5 Tools To Format Your Manuscript Into An E-Book
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5 Tools to Format Your Manuscript Into an E-
book
“Whether you’re a design pro or a
design no, these five tools will help you create a stunning,
professional layout for ePub and Kindle formats
1.Pages
● Exports digital book template to ePub
● Adjust the typefaces for:○ Titles○ Subtitles○ Headers○ Subheads
●Copy in paragraph styles, and export
2. Jutoh
● More robust than a word processor such as Word or Pages
● With cover designer feature and a table of contents wizard
● Offers more formats to export your book● Viewer applications to preview what your
book will look like on various devices● Offers a demo version to try before you
buy
3. CreateSpace● Amazon’s publishing software● Offers free tools like Cover Creator, with
access to 2,000 stock images● Preview, where your friends and family can
download an excerpt of your book in order to provide feedback
● Works for both printed and digital book formats
● Amazon also offers file conversion, editing, and layout for a fee.
4. Blurb●Blurb is a plug-in in Adobe InDesign for creating layout●User can create both print and digital books and
magazines●Templates are created automatically based on your book
size and page count, including:○appropriate bleed○trim○safety areas
●Offers a print-on-demand service and enables authors to sell books on the Blurb website
3. Wordzworth● A team of outsource designers
who will create:○ Cover (not from a
template)○ Typeset your text○ Format your images to
produce in print or on screen correctly
● Each book is payable in two installments - at the beginning and end of project
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