Styles

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

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.