Design Samples for Books: printed through KDP

By Robin Brooks and Robin Brooks

First and foremost, this is a booklet to explore printing with KDP/Kindle Direct Publishing. Secondarily, it displays A Few Chapter Opening Treatments as a possible starting off point for authors and clients of personal historians, to get a sense of how their book might look. On the page following each chapter opening here, you will find noted the size of that book, along with a large letter labelling that design, if for some reason you'd like to refer to it. In the chapter entitled Images of Various Resolutions, I am exploring how black and white, color, and false duotone images (images created with CMYK that appear as if they have been created using Black and a second color) print in KDP using 300dpi, 450dpi, and 600dpi. I created this first for my own benefit, as a test, using a casual design, so that I might execute my own and clients' books for KDP the best I can. Then, my sister had the idea to also use this as a place to showcase a smattering of chapter openings as an offering for a less expensive design path, as these have already been created; hence, part of the design time would be alleviated. In any case, I hope this book may be of use to you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530429552
• ISBN13: 9781530429554
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.1" x 8.0"