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Balancing the book

When the manuscript is complete and there are no more corrections, the next stage is the final one of “balancing” the book. This is the...

Don’t put broccoli into your Word document!

In the above video I show the best way to indicate in your manuscript where pictures and captions need to go and also show you what happens

Boxes and Lines in Complex Layout

In the below video I demonstrate how to achieve this in InDesign as well as quickly showing another favorite typesetting trick of mine of ho

How to prepare your book for typesetting

Assigning styles aren’t necessary – it just can make the process for the author, editor and typesetter more efficent. However, as long as th

The Anatomy of a Book

I’m going to list the pages here in the order that I usually typeset books, but of course each publisher will have their own rules and it’s

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