Formatting Guides

If your manuscript is a young adult novel, formatting it like a general fiction title is the fastest way to

Formatting a historical fiction novel is equal parts typography and time travel. Every page has to keep the reader inside

A travel guide is one of the most rewarding books a self-publisher can produce — and one of the hardest

Most business books live or die before page three. A reader skims your Amazon preview or flips the paperback in

Self-help readers judge a book by its readability before they ever judge it by its ideas. A reader who opens

If you write horror, you already know the scariest sentences mean nothing if the page itself breaks the spell. Cramped

Formatting a science fiction novel is part book design and part worldbuilding. Readers will forgive a slow chapter, but they

If your mystery opens with a body on page one and your chapters end on cliffhangers, you have already done

Formatting a romance novel is where craft meets commerce: your cover earns the click, but your interior earns the next

If you have translated your manuscript — or written it in two languages from the start — the next challenge