Are You Pulling Your Hair Out

From Trying to Format Your Fiction Book?

Let’s face it, formatting your ebook for the various retailers like Amazon, Kobo, and Apple is time consuming, not to mention frustrating and stressful. Then add creating a properly formatted, font embedded pdf file for print on top of that, and you might wish you hadn’t written your beloved book.

But there is help!

I’m an Indie author and know from first-hand experience suffering through the difficulties of formatting my books for ebook and print using a Word document. While it can be done, it isn’t pretty nor easy.

I’ve since found software that makes formatting fun—at least for me! I love the creativity of formatting my books to look beautiful. I like finding the right icon to use as scene separators or as chapter headings, or for print books, the perfect font to reflect my story.

As a “wide” author, I have experience creating and uploading epub files to Amazon, Draft2Digital, and Bookfunnel, as well as pdf files for KDP Print and IngramSpark. I know what is required. I love helping other indie authors in their publishing journey. It’s so empowering to share your story with others and being an independent publisher and author.

Let me format your ebook and/or print book and save yourself some stress.

I format for all main publishing platforms.

Please note, this is for FICTION books, in any genre, formatting only. I don’t work on children’s books, cookbooks, memoirs, or nonfiction books.

You will need an edited, FINALIZED manuscript, preferably in .docx format. Formatting is one of the last things you do before you publish your book. If you are publishing a print book, you will need the formatted page count, including all front and back matter, for the spine width of your cover.

As an Indie author, I LOVE helping other Indies. I can’t wait to work with you!

Formatting Packages & Pricing

The price ranges given below are for between 20K – 250K words of FICTION.

The price depends on the number of words in your manuscript, including any appendixes, glossaries, what to read next, and excerpts.

Formatting packages include

• Layout that matches books in your genre published by Traditional publishers. This is a big deal. You want your readers or potential bookstore buyers to be unable to differentiate your Indie book from a traditional one.
• Professional fonts. I pay a subscription for the fonts I use, and they are licensed for commercial use.
• Front and back matter, including Also By, About the Author, Review Ask, Copyright, Dedication, and Acknowledgement.
• Five revisions. Revisions are changes to the formatting and layout, such as fonts, ornamental elements, and hyphenation. We want you to be happy with your book.
• Up to 10 grammar and typos fixes for three months after the original formatting is delivered to you. After that, any changes will be an additional fee.

Turnaround of the first draft is 7-10 business days, depending on the size of your manuscript. I will keep you informed of the progress. This time is dependent on your quick response to any of my inquiries, especially in the initial stage, while we are determining the fonts and additional elements.

Add-on Services

We offer the following services you can add-on to your order.

Large-print format (either alone or as a package with ebook formatting), you can add a large print format. A large print book requires different fonts and font sizes than a normal paperback, and usually a larger trim size to accommodate the larger print.

Convert your ebook cover to a print wrap. If your cover design can’t or you’ve lost contact with them we create a wrap for you. The back cover and spine will be plain as we won’t have the files or licenses for the images used in the front cover. These can be formatted for either KDP Print, IngramSpark, or both. (They require different print cover files due to the paper they use.)

Adding pictures. We’ll add up to 5, in your book. This doesn’t include images for the headers or scene breaks, as these are included in your formatting package.

Expedite fee. Sometimes life gets in the way and we run out of time. If you need to receive your formatting in a quicker time frame than my normal 7-10 business days, you can request a faster turnaround. This does require an additional fee as I’ll have to move things around my schedule to accommodate you.

Series discount. If you have a series, we can discuss multiple book pricing.

Step 1: Place an Order

Place an order by choosing the number of words in your project. Don’t forget to include any extras after “The End” such as appendixes, glossaries, what to read next, and excerpt.

Step 2: Make Payment

Make a secure payment through our website. Note: full payment is due before work begins, however, we offer a 100% refund if you aren’t satisfied.

Step 3: Send Your Manuscript and Details

After payment is made, I’ll send you a form to fill out with the pertinent details and choices available for your project along with a contract for services. The project will begin after you send me the information and your edited, FINALIZED manuscript.

Depending on the scope and size of your project, we may need to schedule a Zoom call to ensure we’re on the same page about your vision for your book.

Step 4: Receive Draft

Within 7-10 business days, you’ll receive a draft of the first 1-2 chapters for the print book for your approval of the font, ornamental elements, layout, etc.

Screenshots of the first 1-2 chapters of the ebook will be sent to you.

The price includes up to 5 revisions of the layout so we can get the book formatted the way you want. Please note, revisions are for the layout and formatting NOT for correction of grammar errors, typos, name changes, etc.

Once you approve the layout, I’ll format the remainder of your book.

Step 5: Receive Your Beautiful Ebook or Print

You’ll receive the final files and you’re set! You can upload the epub to the retailer(s) of your choice, and the print-ready .pdf file to KDP Print and/or IngramSpark.

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