Manuscript Preparation for Publishing Books

The best way to publish a book is go to a bookstore and look at as many page designs as possible and choose one that appeals to you the self-publisher. To publish a book you should start with a title page, followed by the copyright page. The title page typically includes the title, subtitle, name of publisher and author. To publish books, the copyright page must contain Copyright © followed by the year and name of who the copyright is filed under. Example: title page and copyright page. One frequently quoted source is Strunk & White's "The Elements of Style" at www.strunkandwhite.com

Title Pages

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(These are title page examples.)

Listing the self-publisher (your name) and printer on the copyright page is standard in the book publishing industry. The book would be printed in the United States of America by Instantpublisher.com.

All books are priced by the number of pages. Many books will have special pages such as a Table of Contents, Foreword or Introduction, Glossary or Index. There again, you are the publisher and have full control of how the pages will look and in what order they appear in your book. Do not use too many fonts, especially on the same page and never use all caps.

Be sure to publish a book that is attractive to you as the author and easy to read. Many times self-publishers will get carried away with design elements that actually take away from the readability of the book. When thinking to self publish, a smooth flowing book with easy to read fonts is much more appealing to the reader, compared to a book with too many different fonts used and fonts that are just plain hard to read.

[Note, Use our Book Templates page for templates or cover templates.]