Owner | Art Director | Graphic Designer at Nehmen-Kodner
Hearing Our Way Spring 2023 focuses on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math). College student, Zandy is studying science. She says, “Hearing loss doesn’t define me.”
Retired surgeon Paul Schafer wrote his memoir, “Stories from my journey” after taking a writing class. Custom cover photo by his son-in-law. I deleted the telephone wires and patched the asphalt road in Photoshop and brightened the author’s face.
Many people want to tell their stories. I recently designed a medley of memoirs. Self-publishing and printing are excellent ways to accomplish this and reach the perfect readers. The following memoirs were written by first-time authors whom I guided through the design and book-production process. What design elements are generally used for the cover of…
I recently designed a memoir for Bonnie, a first-time author who originally printed only enough copies of her book for her family and friends. Now, she wants to publish it and make it available to the public. If you are a first-time author who is ready to publish your book, you have many publishing options,…
A team of three educators contacted me to help them publish their curriculum, a project management book for middle-school students. This was their first foray into publishing. Their requirements: editing, ebook publishing, an attractive cover design, and file formats. I replied, “I’m a book designer, not an editor, but I’m happy to recommend editors I’ve…
A first-time author (I’ll call him Joe ) hired me to design his suspense novel. He requested ebook, paperback, and hardcover versions. He had purchased an ISBN for each format. (Each different edition of your book needs a separate ISBN to identify it—one for the ebook, a separate one for the paperback, and another for…
