by Stephen Tiano | Apr 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
This may sound like just so much superstition to some. And coincidence. Or perhaps “coincidence” is all many of us can think to call it when a number of similar events occur in the same time period. Anyway, here’s the tale … As best as I can remember, a number of...
by Stephen Tiano | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
I was on hiatus. From blogging, that is. Be nice if I could say I was on a vacation somewhere lush, exotic, and primitive, without any media—except that I could never survive in such a place. Claustrophobia, induced by no information, would surely kill me. It’s taking...
by Stephen Tiano | Mar 28, 2021 | book design, readings, Uncategorized
Big can o’ worms! Bigger than I could have imagined. Opened a world of shaky ground for myself when I stated with such certainty that my first rule of book design is to stand, more or less, in the shadows and simply bring the author’s work to the reader. My interior...
by Stephen Tiano | Mar 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Sitting down at the marina having lunch, something I’ve been doing solo lately, I squinted as the bright sunlight reflected off the white pages of the book I was trying to read. It took some effort, as distractions abounded. There were the seagulls, noisy as ever, and...
by Stephen Tiano | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
As I said in my first post on this new blog, which is a revival of my old blog on book design and freelancing, I’d be reposting my old blog’s posts here because they’re worthwhile reading for new freelancers, new book designers, and folks in need of...
by Stephen Tiano | Jan 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
As I said on the posting I made on LinkedIn, my business page on Facebook, and to the EFA maillist: I finally have a website again. The site’s URL is https://stephentianobookdesign.com. Now, too, obviously, my blog is back. And that posting I referred to above is more...
