Indigo: editing, design, and more

12/19/2025

📚 An unexpected bonus of being a two-book-at-a-time reader! 📚 Wishing you plenty of bonus books this holiday season! Credit/Grant Snider

[PD: A three panel comic by Grant Snider. The image is segmented into two long portrait ratio panels at top and one wide landscape ratio panel at bottom. Throughout, a red-haired figure is in a cozy reading room with an armchair, ottoman, and book shelf topped with a house plant. An orange cat is hanging out with them. Panel descriptions from top left to bottom. 1. "the best part" The figure is reading two books. The cat looks on contentedly. 2. "of reading two books at once" The figure continues to read. The cat still looks on. 3. "don't need a bookmark" The figure walks away. The two books are folded on top of one another on the ottoman. The cat sits on the chair.]

12/18/2025

"I have not always been a great gift giver. As a child I used to puff paint T-shirts and even gave my grandpa a gimmicky hands-free light set that was essentially flashlights zip tied to glasses frames. Yikes!

Through a little growing up, some studying of the languages of love, and a lot of thoughtful advice from my mom and husband—both excellent gift givers—I’ve learned not to rely on As Seen on TV and to focus more on what the recipient really wants and enjoys. Thankfully gift holidays don’t send my loved ones running away from me anymore.

Still, it can be tough to find just the right gift sometimes...."

Looking for some gift ideas for the readers and writers on your list? Indigo Executive Editor Ali Shaw has some suggestions for you in "Gifts for Readers and Writers."

Check out the full list of ideas here: https://indigoediting.com/gifts-for-readers-and-writers/

[PD: A gradient graphic showcases the aforementioned blog post. An image of wrapped gifts is center. The author's headshot appears in the bottom lefthand corner next to her byline.]

12/17/2025

Indigo Recommends: Slamlandia Poetry Open Mic & Slam / Poet Feature by Jennifer Nicole / Thurs., Dec. 18 / at Literary Arts (716 SE Grand Ave., Portland, OR 97214) / Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m. / Show starts at 7:00 p.m. / Free Admission

Learn more and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/slamlandia-ft-jennifer-nicole-tickets-1919146642269

[PD: A promo graphic for the event with info and link above.]

12/16/2025

TONIGHT, 12/16: Join Indigo Executive Editor Ali Shaw for a free, in-person Book Publishing Q&A at BOLD Coffee & Books (1755 SW Jefferson St., Portland) at 5:30 p.m. Bring your questions about your in-progress and/or dream projects!

The event runs until 6:30 p.m. and is a great opportunity to get some feedback on your publishing queries.

Free and open to the public! Looking forward to seeing you there! 🤓

Event cohosted by BOLD Coffee & Books and Indigo: Editing, Design, and More.

Find more info about the Q&A and all of BOLD's writing and literary events here: https://boldcoffeeandbooks.com/events

[PD: A promo graphic for the event and info listed above. Ali Shaw's headshot is in the top left corner with her title information.]

12/15/2025

Save the date for the next installment of the Constellation Reading Series featuring Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka, Jessica E. Johnson, and Armin Tolentino on Thurs., Jan. 8! Repost /

Learn more about the series here: https://www.constellationreading.com/

[PD: A promo graphic for the reading event listed and linked above. The headshots of the event participants are in center, appearing as listed above from left to right. The time is also noted, 7–9:00 p.m., as well as the location (Bishop & Wilde/Tin House, 2601 NW Thurman St, Portland OR, 97210.)]

12/12/2025

❄️ It's a snowy winter wonderland of books at the Two Story Shed Little Free Library.❄️ Repost /

How's the weather looking at your local book depository location? Still browsable? It's been more of a soggy holiday season in Indigo's hometown of Portland so far! ☔

Check out more news and goodies from Little Free Library here: https://littlefreelibrary.org/about/news-media/blog/

[PD: A photo post from Little Free Library. A book depository in front of a home is dusted with a generous heap of snow. A snowy yard surrounds it.]

12/11/2025

Award-winning engineer and international bestselling author Chade-Meng Tan expounds on the path to contentment in "Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within."

