Formatting for ebook, paperback, and hardcover novels.
Have an artistic eye format your manuscript, ready for publication!
How do we Begin?
Formatting is the final step so make sure your manuscript is professionally edited and polished.
Consider what features you need and want as some Page Types/Features may require the Deluxe Formatting Package on top of the Standard.
When preparing your manuscript for formatting, consider the following:
Page Breaks between Chapters and Page Types.
Single Enter between a simple break.
*** for ornamental breaks.
If an image needs placement, type /image (filename)/ before where it needs to be with note on size and placement and inform me this is needed.
If a text feature needs placement, type /text feature/ before where it needs to be and a note as to what you want to see and inform me this is needed.
Turn off Track Changes
Save it as a .docx file.
Consider which Print size you want.
Popular Trim Sizes:
5 × 8 in, 5.25 × 8 in, 5.5 × 8.5 in, 6 × 9 in See More
Please console with your printing house to know what they offer.Once you have everything together, email: theartofliz@gmail.com
I may have questions and suggestions as I work on your file, so it is optimal that you are available to message when I work.
Once it is finished, we will go over the document together in a video call for you to pick style and make sure it is to your liking, or you can put your trust in me and use my creative freedom.
Standard Formatting Includes:
Files for Publishing: Generic Epub, Kindle, Mobi, Apple, Nook, Kobo, Google) and a .PDF for print
New word file
Copyright
Please Provide:
-Cover Artist (Name and Contact)
-Editor(s) (Name and Contact)
-Anyone else who deserves copyright credit
-ISBNs (Paperback, Hardcover, Ebook)Title Page
Please Provide:
-Book Title
-Series Name
-Book number
-Author NameTable of Contents
Chapters
Ornamental Breaks (Choose from 7 Standard Options. Custom Available with Deluxe Formatting)
Heading Background (Choose from 7 Standard Options for Full-page image for first pages of chapters. Custom Available with Deluxe Formatting)
Standard Choices for Headers, Fonts, Styles
Header and Footer positioning
Ebook Cover display (optional)
Please Provide:
You/your designer provides front cover
Image size 1683x2560 or larger
Deluxe Formatting adds depth and customization to your novel in addition to Standard Formatting.
These features take additional time and consideration when formatting so are charged in addition to Standard Formatting by the hour. Depending on the scope of your project, some options may require several hours, or many could be done in one hour. Your time is always valued and respected.
*Purchase of Standard Formatting is required.
*Time is rounded up to the full hour.
*This does not pertain to making Artwork.
Deluxe Options include:
Parts
Dedication
Forward
Introduction
Preface
Prologue
Epilogue
Afterward
Interludes
Author’s Note
Trigger Warnings
About the Author/Social Media
Acknowledgments/Beta Readers
Also By
Series Continues In
Text Feature such as: Alignment Blocks/Text Messages/Quotes/Letters ect...
Images
Image size no smaller than 684x288, larger the better!Map (1 or 2 page spread)
Image size will be determined by Print sizePublisher Logo
Custom Ornamental Break
Image should be at least 87 pixels highCustom Title Page (Image to match the title on your next cover)
Custom Series Continues In (Image to match the title on your next cover)
Custom Heading Background (Full-page or 2 page spread image for first page of chapters.)
Image size will be determined by Print sizeChapter Header Image (1 image for all chapters)
Image size should be at least 684x288Revisions
Some Books I’ve Formatted:
Asunder
by L. Steinworth
Mayli's world shattered when her mother, the queen of Ammos, was assassinated. The heir to the throne of Brimley—Mayli's fiancé at the time—was accused of the crime. The resulting war between the two kingdoms destroyed Brimley and refugees fled across Vatan. Now the grieving princess travels to court a new royal suitor, but her plans to secure a strong alliance go awry when her carriage is attacked.
Alden, a Brimleyn loyalist, goes undercover in the Shadowen Thieves Guild hoping to find evidence that will clear his prince’s name. His efforts prove futile until their latest assignment: abducting the Ammosian princess. Completing the job could expose her mother's murderer, but at what cost?
Burden
by L. Steinworth
Alden is more determined than ever to unmask the Ammosian queen’s killer after leaving the Shadowen Thieves Guild and saving Princess Mayli. Trusting his friends to aid in the investigation in Dregs, he returns to Brimley to uncover clues at the scene of the crime. The weight of responsibility falls heavily on his shoulders as he must choose to expose the murderer or stay loyal to his kingdom.
Princess Mayli searches for truth after her enemies helped return her safely to Ammos. Faced with incriminating evidence to solve her mother’s murder, Mayli must decide if keeping her family’s secrets is worth destroying an innocent man’s life and if she can ever forgive the one truly responsible. Torn asunder by circumstance and struggling with divided loyalties, will Mayli and Alden ever find their way back to each other again?
Chronicles of Fen: Cernuin
by Y.W. Lumaris
He made the gods mortal, breaking the laws of magic. Now the world pays for his crimes.
Fen, a powerful mage and rare harpy, spent thirty years as a prisoner. In that time he concludes how to amend his actions and save the world from the rage of the gods. With only three cities remaining, the time finally comes that he is granted his chance.
With this as his only chance to kill the gods and right what he wronged, he stands saint and sinner. Will he succeed, or is this the end of humanity?
Scifi-Fantasy blend, heavy fantasy with scifi more of a background technology quickly fading after an apocalypse decades prior; adventure/romance m/m
Shadow of The Marked: Divine Series
by J. G. Maltos
It takes years to create alliances, gain power, and build a kingdom. But, it only took one night for Princess Althea’s world to be burned down to ashes. Now, after years in captivity and torture, she knows herself only as a prisoner and nothing else. That is, until a face hidden deep within the shadows with eyes as gold as rich honey, gives her a chance to change her fate once again. Can a queen rise from the ashes of defeat? Only Althea, the last heir to the realm, made up of five powerful kingdoms, can find the answer. She must embark on a journey filled with secrets and distrust to take her throne back from the very people that aimed to destroy it. However, the road to freedom is never easy. With years of having her earth abilities suppressed by her captors, her new found abilities begin to rise like a ticking time bomb. Althea will have to tread carefully, for one wrong move can leave the kingdoms with no hope—and no queen. They say there is a thin line between love and hate. Can Althea distinguish the two when the lines are blurred?
Remember the Stars
by Eris Marriott
In a world of forbidden magic, two wolves fight for a lost soul. All Clarisse wants is to be free. Her life has been governed by abuse, control, and the Church of Light. Tired of ritual exorcisms and condemnations, she’s at the brink of exploding. Her power is a curse—the reason she can’t be free. Clarisse never asked to be in the center of a centuries-long battle between Terrence, a Reaper-wolf gone rogue, and Death, himself. If she has to spend one more minute under the controlling thumb of her parents and the Church of Light, she’ll die. In order to escape, she must choose a side: Death is convinced that mortals wielding power is a recipe for disaster and damnation. Terrence believes magic is a mortal’s key to freedom, enlightenment… maybe immortality. Will she follow the light of the stars? Or will she let herself fall into the grasp of the shadows?
Formatting is done with Vellum, some restrictions apply.