Smart Formatting: How to format and upload your novel to Kindle, Smashwords and CreateSpace
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (708 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007BVBO2E |
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| Number of Pages | : | 279 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Good Overview of Self-publishing This short little guide written for PC users of Microsoft word does a good job covering the formatting and uploading of books. It discusses what you need beyond your manuscript, such as a cover image, back cover text, a book description and more. It also gives detailed information about how to set up accounts with Smashwords, . Insightful and encouraging Shauna Bickley did a great service to us with this offering. I was searching for a publisher and was constantly being offered "contracts " that required up front money and I was getting discouraged. Not only does this book give the aspiring author new avenues, but it also helps with encouragement. A healthy dose of humorous ad. A clear and helpful guide If you're floundering around in Word trying to make a presentable ebook, Smart Formatting will help a lot. In casual, relaxed style you get full instructions on all those things that trip up first-time users trying to make their own Kindle book. Cheap as chips and worth a lot more because it saves time and frustration.
Smart Formatting: How to format and upload your novel to Kindle, Smashwords and CreateSpace.This book explains the steps required to format your manuscript for uploading to KDP and Smashwords. It does not cover how to write and edit a book.. It gives practical advice on the MS Word settings to use, and those to avoid, and includes step-by-step guidelines to produce a clean manuscript ready for uploading.It also covers the steps required to format your manuscript for a print book using CreateSpace.This handy reference covers:The elements you need ready before uploading your manuscript.MS Word settings to use, how to create and modify styles, indented and block paragraphs, and how to build a Table of Contents using bookmarks and hyperlinks.Formatting for KDP and Smashwords.Uploading to KDP and Smashwords.Formatting and uploading a paperback to CreateSpace.This book has instructions for using MS Word on a Windows PC system and doesnot have
Shaunaworks as a technical writer and instructional designer. Shauna'snovels range from contemporary drama to romantic suspense with the occasionaltouch of murder and mayhem. Herlatest release, Still Death, is a murder mystery and she is currently writing aromantic drama. Shaunahas a website and blog where she writes about inspiration, wr
She has lived in a number ofcountries and is now settled in Auckland, New Zealand with her family. Shaunaworks as a technical writer and instructional designer. Shauna'snovels range from contemporary drama to romantic suspense with the occasionaltouch of murder and mayhem. Herlatest release, Still Death, is a murder mystery and she is currently writing aromantic drama. Shaunahas a website and blog where she writes about inspiration, writing andpublishing and life in general. She is on Twitter and Pinterest, but is one ofthe few people on the planet who hasn't succumbed to Facebook, suspecting thatif she did writing time would fade to minus minutes.Website:shaunabickleyTwitter:@ShaunaBickleyPinterest:pinterest/shaunabickley/Her novels include: <