Book Design Course
What will I learn?
Improve your publishing career with our Book Design Course, specifically designed for Zambian professionals who want to become masters of book design. You'll learn how to create style guides that are consistent, use design principles correctly, and make your books more interesting with interactive features. You'll also learn how to choose the right fonts and spacing to make reading easy, select pictures and other visuals that have a big impact, and use colour theory effectively. Our short, but high-quality lessons will give you practical skills in layout, how to put things together on the page, and more, so you can create publications that look great and work well together.
Apoia's Unique Offerings
Develop your skills
Enhance your practical skills listed below
Master style guides: Make sure your design is the same across all pages of the book.
Apply design principles: Balance how things line up, the contrast between them, and how close they are to each other.
Enhance engagement: Use pictures and other interactive things to keep readers interested.
Optimize typography: Choose fonts and spacing that make it easy to read.
Utilize colour theory: Create colour schemes that work well together and make the book more effective.
Suggested summary
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.
- Choose which chapter to start with
- Add or remove chapters
- Increase or decrease the course workload
Examples of chapters you can add
You will be able to generate more chapters similar to the examples below
This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.