Once you’ve built a backlist, you can add them into your back matter so that if readers like your book, they can go and look for other stuff you’ve written.ĭon’t forget to format the headings of your front and back matter as “Heading 1” too! We like to leave a little reminder for the reader to leave a review, but this isn’t necessary.Īs a first-time author, the very basic you need is an “About the Author” section where you can link your webpage or other social media that you want to direct readers to. Your back matter will likely expand over time as you publish more books. DON’T use multiple paragraph breaks! Multiple paragraphs will probably not be read/recognised by Kindle so all your chapters will appear mushed up into one super long chapter instead of starting on a new page/section each time. Use the page break function to separate your chapters (shortcut: ctrl+Enter). I assure you this is 100% easier than Smashwords, so be grateful! Just set your chapter title (in this series, we use roman numerals, but your chapter headings could be anything you want) to the Heading 1 style and make any stylistic adjustments you wish (we centre & bold the text and change the font to Times New Roman) then copy the format to all your chapter headings.ĭ) Formatting chapter breaks: use page breaks This gives you a nice tight look.Ĭ) Format your chapter headings: use headersįormat your chapter headings using a “headings” style as this simplifies the process of getting your Table of Contents up. I use a standard 12 point Times New Roman with a 0.3” first-line indent with 0 line spacing and no spaces before/after paragraphs. Remember that you’re formatting for ebook, so whatever fancy stuff you do, it’s 90% going to be overridden by the reader’s Kindle settings. The simplified version shown here was adapted from the Smashwords guide and has worked for the past few years, so it’s an easy option.ī) Format your body/text: use a standard setting You can create something fancy and elaborate like the stuff in a paperback. This is all the stuff you usually find in the front of a book: title page, publisher, year published, license notes, etc. You can use any other text processors, of course, but you’ll need to save it in a. We’re using Microsoft Word in this sample because it’s the most common software. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here’s also how you can create your own e-pub file via Scrivener. So, if you’re already getting someone to create an e-pub file for you to use on Google Play or E-Sentral, now you can just use that same file here too! If you’re wondering, we’ve decided to pull out the section about formatting your ebook from the Publishing on Amazon: A Step-by-Step Guide post and put it into its own post! This is mainly because it really is a post on its own, due to the length of it, and it was making the uploading steps a little too confusing.Īlso, new update! As of recently (well, we don’t remember when, but at least end of last year), you can now upload a pre-formatted e-pub if you have one.
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