Category: ARTICLES
Dialogue Presentation in Planet of the Girls
Foreword
Just to say I’ve written this story in British English, so there will be some minor differences in grammar, punctuation and the use of slang words and phrases when compared to other forms of English (such as American English).
Churchill’s long lost ‘speech’ 07-07-1942
21st December 2013.
Today London Transport’s Logistics Office delivered some incredible news. Yesterday, on the 19th December, 2013, Quantity Surveyor Mr Jonathan Clarkson found something quite unexpected during an inspection of old deep level London Underground offices buried deep beneath the streets in London.
Opening of Book 1 Britland Calling.
Chapter 1. The Writer. Hello. I’m about to write a story. What’s it about? Not too sure yet because it’s only this morning started to flood into my head like water from a bath tap that someone’s turned on to the full. I can’t turn it off, so I had better get my act together.
Inimitable Characters
One of the skills I love to attempt to employ is the creation of standout, original characters.
uk place visit 0
This is my first visit to homes to bring my books to people’s attention. I will probably hand deliver some web-cards (business-like cards that advertise my web page).
Do I need to register for VAT (UK)?
Business related articles from Bookanory Publishing House: VAT.
Glossary of Publishing and Marketing Terms
The basic complication with VAT is that because companies like Amazon would operate their sales from countries with the lowest VAT rates the EU was forced into changing the law so that companies would have to pay at the rate of the buyer’s country VAT.
VAT Complications with Your Digital Goods and Services
The basic complication with VAT is that because companies like Amazon would operate their sales from countries with the lowest VAT rates the EU was forced into changing the law so that companies would have to pay at the rate of the buyer’s country VAT.
THE ART OF THE BLURB
Just so you know, this article will end with my blurbs for my novel Pride and Prejudice and Superheroes. Before taking on blurbs, I’ll just mention loglines and tagline. There is definitely some slightly different understandings of these two structures, but one thing is agreed: both are different.
BOOK COVER DESIGN: PART 1. BASIC COLOUR USE IN BOOK COVER DESIGN
Welcome to Part 1 of my 5 part book cover design series. In this article I will be examining a graphic design fundamental subject in relation to book cover design; namely, basic colour use in book cover design.
BOOK COVER DESIGN: PART 2. BASIC COMPONENTS OF A BOOK COVER
Welcome to Part 2 of my book cover design series of articles. In this article I will be concerned with the basic components of a book cover.
BOOK COVER DESIGN: PART 3. COMMON ARCHETYPES IN BOOK COVER DESIGN
Welcome to Part 3 of my book cover design series of articles. In this article I will be concentrating on archetypes in book cover design.
BOOK COVER DESIGN: PART 4. THE MAIN AIM OF A BOOK COVER
Welcome to Part 4 of my book cover design series. In this article I will further examine the fundamental aim of a book cover.
BOOK COVER DESIGN: PART 5. POOR CHOICES IN BOOK COVER DESIGN
Welcome to Part 5 of my book cover design series. In this final article of the series I will be tackling the topic of poor choices in book cover design; some might be as cruel as to say “mistakes” in book cover design. Come on then, let’s get started.
BOOK COVER TEXTS: PART 1. BASICS
In this series of articles, I will examine texts that we use on book covers. As stated in other articles, the main texts we use on book covers are: the Author Name, the Book Title, Series Title combined with Book Episode Title, any Taglines, any Logos and the back matter Book Blurb.
BOOK COVER TEXTS: PART 2. MORE ADVANCED TEXT TECHNIQUES
Welcome to Part 2 of my book cover text series. In this article we will look at more advanced techniques to present our book cover text. In my 5 part Book Cover Design series, Here we use the appearance of the text to literally resemble the nature of the book’s content.
BOOK COVER TEXTS: PART 3. ORIENTATION AND COMBINATIONS OF TEXTS
Welcome to Part 3, the final part in this series, of my book cover text series. In this article we will look at Text Orientation and Combinations of Texts on our book cover text.
BOOK COVER EMULATION STYLE: PART 1. DETECTIVE-THRILLER BOOK COVER
Welcome to Part 1 of my 3-part book cover copy style series. These 3 articles will deal with the emulation of bestselling book cover design styles. In this series I will show how a professional book cover can be achieved by taking examples of professional well-known covers.
BOOK COVER EMULATION STYLE: PART 2. DYSTOPIAN BOOK COVER
Welcome to Part 2 of my book cover copy style series. In this article I will tackle the Dystopian genre. First let’s look at a collection of highly professional bestselling dystopian books.
BOOK COVER EMULATION STYLE: PART 3. SCIENCE FICTION ASIMOV STYLED BOOK COVER
Welcome to Part 3 of my series on book cover emulation styles. In this article I will tackle the Science Fiction genre. I will examine Isaac Asimov book covers.
BOOK COVER SERIES DESIGN: PART 1. BASIC LOOK AT A SERIES OR COLLECTION OF BOOK COVERS
Welcome to my two articles on book cover series (and collections) design. The idea here is that we are considering a predetermined series. For instance, J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series all the books.
BOOK COVER SERIES DESIGN: PART 2. PROFESSIONAL DESIGN OF BOOK COVERS FOR A SERIES (OR COLLECTION)
Welcome to PART 2 of my series of articles on book cover series (and collections) design. In this article I will show a method of creating a unique book cover template system for a book series.
HOW TO CREATE AND DESIGN COMMON BOOK COVER IMAGES: PART 1. PLANETS, STARS AND OTHER ASTRONOMICAL BODIES
Welcome to my articles on HOW TO CREATE AND DESIGN COMMON BOOK COVER IMAGES. In this article we will concentrate on astronomical bodies, planets being probably the most prominent.
HOW TO CREATE AND DESIGN COMMON BOOK COVER IMAGES: PART 2. SCI-FI CHARACTERS.
Welcome to Part 2 of my three articles on how to choose, create and design popular book cover images in the sci-fi and dystopian genres.