InDesign CC: Book Production, Putting the book together (Udemy.com)

Producing books as we discuss why and how things are done

Created by: David Bergsland

Produced in 2017

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What you will learn

  • Design and produce an excellent print version of a book
  • Create a full-color downloadable PDF version
  • Make a Kindle Print Replica, Kid's book, or Comic version
  • Convert the downloadable PDF into an ePUB FXL [fixed layout]
  • Convert the downloadable PDF into an ePUB Reflowable version
  • Convert the ePUB Reflow into a Kindle book
  • Upload the book versions to the various distributors and aggregators
  • Develop an online platform for marketing the author and the books

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Overall Score : 80 / 100

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Course Description

This is a very practical course. There is a lot to learn, but none of it is very difficult. It is very complex though. It is the goal of the course to make the complexity easy to understand and relatively simple to execute. If you have any questions, just send me a message or email me directlyWho this course is for:
  • The graphic designer or author who needs to handle the complexity more easily
  • The author looking to improve the writing experience, as well as making the book release simple

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Instructor Details

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  • Began art & design career doing posters for my acid rock band in Minneapolis
  • Earned my BFA in printmaking & painting in 1971
  • Illustrated for publishers as soon as I was graduated
  • Became a graphic artist in 1979 in West Virginia
  • Grew into Typographer & Art Director in 1983 in Albuquerque at a large commercial printer
  • Began teaching commercial printing in 1991 in a large community college in Albuquerque
  • Started writing textbooks in 1994 beginning with "Printing In A Digital World"the 1st textbook on the all-digital workflow for commercial printing
  • Began designing fonts to use in my books
  • Developed digital publishing degree in 1996
  • Initiated on-demand publishing house for print & ebooks in 2002which developed into a full-time effort in 2009

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Reviews

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By Karen E. Willmus

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By James Kahn

Wonderful course. Very clear and thorough. I loved it.

By Evita Dawson

Excessive talking. I've been waiting and waiting to get to the point. Nothing being spoken is making any sense because nothing is being demonstrated with the talking.

By Paul Russell

The Auto-Captions need correction due to the Authors heavy American Accent. The Subtitles often are misleading and unclear such as the Author says something like "...go to Greece and open up Arisa..." I don't know who Arisa is but I'm sure pretty she would not like any of us trying to open her up especially if she's human.

By John Petrocelli

A Unique Approach ! David Bergsland teaches you to WRITE and ASSEMBLE your BOOK in Indesign, almost as if it were an art project .. you sculpt and mold your book as you write it .. Readability and typesetting are heavily stressed. Old world, tried and true values to good book design is taught. Instead of using several programs and going through a lengthy assembly of books and collaborators, Bergsland teaches you to do it all in InDesign.

This is one instructor I'd pay a small fortune to, to be personally tutored in Book Production, but it's all here, it this very detailed course.

By Donald L. Pratt

This is the only time-efficient way to see all of the myriad of things you have to get things right. The number of shortcuts and menu items in InDesign is formidable.

By Paul Salgado

The instuctor provided me with clear guidance on completing and publishing books with the InDesign application. It's a very enjoyable course (and fulfilling "work") for my book publishing activities. Thanks for making the course available.

By John McKeel

David's knowledge of typography and desktop publishing is amazing. Add to that, his quick responses to any questions and genuine care, and you have a great course.

By Vernon Riley

David is really knowledgeable. I find that the course is best played at 125% or 150% speed - in order that the voiceover moves along. The challenge is that the course will appeal to multiple audiences - because many people wish to typeset a book. There will be those who want to learn it as a skill to sell. But many more, I suspect, want to use it on their projects. The latter group are probably less interested in the minutiae than in learning rules of thumb and getting sufficient control of InDesign to produce a professional looking result. The course probably doesn't have enough in the "workable rules of thumb"... it is assumed that the reader will develop their own - which depends on the "rest of life"...

By Sarah Sutton

As with the preceding course, I am impressed with the amount of information and knowledge shown here. I am very glad to have a better understanding of book production for my professional needs.

However, in terms of how the information is presented (PowerPoint, on screen demos, audio quality) and how the information is organized, the course needs work.