WRITERS. If you would like to try the do-it-yourself method of self-publishing an e-book, check out the new book “Book Formatting for Self-Publishers: A Comprehensive How-To Guide.”
The 248-page guide was written by Jennette Green, who has years of experience producing professional book files for clients. She believes anyone who already owns Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat Pro (version 7 or later) can produce professional-looking fiction or non-technical non-fiction books on a small budget.
In this book, Green explains how to:
- Use Microsoft Word to format your novel or nonfiction book.
- Format e-books for Kindle, NOOK, and Smashwords.
- Use templates to build a book cover.
- Convert your book-cover file so it will be accepted at Lightning Source and CreateSpace.
- Format and submit your book to Amazon’s Look Inside program
The book presents simple, step-by-step instructions accompanied by dozens of illustrations.
Note that instructions for using professional page-layout programs such as Adobe InDesign are not Included in this book. So if your nonfiction book includes lots of tables, charts, and illustrations, this book might not be suitable. This book also isn’t intended for authors who would like to apply advanced Kindle formatting.
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Book Formatting for Self-Publishers: A Comprehensive, How-To Guide by Jennette Green