CHOOSING THE SIZE OF YOUR BOOK (& how to RESIZE it) | Formatting a novel in WORD (Formatting part 4)

To decide on the size of your book, there are a few factors you need to consider, such as genre requirements, available templates, and personal preference. In this video, I’m sharing how to determine the best size for your book, where to find a template for that specific size, and how to resize a book in Microsoft Word if you need to make any changes, which can be surprisingly common!
FORMATTING PLAYLIST: • FORMATTING A NOVEL FRO...
(1) What you Need to Know About Formatting (Intro): • FORMATTING A BOOK - Wh...
(2) 10 Essential Formatting Rules: • 10 UNBREAKABLE FORMATT...
(3) Front and Back Matter: • How to set up FRONT AN...
(5) Fonts and Styles: • Choosing the FONT(s) +...
(6) Adding Images: • How to ADD IMAGES to y...
(7) Chapter Headers: • Creating fancy CHAPTER...
(8) Putting it all together: (link coming soon)
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0:00 - Choosing the SIZE of your book and RESIZING
0:16 - WHAT will be covered in this video
0:50 - THREE SECRETS we’ll cover to save you money and pages
1:02 - Physical Books Focus
1:24 - WHY the size is SO important
1:46 - Introducing myself
2:09 - Our teaching assistant
2:48 - Notes
2:58 - My experience
3:39 - Template
3:53 - Series
4:07 - Time stamps
4:34 - Book Sizes
4:47 - Measuring some books for examples
5:55 - WHY the size matters so much
6:11 - My personal example
6:56 - How the book size affects the COST
8:26 - How the book size affects your READERS
8:55 - How to CHOOSE the size of your book
10:03 - Template options on KDP
10:56 - DIYbookformats.com templates
11:22 - RESIZING your book in Word
13:51 - 3 secrets for saving money and pages
14:28 - Secret #1 that you might guess and how to do this in one click
16:21 - Secret #2 that very few authors know
17:31 - Secret #3 to remove even MORE pages
19:28 - comparing before and after the three secrets are applied
20:27 - Why converting a Word document to PDF is important for print books
21:21 - Formatting Series Playlist and What’s Next…
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