This Is Not What I Expected

As promised, Part 1 - Formatting Your Interior Pages. This is the first of a three-part guide, How to Format Your Book for Print. It takes you through choosing margins, font, spacing, chapter headings — all the minutiae of typography — step-by-step, so you don’t have to spend time combing the internet for what you hope is reliable guidance. This is what I could have used when I was publishing my first book.

For me, three out of five stars = a solidly good book worth reading. Gotta leave room for stuff that is genre-establishing amazing.
So yes, I definitely recommend this one.
If you want to support local book stores, buy it through Bookshop.org, or check out ThriftBooks.com for used copies.

When I self-published for the first time, I sifted through mounds of information trying to figure out how to format the pages and design a professional cover. I thought it would be really helpful if that info were all in one place. So I created something — a step-by-step formatting and cover design guide for writers like me without a big budget. This post is short glimpse of “How to Format Your Book for Print.” Link in bio. Stay tuned for the rest!

A few of my favorite book/writer memes collected this week. I love this community. Have a great weekend; read a good book!