tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58302092024-03-14T11:09:20.440-04:00american biblioverkenA feature of american bioblioverken, a publishing and book design firm established in 2002. Topics covered include book design, book publishing, graphic design, publishing tools and technology, typography, printing, writing, marketing, illustration, creative inspiraiton and related topics.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-70766406370443203302020-04-22T13:46:00.001-04:002020-04-23T09:12:49.921-04:00 IBN History of Brewing Series grows again: Indian Corn (or Maize) in the Manufacture of Beer
Our first title of 2020 is yet another addition to our IBN History of Brewing Series. Turning our attention from Europe to America, we have created a new edition of Indian Corn (or Maize) in the Manufacture of Beer, an 1893 publication of the US Department of Agriculture, originally authored by Professor Robert Wahl.
Professor Wahl not only covers the basics of brewing science, but putsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-43752128461214262492020-04-08T16:43:00.000-04:002020-04-22T12:48:27.257-04:00Where The Magic Happens: The Basement Publisher
As we begin a new year, I thought I would take some time to talk about my work space, the equipment I currently use to write and design books, manage my graphics projects, organize my blogs and house all my reference materials. My "office" work space in the basement is quite small (approximately 6.5' x 8') - in fact, I sometimes joke that it's so tight, you don't so much enter it as wear it!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-36136830209241326572018-02-08T23:04:00.000-05:002018-02-09T10:08:25.992-05:00IBN History of Brewing Series adds Second Title for 2018: Secrets of the Mash Tun
The IBN History of Brewing Series continues to grow with this new, handy paperback version of a British brewing classic: Secrets of the Mash Tun; or The Real Causes of Failure in Producing Good Ale or Beer.
First published in 1847, this guide was written for small brewers and home brewers during a period when science was becoming more appreciated for its contributions to the brewer's art. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-13302020986762615992018-01-23T20:48:00.000-05:002018-01-24T12:53:28.910-05:00Now Available: 3rd Installment of TLG Design Library
We have just published the third installment in the TLG Design Library - William Morris: Some Thoughts on His Life, Work and Influence. This is a newly-created reprint of a long form work about William Morris that originally appeared in The Craftsman magazine in 1901. Published by Gustav Stickley, The Craftsman featured articles about the American Arts & Crafts Movement, as well as home Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-38350493936558152352018-01-14T19:00:00.000-05:002018-01-15T14:54:21.086-05:00New Title Premiers for International Beer News HISTORY OF BREWING Series
With the explosion of interest in brewing, Marketing and consumption of Craft Beer over the last two decades, there has also been an increased interest in brewing history. Brewers all across the world are studying and reviving age-old traditions, while craft beer enthusiasts continue to study the rich and fascinating world of Beer Culture.
Danish Beer and Continental Beer Gardens represents Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-43593933594687662432018-01-09T22:00:00.000-05:002018-01-10T13:51:11.748-05:00Looking Back: The Challenges of Part-Time Publishing
When I initially created American Biblioverken, my goal was to simply create an imprint that I could use to publish and distribute my first novel, The Steadfast, back in 2002. I had briefly investigated finding an agent, but although my queries did obtain some helpful feedback, the process seemed just too time-consuming. Furthermore, my vision for the book included the finished product, with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-62796092354624901662016-07-05T15:33:00.000-04:002016-07-05T15:37:25.595-04:00Making The Old New Again. And Doing it the Right Way.
Over the years, I’ve bought a lot of books on Ebay. Primarily, these are books on art, history and architecture, and many are old, out-of-print editions. Some are relatively rare and hard to find.
Yuck! #1
Occasionally, due to high cost or rarity, I’m unable to obtain a particular book; a good example of this might be Old Cottages, Farm Houses and other Half Timbered Buildings in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-15019815921226890342015-12-31T09:48:00.000-05:002015-12-31T09:49:42.847-05:00We Publish Games, Too: Mind Your Manors, a Collectible Country House Card Game
We have just published this collectible card game for The Long Gallery, featuring a custom 54-card deck including 52 full-color cards depicting some of England's most distinctive houses and manors.
