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Fiona Raven

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• what I offer you
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Design samples

• book covers
  • Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Workbook
  • Addiction: A Mother's Story
  • Harriet's Trunk
  • The Lennon-Brontë Connection
  • Starlight
  • Nature's Garden
  • A Diplomatic Guide to Los Angeles
  • Give Yourself A RAISE
  • Disobedience Means Death
  • The Legends of NOW
  • Martin Mars the Mighty Water Bomber
  • The Twice-Weekly Letters
  • The Tale of Miss Spider
  • Angels: Winged Whispers
  • Free-range Babies
  • Tamara's Child
  • All You Need Is Love
  • For the Love of Nature
  • Fierce & Unequal Combat
  • A Natural Philosophy
  • The Energy of Intention
  • Courage & Controversy
  • Love Letters to Art
  • The Ball Player
  • The Canadian Dairy Commission
  • Babies are Boring
  • Outlaw Trigger
  • Outsmart Your Cancer
  • 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
  • For the Love of Nature
  • The Canadian Dairy Commission
  • The Imaginary Zoo
  • Landslides
  • Play-Go-Round
  • The Healing Tones of Crystal Bowls
  • After Brain Injury
  • Picture Science

Design process

• book covers
• interior pages

About Fiona

• background
• newspaper article
• art department
  • Keep It Fresh
  • The Pact
  • Notes from Abroad
  • The Hand Book
  • Broadway
• contact me

• home page

Design coaching

• coaching services
• coaching examples
  • The Gargoyles Go To London
  • Wobbles the Clown
  • City Chicks
  • Atoms, Einstein, Universe
  • Spiral of Life
• Book Design Made Simple for Self-Publishers

Social Media Book Marketing

• social media book marketing
• about Claire Sowerbutt

Swiss Affiliates

• Schweizer Partner für Buchdesign

Published books

• newly published
  • Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Workbook
  • Addiction: A Mother's Story
  • Planet Whispers
  • The Lennon-Brontë Connection
  • Starlight
  • The 33rd Sage
  • A Diplomatic Guide to Los Angeles
  • A Walk on the Wild Side
  • Give Me A Break
  • A Quest for Good Manners
  • Brain School
  • Traveller to Freedom
  • Soul Whispers II
  • Give Yourself A RAISE
  • A Whistler Bear Story
• 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: offset or digital?
  • Print or POD publish your book?
  • 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
• Dawn-Louise McLeod
• 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