ALLi Insights: Books by Design with Joel Friedlander Video and Podcast

January 31, 2015

ALLi Insights: Books by Design – Understanding Design for Author-Publishers with Joel Friedlander

Orna Ross and Joel Friedlander met up at this month's January ALLi Insights event to look at designing and building better books.

Some of the topics discussed were:

How many seconds you have to make an impression with your book cover
The importance of setting clear goals for your book
Defining your audience and understanding your genre
Where to look to find book cover inspiration and information about Joel's monthly ebook cover design awards
What he thinks about 99 Designs
The most common question Joel is asked about his book design process
Joel's thoughts on 2015 Industry Trends
And his final Design Tip: Don't buck what people expect

ALLi Insights YouTube Video

About Joel Friedlander

Joel Friedlander is the creator of the hugely successful website, The Book Designer, and is ALLi’s Advisor on Book Design.

ALLi Insights SoundCloud Podcast

Where can I watch or listen to more ALLi Insights?

You can catch up on all of our videos on ALLi's YouTube Channel
You can listen to all of our podcasts at ALLi's SoundCloud Channel

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