Book sizes vary depending on genre, audience, and a multitude of other factors. If you are self-publishing, it’s helpful to have a firm grasp of what your book size should be before you take your book to print. If you traditionally publish, knowing what size book to...
Knowing how to create a title page is one of the first needs you have as an aspiring author. Yes, you have your book idea. Yes, you can write. But if you hope to get your book out into the world, it’s important to format your project in the appropriate way....
By Tracy R. Atkins In Part 1, we discussed how to transfer your content and insert more chapters and chapter headings when using a template from Book Design Templates to prepare your manuscript for publication. In Part 2, we showed you how to format drop caps and...
By Tracy R. Atkins In Part 1, we discussed how to transfer your content and insert more chapters and chapter headings when using a template from Book Design Templates to prepare your manuscript for publication. In Part 2, we will cover how to format: Drop Caps (Print...
By Tracy R. Atkins We’d like to re-introduction you to Book Design Templates technology and show you how easy it can be to design the interior of your book–and save money! For over seven years, Joel and I have been serving tens of thousands of DIY...
By Shelley Sturgeon Nearly ten years ago, not long after Joel first started The Book Designer, he wrote an article entitled 4 Incredible Free Sources for Photos to Use in Your Book or Blog. As you can imagine, that article is somewhat out of date and we have been...