Table of Contents
SECTION ONE: Before the book... comes the story
Chapter 1: The Manuscript 1
Chapter 2: Burning Questions About Self-Publishing 5
SECTION TWO: The Inside
Chapter 3: Front Matter (facts and flattery) 9
Chapter 4: The Middle (body, core, text) 13
Chapter 5: Back Matter (the extra information) 15
SECTION THREE: Technical
Chapter 6: Printing 17 .
Chapter 7: Paper 21
Chapter 8: Formatting 25
Chapter 9: Interior Layout 29
Chapter 10: Color & Graphics 33
Chapter 11: Electronic Files 37
SECTION FOUR: The Outside
Chapter 12: The Physical Book (bookbinding) 39
SECTION FIVE: The Book Folks
Chapter 13: The Professionals 47
SECTION SIX: More Need-To-Know Words
Chapter 14: Marketing 53
Chapter 15: Finally it's all about you... The Author 57
Chapter 16: The Transition (text after the main text) 61
SECTION SEVEN: The Home Stretch
Chapter 17: Elements of Back Matter 65
Chapter 18: The Back Matter of this book 69