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Premade Book Covers: Pros, Cons, and Where to Find Them
If you’re a self-published author, you’re probably already familiar with how hard it is to produce a book. Traditionally published authors get free edits, cover designs, formatting, and printing, but self-published authors have to manage production by themselves. This isn’t as bad as it sounds—being able to do everything on your own means you get a lot more creative control over your final product than you might if you published traditionally. But it does mean you have to take every aspect of your book’s production into account. And one of the most important aspects of your book’s production is the […]
Book Formatting Software: 9 Options to Get the Job Done
Have you ever opened a book and found the formatting to be awkward? Maybe the margins are inconsistent, so the block of text on the page looks like it’s been stamped at an angle. Maybe there are strange inconsistencies with spacing or font size. Maybe it’s in a font that’s hard to read. These kinds of things will feel unprofessional and unpolished to the reader, and this will make them view your story more negatively, too. If you can’t afford to hire a formatter, that’s okay! Fortunately, there are plenty of book formatting softwares on the market. In this article, […]