5 Tools to Format Your Manuscript Into an E-

book

“Whether you’re a design pro or a

design no, these five tools will help you create a stunning,

professional layout for ePub and Kindle formats

1.Pages

● Exports digital book template to ePub

● Adjust the typefaces for:○ Titles○ Subtitles○ Headers○ Subheads

●Copy in paragraph styles, and export

2. Jutoh

● More robust than a word processor such as Word or Pages

● With cover designer feature and a table of contents wizard

● Offers more formats to export your book● Viewer applications to preview what your

book will look like on various devices● Offers a demo version to try before you

buy

3. CreateSpace● Amazon’s publishing software● Offers free tools like Cover Creator, with

access to 2,000 stock images● Preview, where your friends and family can

download an excerpt of your book in order to provide feedback

● Works for both printed and digital book formats

● Amazon also offers file conversion, editing, and layout for a fee.

4. Blurb●Blurb is a plug-in in Adobe InDesign for creating layout●User can create both print and digital books and

magazines●Templates are created automatically based on your book

size and page count, including:○appropriate bleed○trim○safety areas

●Offers a print-on-demand service and enables authors to sell books on the Blurb website

3. Wordzworth● A team of outsource designers

who will create:○ Cover (not from a

template)○ Typeset your text○ Format your images to

produce in print or on screen correctly

● Each book is payable in two installments - at the beginning and end of project

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