If you want to make your designer’s day, here’s a few simple rules on how you can prepare your manuscript before sending it off for formatting – four DO’s and three DON’Ts!
The goal of correctly formatting a book is giving your reader a comfortable reading experience… but sometimes, you’re faced with a choice of “what will make the reader the least uncomfortable” (because fixing one thing will make other, worse mistakes pop up two pages later). When you’re not a professional, it’s not that easy to make the call and decide what to keep, and what absolutely needs to be fixed. Here’s a list of 6 mistakes that you should definitely avoid if you want to make your book look presentable.
A short guide to make your novel’s layout fun, unique, and eye-catching – with decorations, drop caps and small caps, and other methods.
If you’ve ever wondered how does the interior book formatting process looks like, here’s a short, but comprehensive text that will guide through it – step-by-step.
Welcome to Book Design 101 – a handy guide covering all the basics of what you need to know when publishing your first book. In this episode, we’ll talk about interior book design and typesetting – and why it’s important to get it right and pay attention to all the details.