The Inspector pane – Scrivener lets you add notes to each part of your manuscript so you can keep everything organised when writing.Ī seriously great tool for writing, but overly-complex for formatting a print book. For text-only books however, InDesign has more in it than most people will ever need.įree Indesign tutorials – Good for getting startedĪn Introduction to typesetting a book using Adobe InDesignġ0 of the alternatives to Adobe Indesign 3) Scrivener – for interior files If you have a complex book, with lots of images or tables, then you’ll find InDesign much better than Word. Great for keeping your manuscript consistent if you decide to shift things around a bit later. Master pages – These enable you apply a template to your pages, so you can make changes to a group of pages at a time. Open Office – a free (basic) Word alternative 2) InDesign – for interior/manuscript files How to typeset your book in Microsoft Word – a free guide You can achieve professional results from Word, but it does get tricky if you try and do complex formatting, such as images and tables. Master these, and your book will look much more professional
Paragraph styles – The key to keeping your formatting consistent. In the interests of fairness, we should note that other software is also available! 1) Microsoft Word – for interior/manuscript files A key aspect of print book design is being able to produce a high quality PDF file, so she’s rated this aspect, too, and has also provided useful further reading resources to help you gain mastery of whichever tool you choose.
Sarah Juckes of ALLi partner member CompletelyNovel offers some answers for those in search of the best software to design their own print book, including CompletelyNovel’s own ratings on various criteria. As well as the price (UK rate, as she’s UK based), she’s given a rating for how easy each tool is to master, plus a rating for how much control you can have over what your book looks like. Sarah Juckes of Completely Novel, an ALLi Partner Member
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