How to format nonfiction concerns such as subheads, quotations, bullet points and numbered lists when using a Book Design Template.
Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication – Part 3
In Part 3, learn how to format a table of contents, chapter name headers, page numbers and more using a template to prepare your manuscript for publication.
Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication – Part 2
In Part 2, learn how to format drop caps, section breaks, and headers and footers using a template to prepare your manuscript for publication.
Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication – Part 1
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!
Learn About the Color of Type Pages in Book Design
Examples of book pages typeset in various fonts to demonstrate the variations in the overall color of your book page.
Author Series Book Templates: Relive The Glory
Do you have literary heroes? Most writers do. I was thinking about some of my own literary heroes recently, and the books that had made such a big impresssion on me—and millions of other readers. That’s when I realized that I had a unique way to pay these authors and their books a kind of […]
Designing Genre Fiction and New Book Design Templates
Does design influence the readability of books? We introduce 6 new genre-specific pre-designed book templates at BookDesignTemplates.com
Review: Book Design Made Simple by Fiona Raven & Glenna Collett
Editor’s Note: Please see the end of this article for a special offer on Book Design Made Simple and a free sample download, courtesy of the authors. Are you a do-it-yourself self-publisher? If you answered “Yes,” then today is a good day for you! Professional book designers Fiona Raven and Glenna Collett have collaborated on […]
Holiday Break at The Book Designer
Although I am working on books today, I’m also off running around doing errands that must be done before the end of the year. It’s our annual holiday break, after all. We’ll be back with one more post this year, watch for it on Wednesday. I guarantee it will give you something to think about, […]
Self-Publishers: Are you a Book Planner or a Free Spirit?
Fiction writers are sometimes divided into “plotters” and “pantsers” depending on how much advance thought they put into the development of their novels. The “plotters” like to work everything out in advance. They may develop elaborate outlines, timelines, character portraits, diagrams of pivot points in their story, and know, even before they strike the first […]