I was reading a post on a forum last week that asked about employing a formatter and it’s inspired these words as I felt it might be useful to untangle the language and roles. I also tested out Vellum to explore what apps offer and compared this to my bespoke skills. This post walks you though the Hello Lovely book page design process, explains what software I use, why and the stages, plus who to involve, what they do and why you may need them. The post covers print and ebook design across fiction and non-fiction.
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Alongside Squarespace (read more about that here) I also work with WordPress. My philosophy is that there’s always a choice at the back-end of the website as well as the front for the users. Which one is better? Well, that’s largely down to what you prefer to use and what your website and business aims are. Both have good and bad points - you’ll find plenty of (heated!) opinions on the internet. I’m happy to show you behind the scenes, and this blog post takes you through how I create a WP site.
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