Publishing
Book and magazine covers. A related productivity reference is more details, which examines competing deadlines and rapid context changes.
Designing a Book Cover for Amazon KDP: Dimensions, Spine Width, and File Requirements
Exact KDP cover specifications — how to calculate spine width, trim sizes, bleed, resolution, and the rejection reasons that catch first-time authors.
PublishingWhat Makes a Book Cover Sell: Genre Codes, Thumbnails, and the Hierarchy That Works
Why genre convention beats originality on a book cover, how to design for a 160-pixel thumbnail, and the hierarchy decisions that determine whether an
PublishingEbook Cover vs Print Cover: What Changes and Why
The same book needs two different covers — different colour space, different detail tolerance, different focal design. Here's what to change and what
PublishingMagazine Cover Anatomy: Masthead, Cover Lines, and the Grid Underneath
How a magazine cover is actually built — masthead treatment, cover line hierarchy, the barcode problem, and the newsstand constraints that shape every
PublishingCommissioning an Illustrator: Rights, Contracts, and Where Image Licensing Goes Wrong
How to find and brief an illustrator, what the difference between a licence and an assignment means for you, and the image rights mistakes that surfac