by Kim Dovey | Apr 7, 2014 | Book Design, Customer Service, eBooks, Future of The Book, Interactive Content, Social Media, Studio, Website
This is the place for publishers to hear what’s new, what’s working and what’s fallen into the ‘has been’ pile. As a designer I like to go along to quietly sit in the corner and listen. To continue providing services to publishers we need...
by Kim Dovey | Mar 2, 2014 | Book Design, Educational Publishing
These usually arrive in bulk and with a wonderful confidentiality clause attached, which means we can’t show you any pretty pictures here. But I can tell you about a three-month contract we completed last year that involved 64 books in 16 groups over three levels. Our...
by Kim Dovey | Mar 2, 2014 | Book Design, Educational Publishing, Studio
Year 9 Graphics is a print and digital product that won Best Educational Design at the PANZ Book Design Awards. Excellence in Biology Level 3 received a highly commended in 2010. Both books are published by Cengage NZ, for whom we have produced a variety of books over...
by Kim Dovey | Feb 21, 2014 | Book Design, Cover Design, Self Publishing
10 things you need to know about book design AND the 10 most common mistakes made in self-publishing and how to avoid them Book Design Ltd is a design studio with a passion for books. Now based in Birkenhead, on Auckland’s North Shore, Book Design has been designing...
by Kim Dovey | Jan 30, 2014 | Book Design, Social Media, Studio, Uncategorized
Have you seen this? It was really nice of Booksellers and Beatties Book Blog to feature us. The role of the book designer in publishing An interview with Kim Dovey and Dexter Fry, provided by www.smartworkcreative.co.nz What is your background in book design? Kim...
by Kim Dovey | Dec 16, 2013 | Book Design, Educational Publishing, Inspiration, Studio
We have just posted off the last parcel to end a 4 year educational project. Our production system shows we have redesigned 214 books, but I know the production system is only 2.5 years old, so that is not all of them. With the help of Peter Bray (who left us some...
