Monthly Archives: August 2023

For authors self-publishing their books, among the biggest challenges is placing the page numbers, especially if formatting in Microsoft Word. The easiest approach is to simply create a header in which the book’s title is centered at the top and a footer in which the page number is centered at the bottom of every page. ThenContinue reading “How to number your book’s pages in MS Word”

After the foreword, preface and introduction comes the bulk of your book – the main text. This is when Chapter 1 (or an prologue if you have one in your novel) begins. Generally, each new chapter begins on the right (or odd numbered page). You may need to leave the left-side page blank between the tableContinue reading “How to Format Your Self-Published Book’s Text”

When self-publishing your book, you’ll need a copyright page. The copyright page lists important information about your book for libraries, academicians and book distributors. For a lot of readers, it’s an dull page, checked at most for the book’s copyright date (hence the name) to see when the book was released. Because of this, it’s oftenContinue reading “What goes on your book’s copyright page”

Sometimes after the title page and before the copyright page, authors will place excerpts from a number of positive reviews about their book. The idea is to give readers thinking about your book another sales pitch to help them make a decision. A headline on the first page of reviews will help readers understand what’s goingContinue reading “Add glowing reviews to your book’s front matter”

When formatting your paperback for self-publishing, you’ll start with the title page. Let’s start, though, with a quick tip: When formatting, looking at it like it is a book you’re holding in your hands helps make the process easier to visualize, so adjust the view to just show two pages. You can do that by clickingContinue reading “How to Format Your Paperback’s Title Page”