The Book
Overview:
Create a book based on project. Book should be a minimum of 2500 words and reflect the editing necessary for a comprehensive project (as opposed to the individual chapters, which were discrete units). Grading considerations include:
- conscious (and conscientious) use of color, design, fonts, layout, and images as visual form of rhetoric (in other words, using design elements as a way of reinforcing or generating thought about your intent)
- editing for a larger/longer scale project
- a further development/refining of the originally submitted writing project.
Technical considerations:
To create a book using MS Word, please see Microsoft's Website for tips, tricks, and (most importantly) a step-by-step guide.
Guidance on how to insert graphics in MS Word.
Creating a Table of Contents? See Shauna Kelly's Tutorial or see Microsoft's "How to Use Outline Levels to Create a Table of Contents."
Freebies/ Extras
PCBook2 claims to enable users to print text files to booklets (untested)
Free Fonts: FontFreak, 1001FreeFonts, AcidFonts
- How to Install Fonts (You may need to unzip or expand downloaded files first)
Free Clipart: Barry's Clipart Server, Microsoft Office Clipart, Classroom Clipart (popup hell, but decent images)
Free Photos: FreeFoto, Bigfoto.com, Morguefile.com, Gimp-Savvy Photo Archive
News / Historical Photos (requires SCSU login): AP Photo Archive (iCONN), Black Drama (Alexander Street), New York Times Historical Archives (Proquest)
Book Design Guidelines and Checklist
English 112 · Book Design Choices
Title of Book:
Author:
Brief Project Description:
Design Considerations
Cover Design
Dominant Color(s) (at least one; preferably no more than three):
- What color for background (if any):
- What color for title text?
- What color for author name?
Why have you chosen these colors (Consider symbolism, social/cultural/historical repertoires, assumed shared cultural responses)?
Cover Image(s) (brief description or attach thumbnail [small image]):
What is/are image(s) used to convey (Review above considerations)?
Cover Title Font:
Again, considering effect, why are you using this/these font(s) specifically?
Inside Jacket Design
What will appear on your inside front cover (e.g., summary of work)?
What type of image might you use for this (e.g., “photo of television set”) and why?
What will appear on your inside back cover (e.g., author’s bio)?
What type of image might you use for this (e.g., “photo of television set”0 and why?
What will appear on your back cover?
What type of image might you use for this (e.g., “photo of television set”) and why?
In-text Design
What size will your book be (e.g., 8.5” x 5.5” booklet)?
What type of paper will you be using (bond, linen, regular copy paper)?
What color paper will you use (cream, ivory, white, or perhaps something else)?
What font are you using for the text of your book and why?
What type of image might you use for this (e.g., “photo of television set”) and why?
Quick Reference
- Color Scheme
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- Images (list file name and source information. Note if work is original)
- o Front Cover:
- o Inside Front Cover:
- o Inside Back Cover:
- o Back Cover:
- o In Text (list page numbers as well):
- Book text
- o font
- o size
- Chapter Heading
- o font
- o size
- Table of Contents
- o font
- o size
Checklist
- Cover Art/Design
- Inside Front Cover Text
- Abstract (may be inside front cover)
- Inside Front Cover Image(s)
- Inside Back Cover Text
- Author Biography (may be inside back cover)
- Inside Back Cover Image(s)
- Back Cover Text (may be promotional “blurb”)
- Back Cover Image(s)
- Title Page (includes title, author, publication information [including year], and copyright notice)
- Dedication (optional)
- Acknowledgments (optional)
- Preface (optional)
- Table of Contents (include individual chapter titles) I
- ntroduction (may be Chapter I)
- Conclusion (may be Chapter IV)
- Index (optional)
- Pages numbered (lower case roman numerals for all pages before introduction)
- Pages have headers and/or footers indicating chapter (optional)
- Works Cited/ References Section(s)
- All non-original (not by author) images cited
- All sources cited
Cover Design Template
(for Legal Sized Paper/ "half page" book)
