A Guide to Interior Book Design: Tools, Tips, & How-Tos!

More and more indie authors are DIYing the interior design of their books, and for good reason. If you're on a tight budget, it's one of the best places to save costs by formatting yourself. However, it can also be tricky if you have no formatting experience--especially if you don't know what tools to use. Luckily, there are plenty of options out there, so let's talk about the best tools for formatting your book!
RESOURCES:
-How to Format in the Reedsy Book Editor: blog.reedsy.com/how-to-format...
-The Reedsy Book Editor: reedsy.com/write-a-book?...
-Hire an Interior Designer: reedsy.com/?...
-Vellum Review: blog.reedsy.com/vellum-softwa...
-How to Format in Microsoft Word: kindlepreneur.com/how-to-form...
-How to Format in Scrivener: kindlepreneur.com/how-to-form...
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Keep this in mind!
1:53 - Microsoft Word
4:18 - RBE
4:56 - Vellum
6:22 - Atticus
7:05 - Scrivener
8:44 - Hire an interior designer
9:38 - Outro
FIND REEDSY HERE:
Blog: blog.reedsy.com
Facebook: / wearereedsy
Twitter: / reedsyhq
Instagram: / reedsy_hq
RESOURCES:
Book Editor: reedsy.com/write-a-book
Reedsy Discovery [indie book reviews]: reedsy.com/discovery
Webinars: blog.reedsy.com/live/
Bestseller Podcast: blog.reedsy.com/podcast/
Prompts & Writing Contest: blog.reedsy.com/creative-writ...
Plot Generator: blog.reedsy.com/plot-generator/
Character Name Generator: blog.reedsy.com/character-nam...
Pen Name Generator: blog.reedsy.com/pen-name-gene...
Book Title Generator: blog.reedsy.com/book-title-ge...
Writing Exercises: blog.reedsy.com/writing-exerc...
Writing Contest Directory: blog.reedsy.com/writing-conte...
Literary Magazine Directory: blog.reedsy.com/literary-maga...
ePub to MOBI Converter: blog.reedsy.com/epub-to-mobi-...
Reedsy Learning [free courses]: blog.reedsy.com/learning/

[@dear_totheheart]

Hope you rest your voice (sounds very off from when I first heard you speak so hope you’re not sick or pushing yourself too much) and stay healthy!
Thanks for the super helpful advice, overview, and resources!

[@NotHereToMakeYouComfortable]

Thank you so much for this extremely helpful!

[@enrikegalaxy]

Im having a lot of hard time formatting the first draft and rewriting the book, I'm writing this book from my office

[@koda24225]

What about Adobe InDesign?

[@cjones3995]

I want to hire an interior designer - I could not catch the site you referenced? Are you available for interior design hire?

[@tbdoram1]

Is there one that you’d recommend specific to children’s illustrated books?

[@Murderface666]

I tried Atticus. Wasn't satisfied, because it doesn't access default system fonts and when it came to the chapter, the style of the fonts is distracting. It has that feel of when you recognize a website was made with a template vs being created with real effort.

[@Caterina_orta]

Hello

[@landonp629]

InDesign doesn't seem to be getting much love. RBE also doesn't allow anywhere near enough options for me.

[@sandeemills358]

Lots of great info. You talk too fast, I can't keep up

[@Piyush.VideoMarketing]

unable to sign up