Deciding on photo layout is a critical part of your book design. Here are some suggestions to get your wheels spinning.
Credits:
The Art of the Tree by Cassie Kitzmiller
Homemade Dairy by Jill Winger
Vietnam Abyss by Michael Snook
Passport Forward by Lex Latkovski
21 Days to Boost Your Writing Confidence by Marni Freedman
A walk-through of the book design process for “Natalie and the Nazi Soldiers” by Annette Gendler
Just like I am not an illustrator, neither is an illustrator a production artist. Instead, the illustrator, the editor, and the production artist (that’s me!) all work in tandem to arrive at the best end product.
Authors are often so excited to bypass the gatekeepers of publishing and have their work in print on their own terms that they often throw the baby out with the bathwater. Eventually, when their excitement dies down, they start to realize “Hmmm, why doesn’t my book look like a traditionally printed book?” And the answer to this is because typesetting is a skill that takes years to develop and not every software allows for this skill to be executed at a level of mastery.
