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    Smart Formatting: How to format and upload your novel to Kindle, Smashwords and CreateSpace
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    Smart Formatting: How to format and upload your novel to Kindle, Smashwords and CreateSpace
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    Smart Formatting: How to format and upload your novel to Kindle, Smashwords and CreateSpace

    By Shauna Bickley

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    About this ebook

    Smart Formatting: How to format and upload your novel to Kindle, Smashwords and CreateSpace.

    This book explains the steps required to format your manuscript for uploading to KDP and Smashwords. It gives practical advice on the MS Word settings to use, and those to avoid.

    It includes step-by-step guidelines to produce a clean manuscript ready for uploading.

    It also covers the steps required to format your manuscript for a print book using CreateSpace.

    This handy reference covers:
    · The elements you need ready before uploading your manuscript.
    · MS Word settings to use, how to create and modify styles, indented and block paragraphs, and how to build a Table of Contents using bookmarks and hyperlinks.
    · Formatting for KDP and Smashwords.
    · Uploading to KDP and Smashwords.
    · Formatting and uploading a paperback to CreateSpace.

    If you are considering self-publishing Smart Formatting will help you turn your manuscript into a well-formatted eBook.

    This book has instructions for using MS Word on a Windows PC system but does not include guidelines for using a Mac.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShauna Bickley
    Release dateFeb 21, 2012
    ISBN9781466113923
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    Smart Formatting: How to format and upload your novel to Kindle, Smashwords and CreateSpace
    Author

    Shauna Bickley

    I’ve been reading books ever since I figured out what the squiggly characters on the pages meant. My first memory from when I was around three or four is of a... book. Losing yourself in a story with fascinating characters is a wonderful experience. I’ve been writing novels and short stories for a number of years and to indulge this habit I write technical manuals and training materials. In the past I’ve trained subjects as diverse as computer systems, presentation skills, personal efficiency and a few other things I’ve long since forgotten. I could probably do with some personal revision on the efficiency materials. My novels range from contemporary drama to murder and mayhem with the occasional touch of romance thrown in for good measure. My latest novel, Writing the Stars is a romantic comedy. Anna King suffers a crisis of confidence in her abilities to write horoscopes when her life takes some unexpected turns. I blog about writing, publishing, inspiration and life in general at www.shaunabickley.com and I’m on Twitter and Pinterest, but I am one of the few people on the planet who hasn't yet succumbed to Facebook, suspecting that if I did my writing time would fade to minus minutes. Website: www.shaunabickley.com Twitter: @ShaunaBickley Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/shaunabickley/ My novels include: Writing the Stars - romantic comedy Still Death - murder/mystery Lies of the Dead - mystery/thriller Lives Interrupted - contemporary drama

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