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Do you struggle with poetry formatting?
Fortunately, creating a clean poetry book is easier than ever before. Don't fall for the myths that poetry formatting is hard.
In this step-by-step, hassle-free guide, indie poet & author Michael La Ronn walks you through how to format a collection of poetry for ebook and print. No HTML or programming required! Just Scrivener and Microsoft Word.
You'll learn:
* Basic formatting principles and the unqiue elements that make up ebooks & paperbacks
* The tools you should be using
* How to format an ebook for Kindles, EPUB devices, smartphones, and tablets
* How to format a paperback for CreateSpace
* How to set up templates so that you don't have to pay a formatter (and save a lot of $$$)
This book also includes access to Michael's ebook & print formatting templates so you can take your books to the next level.
Buying this book will set you apart from the competition, so scroll up and grab your copy today!
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Michael La Ronn
Science fiction and fantasy on the wild side! Michael La Ronn is the author of many science fiction and fantasy novels including The Last Dragon Lord, Android X, and Eaten series. In 2012, a life-threatening illness made him realize that storytelling was his #1 passion. He’s devoted his life to writing ever since, making up whatever story makes him fall out of his chair laughing the hardest. Every day. To get updates when he releases new work + other bonuses, sign up by visiting www.michaellaronn.com/list
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Indie Poet Formatting - Michael La Ronn
Indie Poet Formatting
How to Format Poetry Collections for Ebook & Print
Michael La Ronn
Copyright 2015 © Michael La Ronn. All rights reserved.
Published by Ursabrand Media.
Cover Design: Pixelstudio.
Reproduction in whole or in part of this work in any manner without express written consent is prohibited.
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Table of Contents:
How to Use This Book
Tools You'll Need
PART I: Ebook Formatting
Terms You Need to Know
Creating a Template
Choose a Font
Remove Tabs
Line Spacing
Organizing Your Collection's Shell
Saving Your Template
Creating Your Collection
Front Matter
Title Page
Sample Title Page
Sample Smashwords Title Page
Copyright Page
Sample Copyright Page
Sample Smashwords Copyright Page
Dedication
Sample Dedication Page
Table of Contents
Sample Table of Contents Page
Body
Sample Lyrical Poem
Adventurous Poem Formatting
Sample Adventurous Poem (Without a Hanging Indent)
Sample Adventurous Poem (With a Hanging Indent)
Prose Poem
Sample Prose Poem
A Quick Word on Images
Back Matter
Call to Action
Sample Calls to Action
Sample About the Poet Page
Sample Acknowledgments Page
Sample Other Books By Poet Page
Compiling Your Collection into an Ebook
Collections: Your Best Friend
Creating a Compile Preset
Previewing Your Files
PART II: Paperback Formatting
Terms You Need to Know
Creating a Template
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Dedication
Half Title
Body
Side Note: A Quick Word on Fonts
Back Matter
Page Numbers
Creating the Table of Contents
Preparing Your File for Publication
Final Note
Thanks for Reading
Your Free Gift
Useful Formatting Resources
Other Books by Michael La Ronn
About Michael La Ronn
How to Use This Book
This book is a step-by-step guide that will show you how to format a poetry collection for ebook and print that will look like a traditionally published book. You don’t need to know HTML or advanced coding. As long as you have Scrivener and Microsoft Word, it won’t cost you anything.
It’s that simple.
However, there are a lot myths out there about how difficult poetry formatting is. Book formatting is deceptive—it looks hard at first, but once you take the time to learn what the different elements are, how to set them up (and why), it becomes infinitely easier.
Why You Should Do Your Own Formatting
When you do your own formatting, you’ll save a lot of money in the long run. The average fiction formatter charges around $100 to format a novel. For poetry, you’re going to pay a lot more, especially for an ebook, as most formatters will use HTML to create your book. When you consider the costs of cover design, editing and marketing, the money you’ll spend on formatting is better spent almost anywhere else.
It will also be easier for you to make changes to you book if you ever spot typos or need to make quick changes. If you hire a formatter, you have to pay them every time you want to fix something. You don’t have as much control.
Plus, formatting poetry isn’t as hard as it looks. Formatting has its own unique language and sets of rules, but fortunately, they are easy to learn. Once you get over the learning curve, you might actually enjoy it!
Who This Book is For
If you write standard form lyrical or prose poems with little to no adventurous elements, this book will help you. Really, even if you have a few poems that have some quirky formatting, you’ll still be able to use this book, so don’t worry. Just follow the rules in this book and then adjust them to suit your preferences. The majority of contemporary poets writing today could probably follow the formatting rules in this book and be okay.
If you write avant-garde poems that test the limits of form (like creating the image of a bird on a page that consists of words or something crazy like that), then this book probably won’t help you. You might be better served hiring a professional formatter. But get ready to pay for it.
Once you’re done reading this