In the end, I needed to add spaces before every paragraph to make them look more natural, but that only led to my next problem: justification. You can always simply hit tab, but there’s no way to control how far the tab goes–and it goes at least twice as deeply as it should for a printed book. There’s no good way to indent your paragraphs.
The trouble starts with the paragraph formatting. That takes time, but it’s not too inconvenient when you think of what you’re getting in return. Instead of merely copying and pasting your chapters onto the blank pages, you will need to link the block of text from page to page individually, editing text from a separate window than the layout itself. If you have experience with digital layout programs like InDesign, you should be able to adapt fairly easily to BookWright’s layout. Getting the words in there is a different matter. There are templates for all kinds of genres, adding a nice and professional touch that makes your book feel unique and special as soon as you open the pages. BookWright is designed to work hand in hand with InDesign and other layout softwares, so there’s a strong visual focus when designing your book. The BookWright template experience was very different that CreateSpace‘s and LuLu‘s. They provide their free writing and formatting software, BookWright, on their site and have many templates to help people get started. Blurb, though usually known for their excellent photo album printing service, has recently started to reach out to self-publishing writers and now prints traditional paperbacks as well. A few days ago, I received my discounted copy of my latest book from Blurb.
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