"A long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Search Inside Yourself shows us how to cultivate joy within the context of our fast-paced lives and explains why it is critical to creativity, innovation, confidence, and ultimately success in every arena.

"In Joy on Demand, Chade-Meng Tan shows that you don’t need to meditate for hours, days, months or years to achieve lasting joy—you can actually get consistent access to it in as little as fifteen seconds. Explaining joy and meditation as complementary things that naturally reinforce each other, Meng explains how these two skills form a virtuous cycle, and once put into motion, become a solid practice that can be sustained in daily life.

"For many years, meditation has..."

Learn more about "Joy on Demand" via Bookshop here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/joy-on-demand-the-art-of-discovering-the-happiness-within-chade-meng-tan/69278cbf0a424d22?

[PD: An indigo graphic with large white quills on either side. In the center is cover of the aforementioned title.]

12/10/2025

A holiday shopping helping of delights from Annie Bloom's Books here in Portland / Repost /

Check out more from the shop here: https://annieblooms.com/

[PD: A photo post from Annie Bloom's Books. A person pictured from the neck down holds a stack of books at their waist.]

12/09/2025

"When I sit down to revise my own novel-in-progress, there are two ways I might feel as I come to the work. One is a sudden, full-on exhaustion. The book is three hundred pages, and countless choices I’ve already made. Where to start with revision? The sense of being overwhelmed can be daunting enough to send me back to the kitchen for a third cup of coffee, out to walk the dog or to the basement to sort laundry. It’s easy to run away from the writing desk. The world is full of beauty, magic, good dark roast and daily chores, all calling my name.

But the creative spirit clicks in once I settle in and break through my own resistance. Then I start to..."

Indigo senior editor Monica Drake revels in the fine art of alteration in "The Magic of Revision," this month's blog article.

Read the full piece here: https://indigoediting.com/the-magic-of-revision/

[PD: A graphic with the above listed and linked article title. Author Monica Drake's headshot and byline are in the bottom section of the image. A photo of a person's hands writing on a notepad, shown from above, is center.]

12/08/2025

Take note of this upcoming deadline for the IBPA + PubWest Book Design Awards! Repost /

"The IBPA+ PubWest Book Design Awards continues PubWest's 40-year tradition of honoring exceptional book design and production. Publishers can enter in 22 categories, including a Diverse Voices category. Entrants are judged on typography, cover design, interior design, format, materials, and printing and binding quality. [...] Submit titles published in 2025 by the deadline of February 1, 2026."

Learn more here: https://www.ibpabookaward.org/pubwest-design-award

[PD: A promo graphic for the award listed and linked above.]

12/05/2025

Anybody doing some seasonal baking for holiday shindigs this weekend? Author Amy Feltman's article "7 Dessert-Heavy Books That Will Activate Your Sweet Tooth" for Electric Lit might have some great inspiration! 😋

Read the article here: https://electricliterature.com/7-dessert-heavy-books-that-will-activate-your-sweet-tooth/

[PD: A promo graphic for the article listed and linked above with the publication logo, title, and an image of glittery, chocolatey brownies surrounded by raspberries.]

M y debut novel, Willa & Hesper, focuses on the two titular characters as they fall in love, break up, and find themselves on parallel journeys of self-discovery. It is about a lot of things — trauma, heartbreak, traveling the world only to discover you can’t get rid of your own consciousnes...

12/04/2025

We have so many great titles in our client library! Here's just a sampling of some on display back at our ten-year anniversary celebration.

Check out Indigo client releases via our Bookshop store here: https://bookshop.org/shop/indigoeditingdesignandmore

Have you launched a book Indigo helped you with? Let us know about it and we'll add it to the shop! Send your title, author byline, and ISBN to [email protected].

[PD: A graphic reads "Throwback Thursday" at top with a torn paper design beneath it. A circular stamped Indigo design is in the upper righthand corner. In center, a photo of a stack of books on a table appears. At the bottom a graphic appearing like paper taped on a page, bears a caption: A stack of clients’ books on display at Indigo’s Ten-Year Anniversary party.]