u/Ripraz

I don't use smartwatches in favor of my beloved Casio, but I want a fairly cheap tracker that counts my steps, my heart beats, and similar things related to fitness and workouts. I won't buy a Mi Band or similar smart watches because as far as I know they suck in sensor accuracy, and a screenless device could last way more. I don't know if the gps would be beneficial or just a way to make a band more expensive, the possibility to track the jogging routes is fascinating, but maybe it's not that useful (I'm still at my first months of workout and light running).

A plus would be to have the possibility to link it to an open source app, just to be sure.

Is there a product alike with a better price? I don't care if it's not stylish, it has to be functional. Thanks in advance!

Ciao a tutti, il mio sogno è quello di lavorare nel mondo dell'editoria come grafico, e chissà, magari addirittura editore un giorno. Amo la letteratura e, da persona particolarmente ideologica, ci tengo a mettermi in gioco per dare il mio contributo a questo medium sempre più soffocato dalla falsa convenienza di internet e dei social.

Ma tralasciando questi discorsi da uomo strano che urla alle nuvole, ci tengo veramente a fare parte di questo mondo proattivamente, e voglio creare un portfolio da proporre a case editrici locali per un eventuale tirocinio. Il problema è che non saprei come gestirlo efficacemente per renderlo allettante. Un portfolio per design grafico generico è un conto, tra loghi, poster e altri elementi molto appariscenti; nei confronti del mondo editoriale invece non ho punti di riferimento sfortunatamente.

La mia idea era quella di creare un pdf (so che il sito portfolio sia di solito la scelta migliore, ma essendo il mio contesto quello di piccole case editrici storiche genovesi, credo che un conservativo pdf sia più saggio) in cui proporre pochi casi studio ma densi: il redesign di 3-4 copertine di classici della letteratura per una possibile collana con coerenza stilistica; poi una copertina di un altro classico con uno stile diverso, con successiva esposizione dell'impaginazione di qualche pagina del suo contenuto, per mostrare le competenze tecniche riguardanti i manoscritti (gerarchia, giustezza, sillabazione, vedove, orfane ecc); infine, per non essere monotematico, un caso studio di una possibile fiera del libro nella mia città, con loghi, poster, depliant, mockup, post e storie promozionali per social e il solito mostrare elasticità nell'utilizzo dei software (pensavo alla creazione di una fiera piuttosto che vari progetti slegati, ci può stare per evitare di buttare progetti casuali tanto per mostrarli?).

Oltre al portfolio, per ogni casa editrice a cui manderò la candidatura, pensavo di creare un pdf a parte con il redesign e caso studio di una copertina dal loro catalogo.

Può aver senso come approccio? Sfortunatamente facendo ricerche sulla questione non ho trovato nulla per il contesto italiano (figuriamoci prendere come spunto l'editoria americana quando vivo a Genova 😅), quindi questa e la possibilità più sensata che son riuscito a tirare su per provare a trovare lavoro nell'ambito, dato che non penso di aver mai visto annunci di lavoro da parte di case editrici.

Grazie per la pazienza e in anticipo per i vostri feedback e consigli🙏

veryone, I'm super new to Fiverr, and I want to sell my graphic design competences to build a better practice and a good enough portfolio that, hopefully, would bring the future me into working for a publisher in my country, for covers, typesetting, layout.. my dream job basically!

I just recently discovered the Fiverr's potential, and I thougjt people would actually sell stuff for 5$ mostly, but my goodness, I'm witnessing prices I never thought people would pay (especially for basically ia made slop), so this could be a perfect way to test my skills without burning out over pennies (but of course I will fly low, I'm studying the market).

My first gig will be a custom book cover commission (custom illustration, semi-fixed style in layout, ebook cover, print-ready, mockups, social media kit, audiobook cover and similar stuff), and I'm almost ready to launch it (I just finished the promotional examples to showcase my offering, and I have few doubts that I wish to make disappear).

I have now a couple of questions that are probably the dumbest ones, but alas:

1 - For such book covers (novels, essays, the "small" books), is there a trim size that almost anyone opt for (5.5x8.5im seems the most common, but idk if this fares for the US market alone), or are there a bigger selection I should be aware of?

2 - the social media kit thing sounds super vague to me. I know I have to include a number of assets for socialnetworks, but should I limit myself to a fixed number (based on the most popular ones), or would it be better to just adapt over any client's uniqie request? Every book cover gig I find just say "social media kit", without spcifing what and how many. I just would like to know how to be professional according to the Fiverr etiquette, and what clients prefer, if a "standardized no-hassle bundle", or a case by case one.

Thanks in advance for any help, and feel absolutely free to give me any tip or advice about being a Fiverr seller, or about being a book related one. Clients pay real money, so I have to give my best service to repay them back with my best efforts!

Hi everyone, I'm super new to Fiverr, and I want to sell my graphic design competences to build a better practice and a good enough portfolio that, hopefully, would bring the future me into working for a publisher in my country, for covers, typesetting, layout.. my dream job basically!

I just recently discovered the Fiverr's potential, and I thougjt people would actually sell stuff for 5$ mostly, but my goodness, I'm witnessing prices I never thought people would pay (especially for basically ia made slop), so this could be a perfect way to test my skills without burning out over pennies (but of course I will fly low, I'm studying the market).

My first gig will be a custom book cover commission (custom illustration, semi-fixed style in layout, ebook cover, print-ready, mockups, social media kit, audiobook cover and similar stuff), and I'm almost ready to launch it (I just finished the promotional examples to showcase my offering, and I have few doubts that I wish to make disappear).

I have now a couple of questions that are probably the dumbest ones, but alas:

1 - For such book covers (novels, essays, the "small" books), is there a trim size that almost anyone opt for (5.5x8.5im seems the most common, but idk if this fares for the US market alone), or are there a bigger selection I should be aware of?

2 - the social media kit thing sounds super vague to me. I know I have to include a number of assets for socialnetworks, but should I limit myself to a fixed number (based on the most popular ones), or would it be better to just adapt over any client's uniqie request? Every book cover gig I find just say "social media kit", without spcifing what and how many. I just would like to know how to be professional according to the Fiverr etiquette, and what clients prefer, if a "standardized no-hassle bundle", or a case by case one.

Thanks in advance for any help, and feel absolutely free to give me any tip or advice about being a Fiverr seller, or about being a book related one. Clients pay real money, so I have to give my best service to repay them back with my best efforts!