeling, romantic adventure to find the mysterious source of an ancient secret. In a race against time itself, can Jaya find the inner strength to reach a higher level?
Smart Casual
In the vein of Chelsea Handler, Joan Rivers, and Amy Schumer, Smart Casual is a short collection of hilarious personal insights regarding English idioms and expressions. You'll read about "lose one's marbles," "drop-dead gorgeous," "keep the ball rolling," and many more. It is a hilarious, irreverent look at English expressions (with pictures) written in the style of a lexicon of profane words and expressions.
KEEP THE BALL ROLLING:
Have you ever seen a football? You can't roll it because it's not round. It's shaped like Stewie Griffin's head on The Family Guy-a prolate spheroid-which is shaped after an inflated pig's bladder. Do you know why? That's what people used when football originated . . . Listen, if you need animal organs to play a game, don't call yourself a ballplayer. Call yourself a butcher.
Puss on the Loose
I see London, I see France, Chloe needs some bigger pants.
She's aloof, and her cholesterol is through the roof.
And--poof--she can die as proof.
I see Boston, I see Oklahoma City, Chloe lost her little kitty.
Feeling guilty, feeling shame, what a failure she became
With no accomplishments to claim.
I see Ithaca, I see Syracuse, now Chloe is on the loose.
FBI is on her tail. She must trick them or she'll fail.
Will she crumble under stress? Can she live with no address?
Praise for Kendal Taylor's Once Upon an Apple Martini:
"Hilarious." - Manhattan Book Review
"A thousand one-liners." - San Francisco Book Review
"Amusing." - Portland Book Review
"Full of jokes." - Foreword Clarion Review
"Entertaining." - BlueInk Review
Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough
Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough, (RE)Discover Your Passion, Purpose, & Love of Yourself & Life is a roadmap to a better life. As the title says, you're not 'enough,' You are More than enough. Defeat imposter syndrome? Want a better life? Tired of being sad, frustrated, angry at yourself and others? Convinced there's a better way? Read this book and you'll feel better right away.
This is a self-care, self-help, affirmation book and set of tools that will make you feel better about yourself, and help you find the life you deserve. Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough (RE)Discover Your Passion, Purpose, & Love of Yourself & Life confirms what you've believed for a long time: You deserve a more fulfilling life. If you've been looking for some validation of that belief, read this book.
In Journey Well we write about your past missteps, and help you see that they were great lessons. Journey Well guides you to a new mindset, a new perception that will change the way you see yourself, and how you live your life. It explains why words are so important, and how positive words must replace negative words in order to alter your perception of this abundant world. The book offers ways to help with self-care, affirmation, and how to silence that harsh inner critic once and for all. Using the Journey Well Guidebook is one of the best ways ever to invest in yourself, and to get the full benefit of the More than enough experience. Purchase the online course as well, and you'll supercharge your journey to a more satisfying life. The Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough, online course is available at our website. It comes with a free downloadable PdF guide, and also offers lifetime access.
The Maverick
Welcome to The Maverick, the WNMU student-run undergraduate academic journal. The Maverick is dedicated to representing the New Mexico undergraduate student body through the online publication of in-class as well as extracurricular essays, research, art, and creative writing.
The Cornerstones of Happiness
LINDSAY FINDS THE FORMULA FOR HAPPINESS IN SELF-HELP BOOKS.
While at times, self-help books can sound like a bunch of religious hoopla, other times, they become oxygen and water, two elements needed for your survival. The four cornerstones of happiness could be misinterpreted as a cult mantra. Since Lindsay wasn't religious and was afraid of cults, she realized she could take these four points and apply them through her own, nonreligious filter.
Healthy body, Community, Vocation, Partner
Out of the four cornerstones, however, Lindsay North had zero.
The Cornerstones of Happiness is a fast-paced, lively novel that deals with heavy issues yet is lighthearted. It's a mixture of a Cosmo article or a Sex and the City episode, intertwined with deep, fundamental human struggles (finding happiness and fulfillment), bringing equations, vectors, and velocity into the mix. Yet these elements come together, resulting in a modern, approachable novel with a message that isn't overly directive (like a self-help book) but invites self-exploration.
The Angel's Addendum
She's a woman in the wake of self-destruction, but perhaps redemption is right around the corner – immerse yourself in the poetic prose of the angel.
In The Angel's Addendum, the author behind The Devil's Thesaurus, Samuel Faulk, collaborates with poetess Jillian Calahan to breathe life into the mysterious unnamed angel of his first book. Within the pages of this captivating poetry collection, witness the untold tale that peels away the layers, revealing the angel's true nature. The poets invite you to ask the question – with enough words, can the villain of one story find redemption in another?
Rejoin the poetic duo as the new narrator wrestles with her demons, her feelings for him, and her lingering commitment to her husband.
Structured in an ingenious thesaurus format, the authors present expressive poetries that seamlessly merge into a bigger portrait depicting the very essence of love - the feeling that gives us the most intense high can also viciously tear us apart.
So, whether you are a poetry enthusiast looking for something different or you simply want to experience the rawness of love, marriage, and deceit, The Angel's Addendum is precisely what you're looking for.
The Angel's Addendum is the second book in the evocative series, The Celestial Compendium, following The Devil's Thesaurus.
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