Comments on: How to Make PDFs for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand—A Free Report http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/12/how-to-make-pdfs-for-lightning-source-a-free-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-pdfs-for-lightning-source-a-free-report Practical Advice to Help Self-Publishers Build Better Books Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 7 Formats for Winning Blog Posts — The Book Designer http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/12/how-to-make-pdfs-for-lightning-source-a-free-report/#comment-13441 7 Formats for Winning Blog Posts — The Book Designer Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:36:06 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=3189#comment-13441 [...] can download or use somehow. When I first did this type of post I created a downloadable PDF: How to Make PDFs for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand—A Free Report. Once created, this resource can be used over and over again for new [...] [...] can download or use somehow. When I first did this type of post I created a downloadable PDF: How to Make PDFs for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand—A Free Report. Once created, this resource can be used over and over again for new [...]

]]> By: Anthony Payne http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/12/how-to-make-pdfs-for-lightning-source-a-free-report/#comment-11059 Anthony Payne Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:05:04 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=3189#comment-11059 Hi Joel, I just came across your 2009 article when I was looking for advice on how to prepare a manuscript for "generic" publishing in both ebook and paperback formats - 6x9, black and white throughout except for a color cover. By "generic", I mean usable by any reputable printer/publisher. Although I want the standard 6x9 black and white format, I am also hoping for a choice of say four "standard" ready-to-use, ready-to-choose templates for the page layout - different fonts, leading and so on. No graphics. Nothing fancy. Simple to use with Word, Open Office or Google Docs, without further tinkering. In other words, for a starter, non-techie author like me! Your Lighting Source report was written in 2009 and I'm therefore wondering if you have subsequently written other reports on the "generic" approach that I have outlined above. If so, I should much appreciate your advising me where I can find this information. Or perhaps you can point me in the right direction to find it elsewhere. Hi Joel,

I just came across your 2009 article when I was looking for advice on how to prepare a manuscript for “generic” publishing in both ebook and paperback formats – 6×9, black and white throughout except for a color cover. By “generic”, I mean usable by any reputable printer/publisher.

Although I want the standard 6×9 black and white format, I am also hoping for a choice of say four “standard” ready-to-use, ready-to-choose templates for the page layout – different fonts, leading and so on. No graphics. Nothing fancy. Simple to use with Word, Open Office or Google Docs, without further tinkering. In other words, for a starter, non-techie author like me!

Your Lighting Source report was written in 2009 and I’m therefore wondering if you have subsequently written other reports on the “generic” approach that I have outlined above. If so, I should much appreciate your advising me where I can find this information. Or perhaps you can point me in the right direction to find it elsewhere.

]]> By: Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction Hybrid — The Book Designer http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/12/how-to-make-pdfs-for-lightning-source-a-free-report/#comment-6378 Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction Hybrid — The Book Designer Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:06:24 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=3189#comment-6378 [...] the print run is exhausted, the authors will revert to Lightning Source to fill online [...] [...] the print run is exhausted, the authors will revert to Lightning Source to fill online [...]

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