Jennette Green / Жаннет Грин - Book Formatting for Self-Publishers, a Comprehensive How-To Guide: Easily Format Books with Microsoft Word; Format eBooks for Kindle, Nook; Convert Book Covers for Lighting Source, CreateSpace [2012, ePub, ENG]

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Introduction
PART 1
Format a Print Book
Lightning Source and CreateSpace
Lightning Source
CreateSpace
Microsoft Word 2003 and 2010 vs. Microsoft Word 2007 − the Image Problem
If Your File has Very Dark (or Light) Black & White Images
Print Preview
Print View, Normal View and Formatting Code
Display Print or Normal view
Display the Formatting Marks
Set Up Your Book Trim Size and Margins
Consistency of Style
Set Up Body Text Format Style
Refine Justification
Hyphenation
Eliminate Hyphenation in a Paragraph
Eliminate Hyphenation in a Word
Adding an Optional Hyphen
Insert Non-Breaking Space or Hyphen
Find and Replace
Find and Replace Manual Line Breaks
Find and Replace Tabs
Find and Replace Spaces
Section Breaks
Book Layout
Odd and Even Section Breaks
Next Page Section Breaks
Check Your Section Breaks in Print Preview
Eliminate Extra Paragraph Returns
Format Chapter Title Headings
Position Chapter Title Headings
Chapter Heading Example One
Chapter Heading Example Two
Headers or Footers
Text Justified to the Left or Right
Centered Headers
Left/Even Header
Insert a Page Number into the Left/Even Header
Table of Contents Page Numbering
Insert Header Text into Left/Even Header
Right/Odd Header
Insert Header Text into Right/Odd Header
Insert a Page Number into the Right/Odd Header
How to Insert a Table of Contents
Adding Specialized Formatting to Your Print Document
CreateSpace Templates
Final Check of Your Document
To Do List for Formatting a Print Book
Print to PDF
Color vs. Grayscale Images in Book Interior
Convert Images to Grayscale with Adobe Acrobat Pro
Convert Images to Black and White with Adobe Photoshop
Save Your PDF as an Adobe PostScript File
Check Image DPI
Set Up a Custom Profile in Preflight
PART 2
Format eBooks
Overview
Kindle Format
Delete Optional Hyphens and Manually Adjusted Character Spacing
Replace Specialized Scene Break Symbols with Asterisks
Mirror Margins and Headers
Single Space the Document
Replace Section Breaks with Page Breaks
Paragraph Returns
How to Include Extra Spacing After Block Paragraphs
Additional Rules and Recommendations
How to Converta Table, Chart, Graph, or Text Box into an Image
Turn Off AutoCorrect Options
Change Font Sizes of Chapter Headings and Titles
Insert a Cover Image into Your eBook
More About Images in Your eBook
Create a Table of Contents for Your eBook
Kindle Table of Contents
Smashwords Table of Contents Rules
Delete the Print ISBN from the eBook Copyright Page
Convert Your Microsoft Word File to Kindle Format
Upload to Amazon’s KDP Platform
Upload Your Book Cover to Kindle
Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Format
Smashwords Format
Smashwords Table of Contents
If You Already Have a Microsoft Word TOC
Hyperlink Table of Contents
Insert Smashwords’ Required Text
Insert Smashwords’ License Notes
Delete Reference to “Printed” on Copyright Page
Smashwords eBook ISBN
Copyright Page Example
Lightning Source eBooks
Standard LSI eBook Program
Independent Publishers Program (IPP)
Format PDF for LSI
Format PDB for LSI
Apple iBookstore
To Do List for Formatting an eBook
PART 3
Prepare Your Cover for Lightning Source and CreateSpace
Overview
A Note About CreateSpace Covers
Save Your Cover Image as a New File Name
Cover Resolution
The Cover Template
Download Cover Template from Lightning Source
Download Cover Template from CreateSpace
Open and Name PDF Cover Template
Crop the ISBN Bar Code
Flatten the Cover Template
Cover Template Components
Lightning Source Cover Template
CreateSpace Cover Template
Place Your Cover Image on the Template
Convert Your Cover to CMYK Color
CreateSpace Cover and Template
Lightning Source Cover File
Adjust Cover Ink Percentages (LSI Only)
Check the Ink Percentages in Your Cover Image
Method One: Apply ICC Profiles
Apply HP Indigo Profile to Cover
Apply LSI 240% Ink Limits to Cover
Manually Adjust to 240% Ink Limits
Adjust the Cover Colors
Method Two: Apply Color Changes to Cover Before Converting to a Profile
Method Three: If Only Bits of the Cover are Over 240%, Manually Adjust the Colors
Great Black Color 237% Ink Limits
Create Your Cover PDF
Output Preview (LSI Covers Only)
Save Cover as a PostScript File
Check File Properties
To Do List for Processing a Cover File
PART 4
Amazon’s “Look Inside the Book” Program
Look Inside the Book
Sign Up for the “Look Inside the Book” Program
Prepare Your Images for LITB
Prepare your Print Microsoft Word .doc for LITB
Create Bookmarks in Your LITB PDF
Upload Your PDF to LITB
Remove Your Book from LITB
Appendix A
Convert Microsoft Word Documents to PDF, Using the Adobe Acrobat Program
Appendix B
Troubleshooting eBooks
Reformat the Document − Two Methods
Method One: Apply Times New Roman and Single Spacing
Method Two: Nuclear Purge
Eliminate Hidden Bookmarks
Appendix C
Advanced eBook Formatting
ePub Files
Jutoh or eCub
Lulu’s Free .ePub Converter
Calibre
Kindle NCX files
Links for Kindle and PubIt! Advanced Formatting
Appendix D
Build Your Cover Image on the Cover Template
CreateSpace Covers
Lightning Source Covers
Building a Cover on the Template
Cropping a Cover on the Template
Final Steps
Great Black, 237% Ink Saturation
Appendix E
Helpful Links
POD Print Book Manufacturing/Distribution
Lightning Source
Amazon’s CreateSpace
eBook Distribution Sites
Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
Barnes & Noble’s PubIt!
Smashwords
Lightning Source: Standard LSI eBook Program
Lightning Source: Independent Publishers Program (IPP)
OmniLit/All Romance eBooks
Google eBooks
BookStrand:
Trapezium eBooks
Books in Print, ISBN, PCN Program, and more...
Books in Print
MyIdentifiers
BowkerLINK
Nielsen PubWeb
iPage
BISAC Subject Headings
Library of Congress Preassigned Control Number (PCN) program
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Miscellaneous Helpful Sites
Yahoo Groups for POD and Self Publishers
Print on Demand Publishers
Self-Publishing: Publishing Discussions and Answers
Reducing Your eBook’s File Size
Create Book Covers Using Scribus
Article on Amazon’s Expanded Distribution Channel
ISBN Bar Codes
Format a Book Website and Forum
Author’s Note
Additional Books by Jennette Green
Book Description