The cover artist is Timothy Decker and the book was designed by Helen Robinson.
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Friday, January 3, 2014
The Best YA And MG Book Jackets of 2013
Booklist Online named THE BALLAD OF JESSIE PEARL'S book jacket as one of their favorites for 2013!
The cover artist is Timothy Decker and the book was designed by Helen Robinson.
The cover artist is Timothy Decker and the book was designed by Helen Robinson.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Typesetting & Design
THE BALLAD OF JESSIE PEARL after typesetting:
I just completed a stage of the publishing process called "page proofs." After my manuscript went through the typesetting process, it was sent back to my copyeditor. She and I both read the manuscript multiple times looking for mistakes, tweaking words, and searching for lines that were either too tight or too loose. Tight lines run together like this: Weareclosertogetherthantwopeasinapod. L o o s e l i n e s a r e m o r e l i k e t h i s.
My copyeditor used a couple of terms I was unfamiliar with: widows and orphans. It turns out there are rules to typography that make print more visually appealing to readers. An orphan is a very short line at the end of a paragraph, and a widow is a very short line at the top of a page. Both leave a lot of white space and interrupt reading flow. I found a good article that explains rags, widows, and orphans here: http://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/level-2/text-typography/rags-widows-orphans
After much back and forth between myself and the copyeditor, she compiled one master list of changes for the typesetter. It's starting to look like a real book.
I can't wait to see what comes next on my path to publication!
I just completed a stage of the publishing process called "page proofs." After my manuscript went through the typesetting process, it was sent back to my copyeditor. She and I both read the manuscript multiple times looking for mistakes, tweaking words, and searching for lines that were either too tight or too loose. Tight lines run together like this: Weareclosertogetherthantwopeasinapod. L o o s e l i n e s a r e m o r e l i k e t h i s.
My copyeditor used a couple of terms I was unfamiliar with: widows and orphans. It turns out there are rules to typography that make print more visually appealing to readers. An orphan is a very short line at the end of a paragraph, and a widow is a very short line at the top of a page. Both leave a lot of white space and interrupt reading flow. I found a good article that explains rags, widows, and orphans here: http://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/level-2/text-typography/rags-widows-orphans
After much back and forth between myself and the copyeditor, she compiled one master list of changes for the typesetter. It's starting to look like a real book.
I can't wait to see what comes next on my path to publication!
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