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Fiona Raven

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• book covers
  • For the Love of Nature
  • A Natural Philosophy
  • Babies are Boring
  • Courage & Controversy
  • Love Letters to Art
  • The Ball Player
  • The Canadian Dairy Commission
  • The Energy of Intention
  • Outlaw Trigger
  • Social & Emotional Development
  • The Little Book of Poetry & Prose
  • Finding Grace
  • Stripped Down Running
  • Beer & Food
  • Dawn of Destiny
  • Conquering the Cough & Cold Aisle
  • House of Testosterone
  • A Summer Odyssey
  • MoonPie
  • Making Sense of Tonga
  • The Forager's Harvest
  • Calling
  • Estrogen's Storm Season
  • The Cattle
  • Play-Go-Round 2005
  • Alice's Diary
  • Happy Hour in the Florida Keys
  • Tour of Duty: Spanish
  • Home Equity Borrowing
  • Free at Last
  • Searching for the Postmark
  • Puako: An Affectionate History
  • Warpaint of the Gods
  • Bogi Bjarnason ... his words
  • Dead Fish and Fat Cats
  • The Magical Master Snowman
• interior pages
  • The Captain's Wife
  • Oh, Oh Canada
  • Puako
  • The Cattle
  • Calling
  • Dead Fish and Fat Cats
  • Managing the Modern Herbarium
  • Dr. Dan's Super Weight Loss Plan
  • Prospering Together
  • Bogi Bjarnason ... his words
  • Love Letters to Art
  • Making Sense of Tonga
  • Spirit Gardens
  • A Summer Odyssey
  • The Forager's Harvest
  • The Canadian Dairy Commission
  • The Imaginary Zoo
  • Landslides
  • Play-Go-Round
  • The Healing Tones of Crystal Bowls
  • After Brain Injury
  • Picture Science

Design process

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• interior pages

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About Fiona

• background
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• art department
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• contact me

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Published books

• newly published
  • A Natural Philosophy
  • Babies are Boring
  • For the Love of Nature
  • Succession Stories from the Front Line
  • Getting to Purple
  • Steps in the Rights Direction
  • Love Letters to Art
  • The Half-Doll, Volume 6
  • The Energy of Intention
  • Outlaw Trigger
  • Spirit Gardens
• children's books
• coffee table books
• educational
• fiction
• health & healing
• history
• gift & humor
• memoirs
• nature & science
• nonfiction
• poetry & prose
• politics & government
• spirituality
• travel & regional

Resources

• articles
  • Interior pages need design too
  • Typesetting 101
  • Estimate your book's page count
  • Epic's interview with Fiona on book design
  • Why hire an editor?
  • Hire an editor online—it's easy!
  • Start your own style sheet
  • Writing your back cover copy
  • Using cover run-ons for marketing
  • Getting testimonials & endorsements
  • Why you need book publicity
  • The accidental publicist
  • Taking charge of website keywords
  • What keywords do competitors use?
  • Printing: two methods explained
  • Choosing a printer or publisher
  • Why self-publish?
  • Do it yourself or hire someone else?
  • The editorial and publication process
  • Your publishing name and logo
  • To fulfill or not to fulfill?
  • Setting your book's retail price
  • Bar codes for the book industry
• editors
• Ann Harmer
• Dawn-Louise McLeod
• Arlene Prunkl
• goodies
• Download Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Estimate your book's page count
• Start a style sheet
• images online
• illustrators
  • Gordon Clover
  • Scott Polzen
  • Teresa Waclawik
• links
• photographers
  • Neall Calvert
• printers
• publishers
• website designers