• Wait to format text until editing is done
• How to determine your book’s trim size
• How to determine your book’s margins
• How your text should appear in a formatted book
• Formatting main text for your book
• Select best typeface for your book
• Select different fonts for paperback, ebook
• Use consistent quotation mark, apostrophe style
• Use consistent style on chapter, header titles
• Avoid introducing wrong styles into your text
• Consider adding artwork to interior of your book
• How to place photos in your paperback
• How to handle page numbers, running headers
• How to line up page numbers in table of contents
• Make tables readable in your nonfiction book
• Don’t commit these five book design sins
• Pay attention to your author’s bio pic
• Selecting paper quality when self-publishing
• How to embed fonts in a pdf of your manuscript
• Always review proof your book before okaying it
• Do I need to buy a barcode when self-publishing?
• BONUS: “A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down…”
21 Awesome Tips on Formatting Paper Books
