on Book Design Made Simple:
Coffee table books. Are they a blast from the past? No, actually, folks are still publishing them, and you can, too. Do you have an idea for a coffee table book of poetry and photography? About a specific artist or a place you love? About your local history, or something completely different? With good planning and design, your book could become very successful.
A coffee table book is an excellent example of why you should think hard about your audience before you write it, and especially before you design it. The process can become something of a chicken-and-egg cycle that goes like this:
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Thanks for this post – going to read the rest now – we no longer have books on our coffee table – and this post inspired me to maybe get some back out there – and to ponder creating one!
We used to have coffee table books before children- but the house changed with toddlers and now empty nesting has new options –
Hope you have a nice weekend C
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Hope you do too, Chris 😃
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That would be realy cool. Thanks for sharing, Chris. Hugs on the wing.
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