Format Your Paperback

By: Rob Bignell

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

If you're like most authors, the idea of formatting your paperback is frightening. You’ve heard that you can do it yourself, but you may need software programs with which you’re unfamiliar. You'll have to learn how to use such software, but you want to be a writer not a designer. Of course, you could hire someone else to do the formatting. This will get expensive, however, and may not always yield the results you want, delaying your book's publication.

Whether you spend time or money to master formatting, it’s worth the effort. Simply put, your paperback needs to look good. Readers depend upon a clean, organized structure in your book to more easily navigate it. If your book looks unprofessional, readers are apt to think that your writing also is disorganized and incomplete.

Format Your Paperback covers how to use Microsoft Word to format your self-published paperback and is good for both fiction and nonfiction titles. Using easy to understand and short explanations, it describes how to create a copyright page, a table of contents, the main text, page numbers, and much more.

ROB BIGNELL is the author of more than 50 books and an established editor who has helped more than 300 authors achieve their publishing dreams. His works include hiking trail guidebooks, a novel, children’s books, and a poetry collection.