![]() A good supply of your favorite booze for afterward might keep you from destroying your computer. Be prepared to spend the day the first time to get it right. Ingram does have a nice booklet with all the things you need to know about using them. If you know how to increase the dpi, let me know because I have no idea of how to do that. ![]() Make sure you check your proofs when they are available and read the things about low quality, etc. For Ingram's e-book, you need an e-pub file. To embed the fonts, you need to Print it with the MS Word to PDF (found in the print section of Adobe), saving it to where you can find it. Make sure you check the gutters and the headings as I had to change a couple of settings to get them to come out the way they should be (he has MS Word and Mac templates but if you have a MAC.pay for Vellum and save yourself the hassle.) Then save it as a PDF. With that said, I used one of Joel Friedlander's templates to format my book. The cover needs to have a certain color format or they can't guarantee the colors. You can do it yourself or hire out the formatting and conversion to PDF on places like Upwork or Fivver (Reedsy is a bit expensive) It has be in PDF with embedded fonts for the manuscript. Upwork has a lot of people who will format you book and most will give you a flat rate per number of pages. I can do the formatting in less than an hour on most books using word. You can use MS Word, but it isn't the best with the letter spacing. Scrivener will format but I've found it clunky and frustrating. I haven't tried them yet, so I can't comment on how good or easy they are to use. Joel Friedlander has templates that you can use. ![]() Reedsy has a couple of people who format books, but they are in the expensive range of $150 and up. I had trouble with it due to a MS Word issue, so I've not been using it if I can avoid it.įiver is a good place to go, but the work varies depending on who you get. KDP will format the book, but make sure you check it. (I was going to get one, but then found out they were coming up with a completely updated computer, still without a touch screen, which I love.)ĭraft2Digital will format a manuscript nicely but they only have limited templates. Vellum is the top of the line formatting program but can only be used if you have a MAC, which I don't.
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