Tag Archives: Book formatting

My books are up for awards…

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

The British Fantasy Society recently announced the shortlist for its annual awards, and two of my books are up for awards… … except you won’t see my name on the list because I didn’t write those books; I didn’t even … Continue reading →

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I’m a hot new Amazon release… official!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

I was chuffed when I logged on this morning to see that my formatting book was the #1 hot new release in its category at amazon.com In the print and design section of Amazon books I was at #9 out … Continue reading →

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Format Your Book for Createspace – promotional price expiring soon

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

I recently published a Kindle eBook explaining how to format books for Createspace and Lulu using Microsoft Word. It’s available now from Amazon at a special launch price 99c or 77p. The price  will rise soon to $2.99 /£2.06, so … Continue reading →

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Tips on formatting your print book for Createspace and Lulu: Part5 – Styles

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

Click here for part 4 [click on images to see a larger version] Tip #7 Introducing styles Styles are a means to define a set of formatting instructions, that you can then apply to parts of the document that you … Continue reading →

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Formatting your print book: what else would you like to know?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

A few weeks ago, I started writing up notes on print formatting so I would have a reference to work with when doing formatting work for clients. Why not add some screenshots, I thought, and post them to my blog? … Continue reading →

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Tips on formatting your print book for Createspace and Lulu: Part4 Page Numbers

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Tip #6 Page numbers Click here for part 3 [click on images to see a larger version] We’ve talked a lot about headers and footers, but there are a few specifics to do with page numbers. Word 2007 introduced a … Continue reading →

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Tips on formatting your print book for Createspace and Lulu. Part3: Sections

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

Tip#5 Sections We’ve seen a lot about sections in the past few tips, but let’s finish the job in this tip. In these tips, we’re looking at using Microsoft Word to layout books to send to a printer, such as … Continue reading →

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