Printed by The Gamecrafter, a US company that specializes in custom, print-on-demand games, the cards are high-quality, printed to the same specifications as most playing cards or popular gaming Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-62969741543841605882015-08-19T09:30:00.001-04:002015-08-19T09:35:39.351-04:00Novel News: Updated Print Edition of The Steadfast Available
We've been planning to update the print version of The Steadfast ever since we created a new front cover for the ebook version a couple of years ago. Using that as a cue, we re-formatted the new cover (added spine and back cover) and updated the front material, including a new ISBN number for the 2015 edition. We selected a matte finish for this edition, which we think turned out Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-43625026597100695632015-07-01T09:20:00.000-04:002015-07-02T09:23:01.270-04:00Two New Classic Books on Beer & Ale Brewing
With the explosion of interest in the brewing, marketing and consumption of Craft Beer over the last decade or more, there has also been an increased interest in brewing history. Small scale brewers have delved deeply into the past, reviving the age-old traditions of farm house brewing, small-batch experimentation and a more organic approach to beer and ale creation.
As a result, in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-2333330771197221352014-08-29T08:45:00.000-04:002015-07-02T08:46:22.405-04:00New William Morris Titles for Design & Art
With two titles completed and a possible third on the way, the TLG Design Library has gotten off to a good start with a couple of William Morris books that are perfect for a quick reference or even for use as a study guide for a learning course. Hopes and Fears for Art and The Art and Craft of Printing are available now through Amazon.com and CreateSpace at very reasonable pricing.
Of course,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-40160251458344972412014-07-02T09:12:00.000-04:002015-07-02T09:13:34.355-04:00First Title in New Western Reserve History Library
As part of the planned Western Reserve History Library, Stories of Ohio is a brand new, completely re-designed edition of William Dean Howell's classic work, first published in 1897. It provides a lively and accessible view of Ohio history, from the pre-historic Mound Builders through the end of the 19th Century.
This is the first of a series of historical books to be renewed and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-47611096047375843012014-01-03T09:35:00.000-05:002015-07-02T09:37:28.975-04:00The Steadfast - Now available as an Ebook
In addition to the print version available through Amazon/CreatSpace, we have also produced an ebook version of The Steadfast, which is set up in PDF format.
The novel surrounds the adventures of a talented English country house architect, who must use all his wits and talent to wind his way through a dangerous maze of murderous anarchists, spies and arms merchants at the end of the 19th Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-18199865033383067822009-02-12T08:52:00.004-05:002015-06-30T23:16:09.743-04:00New Considerations on Book Design
David Meerman Scott has some interesting thoughts about the changes in the way people experience books, based on new technologies and the many different ways we obtain and process information. Meerman notes how he added the URLs of Web sites, blogs, podcasts, videos and other links at the bottom of the each page in case readers wanted to go to the sites he was writing about. Subsequently, one ofUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-21360564701432428552009-01-30T13:22:00.007-05:002015-07-01T16:16:54.323-04:00Bust in Media & Publishing - Boom in Books?
Today, the Publishing Industry is clearly operating under a different economic model than is was in the past, and most people are inclined to believe that the downturn we are seeing is primarily the result of new technologies that are leveling and shifting the playing field. Quality content is available almost instantly in digital formats, at low or no cost, via computer or phone-based ebooks Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-33169318880068141662009-01-28T11:04:00.004-05:002015-07-01T08:41:59.604-04:00Wishing I Had a Local Resource Like This.
I had come across a link to their upcoming conference - "The Form of The Book" about a week ago, and downloaded the program brochure, even though I am not able to attend. But a closer look at the website of The St Bride Library reveals an incredible resource for anyone interested in printing and the graphic arts. The London-based organization rightly promotes itself as the world's foremost Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-79434057670469943302009-01-23T13:18:00.008-05:002015-07-01T16:17:26.246-04:00Re-formatting Content. But Not Like You Think...
