The coffee table book is actually a customized high-quality hardcover book printing, the hardcover book printing is very exquisite. When the hardcover book is placed on the coffee table for reading, it can enhance the owner’s home decoration taste, so many people like to collect some printed hardcover book as a coffee table book.
Today, when paper books face the challenge of digitization, why coffee table books can resist digitization? And can be almost the only book printing that is not affected. Different from the convenience provided by e-readers, the hardcover book printing as a coffee table book has gained a longer life force because of its tradition, exquisiteness, largeness.
So, how do write, self-publish, and printing a coffee table book? You can’t ignore the following details:
1. Research your subject:
When readers see your printed hardcover book on the coffee table in the shop, they will start to read a few pages. Therefore, it is your job to make your printed book look more attractive.
If you want to write a book that contains information on a specific topic, you need to understand the topic as much as possible and become an expert on this topic. One of the content characteristics of coffee table books is that they focus on a specific area of interest. This area of interest is very broad, such as recipes, photo albums, art catalogs, and so on.
2. Work with professional photographers
If you want to print a high-quality hardcover book with a beautiful picture, you should work with professional photographers. The wonderful photos and the high-quality hardcover book printing can attach your readers. Even if your book is a collection of old photos, you should still consult the photographer to modify the photos, and the photographer will give you better professional advice.
3. Don’t ignore the quality of the text
In addition to your content, when you print a hardcover book, the written text also needs to include: article introduction, picture title, index, etc. If your book is not perfect and is completely free of grammatical and mechanical errors, then readers will not be interested in it.
4. Work with professional printing designer and company
The coffee table book means the hardcover book printing with large size. The hardcover book printing designer will provide you with better printing and layout suggestions and hardcover book cover design suggestions for your book. Hardcover book covers and themes will attract your readers, so you need to make your hardcover book printed cover as unique and eye-catching as possible.
At the same time, your book printing also involves many hardcover book printing materials selections, book layout, and design, etc. It is also very important to choose a reliable book printing company to give you professional hardcover book printing advice.
5. Consider the self-publishing
In fact, self-publishing is not too difficult, it may be easier than dealing with publishers sometimes. Self-publishing is the most convenient way, you can use the Internet to find a variety of self-publishing companies.
