Styles

Semantic structure: Using Styles in editing, book design, and ebook formatting

Ebook Design, Editing, Print Book Design / By Laura Lis Scott

Say what you mean. It’s so simple in books, right? If it’s an important idea, bold it. Or maybe italicize it. If it’s a section header, make it big. Chapter title, make it really big. That’s all there is to it, right? Not quite. Not anymore.

How to prepare in Word a manuscript for publication

Ebook Design, Editing, Print Book Design / By Laura Lis Scott

The standard manuscript format doesn’t really apply here. It’s not a bad starting point, of course; most book designers are used to starting with manuscripts that conform at least visually to some form of a standard manuscript format. But there’s more to be done before the manuscript is ready for book design.