Back in 2002, I was looking at a project to take some public-domain material and create something that was useful, trying to update some ancient texts in a new and interesting way. I managed to gather together some historical works, essentially covering the period from the end of the Roman Occupation to the Saxon invasions. These included Nennius, Gildas and Caradoc of Llancarfan. I also threw Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-78061137557395608072009-01-22T13:20:00.003-05:002015-07-01T16:17:51.729-04:00Time Magazine Ruminates on the Future of Publishing
A couple of days ago I pointed out Gareth Powell's insightful post on Blorge regarding the impact that reading books on iPhones and iPods is already having on the publishing industry. Now, Time Magazine is weighing in on the subject, with a timely article on how new technologies and even social changes are affecting the traditional practices of the book trade.
From self-published authors Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-64256012767295336392009-01-21T10:08:00.006-05:002015-07-01T16:18:13.411-04:00Web Design for The CSS-Challenged
Though I do know how to create a passable web page, I do not consider myself by any means a Web Designer. For those who have the training and experience to utilize all of the latest tools and technologies in the advancement of this art, I can only offer my deepest admiration and profess my sincere envy.
Any investigation of my limited skills, such as they are, would reveal that beyond the use Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-90907829900425841962009-01-20T10:31:00.002-05:002009-01-20T11:06:02.212-05:00iPod, iPhones the "Smiler with the Knyf?"Personally, I think the increasing worry that reading on the iPod and the iPhone will soon lead to the "death of the book" is somewhat overstated. But this does not keep me from investigating the devices' potential, and how they might best be used to distribute various types of written and visual communication.I must admit, however, that Gareth Powell's insights in this Blorge article - iPods andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-58694695031043508022009-01-19T10:19:00.002-05:002009-01-19T10:50:48.554-05:00Graphical Blast from the PastThings have certainly changed a lot since the first edition of this book by Jan V. White came out in 1980, but the 1991 edition of Graphic Idea Notebook was updated to reflect the fact that people were beginning to use computers exclusively to perform graphic design and layout, and that the days of hand paste-up had clearly passed. Along with White's well-known Editing by Design, the books Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-30182107337557348402009-01-16T11:32:00.000-05:002009-01-16T12:04:31.340-05:00In Praise of the Big, Big BookHere is Volume One in the pride of my own book collection, a two-volume set from Thomas Garner and Aurthur Stratton, entitled The Domestic Architecture of England During the Tudor Period. I think I picked these up about twelve years ago from Zubal in Cleveland; if you love this style of architecture, then having one of these books in your lap is an indescribable experience. And they are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-5170575983818007162009-01-15T10:10:00.001-05:002009-01-23T14:24:42.438-05:00For the Love of TikiWith it being about ZERO degrees outside right now, I suppose it's not too early to start dreaming of warmer times to come...relaxing around the pool, or sitting around the backyard tiki bar, sipping Coronas. A great way to start is with Sven Kirsten's Tiki Modern, a great follow-up to his 2003 book, The Book of Tiki. The latter was a real inspiration to me, providing the impetus to build a tiki Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-44659926364327737382009-01-14T13:44:00.000-05:002009-01-14T14:09:05.104-05:00My Mickey Mouse BreakfastOne of the projects I've talked about with one of my friends is a guy-oriented cookbook. I know there are lots of them out there, especially regarding barbecuing and grilling, but I'm thinking more along something very basic. It's hard to believe there are still guys out there who expect a woman to "cook for them" -- as if the ability to prepare food for oneself was somehow unmanly. Well, my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830209.post-40557684519468221432009-01-12T16:42:00.000-05:002009-01-12T17:13:03.317-05:00Book...booklet...whatever. It's inexpensive.Another project we did for Summit Academy Institute ...this was a small 44 page booklet called The Asperger Toolbox, which was designed primarily as a handy resource guide for teachers in the classroom. It wasn't designed as a comprehensive guide to Asperger's Syndrome (a form of high-functioning autism) but it does give teachers a quick reference to the observable behaviors that can help Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0