Sketchnote Illustrations for Books
Help Your Readers Get the Best Out of Your Ideas!
As an author of a non-fiction business book, you write it so that others can absorb your stories, insight and wisdom and take some action based on their understanding. You write books to create a positive impact on others.
As a reader, picking up a book is about investing significant time to read your stories, get to the insights and find ways to act upon those ideas.
The problem however is: most business books are written in a linear structure of ideas divided into chapters with each chapter having some textual summary. Key insights are baked deep into stories, anecdotes, research and narrative.
In a linear structure, readers often find it challenging to:
- Link key ideas and concepts within a book to synthesize understanding. The energy that it takes to distill key ideas keep the readers away from adequate understanding and reflection on the key ideas.
- Remember the most important ideas in a way that is easier to recall and act upon.
- Sustain interest in the book in absence of a clear meaning structure that conveys the overall picture while linking details to the big picture.
Book Sketchnotes/Illustrations
We make the flow of meaning within the book visible through hand-drawn sketchnotes that combine text and visuals to synthesize ideas. We help authors with visual notes for:
- Overall framework of ideas in the book
- Section Summaries
- Illustrated Case Studies
- Book Chapter Summaries
- Micro-visuals (one idea one visual) for key insights
- Book Marketing Collaterals
- Animated book ideas/chapter summaries with music/voice over
Chapter Summary Samples
Bestselling Books We've Illustrated
Growth IQ: A Wall Street Journal Bestseller (2018)
Translated in 9 languages, Growth IQ by Tiffani Bova offers ten simple–but easily misunderstood–paths to growth, and every successful growth strategy can be boiled down to picking the right combination and sequence of these paths for your current context.
The book presents case studies relevant to each growth path in a visual illustration apart from chapter summaries.
Catalyse: Power Up Your People Ecosystem by Krish Shankar
Catalyse is a handy guide as you craft HR for the future. Every business person wants to understand the secret sauce of business success. One key element of success deals with the way you catalyse your people ecosystem.
Written by Krish Shankar (Group Head HR, Infosys), Catalyse is a new HR playbook that provides a practical guide to unlock your people power with illustrated chapter summaries in form of sketchnotes.
Digital Belonging: Building Human-Centered Organizations
Yogesh K. Soni’s book Digital Belonging, outlines practical strategies to ensure that people feel included, seen, and heard. Digital Belonging becomes crucial in a world dominated by remote/hybrid mode of work where people’s need to belong is at a stake.
Each chapter has key take-aways for readers which are also illustrated in form of sketchnotes.