Making Your E-Book Beautiful 13 August 2015

Have you ever wondered what goes into making an e-book? Or why some e-books look like Word documents that someone shook a little and slapped a cover on, while others look sleek and smart and pretty? Here’s a little piece I wrote over at my E-books Done Right website:

Making Your E-book Beautiful: The Steps We Take

Behind the Scenes with
Bon Bons to Yoga Pants by Katie Cross

Sometimes it’s the smallest details that take an e-book from just ordinary to something special. Let’s walk through the production process with a recent project: Bon Bons to Yoga Pants is the fifth book I’ve produced for indie author Katie Cross, but it’s the first one in a new genre and new series for her.

When a new project is on the virtual table, the first thing we have to establish is the stylesheet. How big…

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I hope you enjoy this walk-through of the process with a book that was great to work on for a whole bunch of reasons (includes links to some fabulous publishing services people). And if you have any questions about e-book production, feel free to ask.