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Formatting Your Book For Publication by princely4ever: 11:49am On Dec 16, 2023
As an author, formatting your book is the next step after the final drafting of your book; the next step before publication. Every book requires formatting. Formatting your book makes it look professional and readable, giving your reader the best reading experience. However, anyone can format a book, but a poorly formatted book can give readers a bad experience. One of them is it can be hard to follow through [the points you're making in your book] or even make your whole book and writing look dull and boring. A poorly formatted or unformatted book is like a shabbily-dressed person. Formatting your book should make it look pleasing, readable and professional. While anyone can format a book, ensure your book is formatted according to standard.
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Re: Formatting Your Book For Publication by princely4ever: 12:58pm On Dec 16, 2023
How can fiction writers format their books? There are many rules and standards for fiction writers in formatting their works. As an author formatting your books is beyond the grammatical structure of your writting. Though one of the aspects of formatting works of fiction include formatting dialogues, formatting your book still is beyond the scope of gramatical syntax. Another aspect involves paragraghs and indentations. Knowing how to write dialogues is one thing but there are plenty of rules to follow to help you establish a properly formatted dialogue and book in general. Your readers will thank you.


Writing can be a thing of creativity and freedom of expression but not so much with having your book professionally formatted which follows standards in professional formatting.

If you're an indie author self-publising your work [of fiction], ensure your book is well-formatted and professional before publication. In order for your book to be successful, it would have to be formatted, again, according to standards, which would help you in the long run.

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