Another key to using Affinity Publisher (called AP for the rest of this page) is knowing how to work with images. The default setting for Affinity is not to embed …
Cover AND Interiors: Typography
One of the more challenging aspects of book design is typography. Some covers are more about the font (the way the letters look) than they are any other design. I …
Cover Design: Finding Graphics
Book covers require both images and text. Tempting as it may be to Google and find a cute image, it can get you sued for copyright infringement. For your own …
Cover and Graphics Design Tools
Whether designing your own cover or covers for other people, there are plenty of guidelines as to how to design to genre, etc. (Techniques and tutorials are listed under our Cover …
Interior: Formatting Tools
When it comes to formatting for print and/or eBooks, however, the writing-focused software options range from so-so to a hard pass. Here’s where specialty programs come into play. I purchased …
Interior: Writing Tools
When writing a book, the first rule is to, well, write. Naturally, writing requires some type of word-processing software. The granddaddy and probably the most familiar word-processing program is Microsoft Word. It …
Affinity Publisher: Working with Text
Affinity Publisher is, after all, desktop publishing software. Key to using Affinity Publisher (called AP for the rest of this page) is knowing how to work with text. Boxed In …
Affinity Publisher: the Basics
Congratulations! You just purchased Affinity Publisher! You weren’t positive how the templates were but you found one you think is close to what you need, you’ve opened a new document, …
Minimum Required Tools
When creating any product for publication, there are a few must-haves. You may choose which specific programs to use – but you’ll need at least ONE in each of the …