Perfect Pages: Self Publishing with Microsoft Word, or How to Use MS Word for Book Design, Typesetting, and Page Layout in Formatting Your Books for Desktop Publishing and Print on Demand
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books

Perfect Pages: Self Publishing with Microsoft Word, or How to Use MS Word for Book Design, Typesetting, and Page Layout in Formatting Your Books for Desktop Publishing and Print on Demand

3.4 of 5 stars 3.40  ·  rating details  ·  5 ratings  ·  2 reviews
One of the most important questions a self publisher may face is: Do I need an expensive page layout program like Adobe InDesign, Adobe PageMaker, or QuarkXPress to produce my book pages? Or can I manage with a word processor like Microsoft Word? If you know the basic principles of typography and book design -- as well as the capabilities of your program -- there's no reas...more
Paperback, 140 pages
Published January 24th 2006 by Shepard Publications
more details... edit details
There is a good chance some of your friends read this book. Sign in to see!
sign in »

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
This book is currently not featured on any Listopia lists. Add this book to your favorite list »

Community Reviews

(showing 1-14 of 14)
filter  |  sort: default (?)  |  rating details
Cate Rowan
A helpful book with a lot of good tips. My only quibble, and it's a relatively minor one, is that I wish it had been a bit better organized to match the actual process of formatting. I ended up putting stickies on a lot of pages so I could get back to them later when working on the relevant process. Oh, I forgot--it also needs to be updated for the current versions of Word (Mac/Win), though it's still quite usable as is. I'll definitely hang on to it for the future.
Colvin
Colvin rated it 3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for: People who have read Shepard's book about self-publishing
Shelves: writing
Useful discussion, especially for those with limited book design requirements.
Rica
Rica marked it as to-read
Shawna
Shawna marked it as to-read
R.Scot Johns
R.Scot Johns marked it as to-read
Shelves: ebook
Tina
Tina rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: reference
Carole  Crosby
Carole Crosby marked it as to-read
Mary Eagan
Mary Eagan is currently reading it
Lucas
Lucas added it
There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one »
Aiming at Amazon: The NEW Business of Self Publishing, or A Successful Self Publisher's Secrets of How to Publish Books for Profit with Print on Demand and Book Marketing on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> The Business of Writing for Children: An Award-Winning Author's Tips on Writing Children's Books and Publishing Them One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes!: A Very Grimm Fairy Tale The Baker's Dozen The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend

Share This Book

Your website
Pin It