Book Design for New Authors

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Book Design

How your book looks once it’s in a reader’s hands is almost as important as the content itself! Please note that this process can also be called “formatting,” “typesetting,” or “layout services.”

Book Design Timing

Now that you’ve had your work copy edited and gotten a cover made, it’s time to focus on how the interior of your book is going to look. The process is slightly different for printed books and digital books.

It’s my belief that waiting until after copy editing is completed is the most effective time to get book design services. This is because this is the point at which your content is pretty much set, meaning no major (or even minor) adjustments will be taking place at this point. The copy that is currently within your manuscript is pretty much exactly what you’ll be publishing for sale. Once the layout specialist designs the interior of the book, you shouldn’t (in theory) be adding or removing sections, nor rearranging anything.

Doing Nothing

The easiest method of typesetting is to do nothing at all. However the manuscript looks in your word processor is essentially how it will look once…