How to Make Books

Mule Design Studio

You have a story to tell, we wanna help you tell it. Mike Monteiro and Lucy Bellwood wanna help you put it in people’s hands.

Ahoy! Both Mike and Lucy have been sailing the high seas of book-making for some time. During our voyage we’ve fought publishers, agents, and copy machines. We’ve docked our ships in the harbor of “traditional publishing” and built our own hideaways where we ruled the roost. We’ve fought and befriended agents. We've battled alongside editors, and testy indexers. We’ve done every job on the ship, from writing, to layout, to illustration, to marketing. We’ve proofed more galleys than most, and we’ve had our eyes on elusive sales reports.Now we want to help you make your book!In this short session, we’ll cover:Writing books<ul><li>How to carve out time for writing</li><li>Getting over those pesky thoughts of “will anyone even want to read this?”</li><li>Is a book the right format for what I wanna say?</li></ul>Publishing books<ul><li>The pluses and minuses of working with a publisher</li><li>Why “self-publishing” is a misnomer</li></ul>Designing books<ul><li>How to find your book team</li><li>WTF even is a book team?</li><li>The mistakes people make in their book design</li><li>Finding a printer</li></ul>Marketing books<ul><li>How to tell people to buy your book</li><li>Where to tell people to buy your book</li><li>How often to tell people to buy your book</li></ul> …and answer as many of your questions as we canIt'll be fun. It’ll be conversational. It’ll be part pep talk, and part instructional. And you’ll walk out feeling amazing. Your instructorsMike Monteiro is the co-founder of Mule Design Studio, and the author of <a href="https://www.mulebooks.com/how-to-die" title="https://www.mulebooks.com/how-to-die" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">How to Die (&amp; other stories)</a>, <a href="https://www.mulebooks.com/ruined-by-design" title="https://www.mulebooks.com/ruined-by-design" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ruined by Design</a>, <a href="https://www.mulebooks.com/design-is-a-job" title="https://www.mulebooks.com/design-is-a-job" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Design is a Job</a>, and a lotta other books and zines. He also paints <a href="https://www.worldsgreatestartist.com/" title="https://www.worldsgreatestartist.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ducks and other things</a>. Lucy Bellwood is a professional Adventure Cartoonist based in Ojai, CA. Her documented expeditions include rafting trips through the Grand Canyon, cutting-edge oceanography in the Pacific, and an expedition aboard the last wooden whaling ship in the world. Her talks and essays explore the intersections of community, authenticity, and financial sustainability for creators. She is the author of <a href="https://buyolympia.com/Item/lucy-bellwood-baggywrinkles-softcover-book" title="https://buyolympia.com/Item/lucy-bellwood-baggywrinkles-softcover-book" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Baggywrinkles: a Lubber’s Guide to Life at Sea</a>, an educational memoir about her time working aboard tall ships, and <a href="https://buyolympia.com/Item/lucy-bellwood-100-demon-dialogs-softcover-book" title="https://buyolympia.com/Item/lucy-bellwood-100-demon-dialogs-softcover-book" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">100 Demon Dialogues</a>, a helpful guide to living with imposter syndrome. About Mule Summer SchoolDuring August and September, we're offering a series of short classes on useful and fun topics at value prices. More will be announced soon!

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