title: The Indie Author's Guide to: Building a Great Book
author:  Jo Michaels 
description: I saw so many authors struggling to format their books for both the digital and print platforms. There was no way I could stand by each one and hold their hand through the process. I figured, with my graphic design know-how, I could help those struggling authors if I wrote a book that walked them through the setup process and let them in on a few design secrets along the way.<br /><br />Thus, <i>The Indie Author's Guide to: Building a Great Book</i> was born. It details how you can format your book for every digital platform with ease, and even goes into how to set up your interior and cover files for CreateSpace's printing platform without the hassle of getting major errors when you submit.<br /><br />I decided to detail the functions in commonly used programs so no one would feel the need to rush out and buy new software. Your book can look great without you spending a ton of money.<br /><br />This is meant to be a pocket guide. It has no fluffy stuff. It's very simple for even the newest of users to figure out. I've put myself on the pages of a book in the hopes that I <i>can </i>sit and look over your shoulder, offering advice, in one way or another.
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  PENGUIN BOOKS
  
  
  Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter, Devon, and he studied in Birmingham and
  London. He has worked in a crematorium, a zoo, a garage and a post office,
  before – happily – giving it all up to write books. Kevin is the award-winning
  author of eight novels and lives in North Yorkshire.
  
  
  > ‘Kevin Brooks just gets better and better, and given that he started off
  > brilliant, that leaves one scratching around for superlatives’  
  > – Sunday Telegraph
  
  > ‘He's an original. And he writes one hell of a story’;  
  > – Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now
  
  > ‘A masterly writer’;  
  > – Mail on Sunday
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Books by Kevin Brooks
  
  
  > BEING
  
  > Black Rabbit Summer
  
  > CANDY
  
  > KILLING GOD
  
  > KISSING THE RAIN
  
  > LUCAS
  
  > MARTYN PIG
  
  > THE ROAD OF THE DEAD
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PENGUIN BOOKS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PENGUIN BOOKS
  
  
  Published by the Penguin Group
  
  
  Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England
  
  
  Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, US