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The Basics of Book Design: Main Text Pages
MAIN TEXT pages refer to the main body of a book’s text: everything but the frontmatter and backmatter. Here we will talk about how to design these pages for best effect, both aesthetically and...
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Typesetting in the 21st Century
Since the late 1980s, I’ve been working almost exclusively with book publishers and authors. I truly love just about everything about my work. I like to use the word “typesetting” to describe what I...
View ArticleThe Basics of Book Design: Frontmatter Pages
The many parts of a printed book can be grouped into three main categories: 1. the frontmatter pages, 2. the main text pages, and 3. the backmatter pages. I am going to describe the various elements...
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The Basics of Book Design No. 3: Frontmatter Pages
I hope you enjoy this issue of The Basics of Book Design newsletter. The focus is on the Frontmatter Pages. newsletter_vol3
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Garden of Eden, West Hollywood
I found these flowers outdoors in a basket hanging from the ceiling of a building on Melrose Place. Another lovely day in West Hollywood. Anyone can come for a visit and it’s a privilege to live here...
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Pacific Design Center, Photocolorized
These are three views of the Pacific Design Center on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. I did some work in Photoshop on all three. The actual building is a bright blue. Copyright ©2016 Andrea...
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Book Design & Layout Samples
The following are sample pages from some of the books that I have designed and typeset.
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Two Versions of One West Hollywood Hummingbird
The first photograph is unaltered, straight off my Canon Rebel t5i. I made some alterations and enhancements to the second one, mostly adding brightness and more red. Hope you enjoy the photos! Andrea...
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Self Publishing Design and Book Layout Services
My specialty is the design and production of print books and e-books. I have many low cost options that I hope will exceed your expectations. I’m available to work on all types of publications,...
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Hummingbird Layouts
These are my some of my latest attempts to meld my hummingbird photographs with some layouts. Hope you enjoy them! Copyright © 2016 Andrea Reider. All rights reserved.
View ArticleCustomer T-Shirts and Other Items for Sale
I’m in the process of stocking my new on-line store at teepublic.com. My photographs are now available on t-shirts (for $14) and many other types of clothing. You can also purchase prints and even...
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New Service! Colorizing and Enhancing Photographs
I’m turning my love of colorizing and enhancing photographs into a new service provided by Reider Books. The process is very simple. You send me your photographs and I return samples until you are...
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Redesigned Postcard and a Few Other Things
Two new versions of my book design and typesetting postcard. I redesigned it as a square for Instagram. The Irresistible Ruby Red: And some of my new prism photographs: Copyright © 2016. Andrea...
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My Collage Process in Four Steps
The following 2 sets of 4 images began as my photograph of a detail of the Art Deco masterpiece, the Eastern Columbia Building in downtown Los Angeles. SET 1 Original Colorized Collage 1...
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Colorized Photographs of Famous People
I hope you enjoy my new collection of colorized photographs of well known acting, music, and sports stars! I’m making my way through a treasure trove of old black and white photographs. Andrea Greta...
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Venice Beach Photographs, Andrea Reider, Summer 2016
Some new photographs from the beach between Santa Monica and Venice Beach, California. I enhanced some of the blues and yellows to make the day seem even more sunny and bright than it actually was....
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New photographs from downtown Los Angeles, August 2016
I spent some time photographing downtown Los Angeles last weekend, concentrating on the old Financial District and the adjoining Broadway Theatre District. All of these images are color enhanced and...
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New Book Designs: Chapter Openers
I hope you enjoy my new collection of book designs! I began with a single layout and developed variations on the theme. My plan is to work on and post a number of Chapter Opener designs that can be...
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Los Angeles Union Station Photographs
I collected my Los Angeles Union Station color-enhanced photographs into a 54-page book. This is the pdf: UnionStation_Reider_e-book And some sample pages Copyright © 2016 Andrea Reider....
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Basics of Book Design
There are many online book retailers today, including CreateSpace and Amazon Kindle, Apple iBookstore, Google, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, and Lulu. Publishing has changed in just about every way in my...
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