Self-publishing 1: Format your fiction or nonfiction book with Microsoft Word: +Canva book covers and book marketing
Hello and welcome to my course, Self-publishing: Format Your Book with Microsoft Word.
What you’ll learn
- Learn to start Microsoft Word on Windows and optimize your editing environment. Learn to use Word to format your manuscript for Amazon publication..
- Learn to copy edit your manuscript to remove common errors and create a free DIY quality book cover with Canva, Microsoft PowerPoint or the GIMP..
- Learn to format fiction and nonfiction manuscripts for publication in eBook and paperback formats using Microsoft Word and downloadable templates..
- Review an introduction and overview of Amazon Kindle eBook marketing..
Course Content
- Introduction –> 4 lectures • 20min.
- Microsoft Word Setup –> 4 lectures • 25min.
- Copy Edit Your Manuscript –> 9 lectures • 29min.
- Format Your Manuscript for Publication –> 13 lectures • 1hr 22min.
- Create a Free Quality DIY Book Cover –> 9 lectures • 1hr 23min.
- Intermission –> 1 lecture • 1min.
- Introduction to Amazon Kindle eBook Marketing –> 7 lectures • 58min.
- Additional Material –> 1 lecture • 9min.
- Conclusion –> 1 lecture • 1min.
Requirements
Hello and welcome to my course, Self-publishing: Format Your Book with Microsoft Word.
In this course, I teach you everything you need to know to format your manuscript for self-publishing in Amazon Kindle eBook and Print on Demand (POD) paperback formats using Microsoft Word. Instruction includes:
- Starting Microsoft Word on Windows and optimizing your screen real estate.
- Copy edit your manuscript both manually and using software to remove spelling, grammar and usage errors.
- Create a free DIY quality book cover using either Canva, Microsoft PowerPoint or the GIMP.
- Format your fiction or nonfiction manuscript for publication using Microsoft Word and optional templates.
- Self-publish an Amazon audiobook using an AI voice.
- Review an introduction to advanced Amazon book marketing skills.
This single course provides everything you need to know to format your manuscript for self-publication. All you need is a finished manuscript. Nothing has been left out.
My name is Brian Jackson. I’m the author of over one dozen Amazon books, publisher of well over 100 Amazon books and educator with over 30 Udemy courses to my name. Let me teach you how to self-publish an Amazon book based on my 12 years of Amazon publishing experience.
Be sure to review the course curriculum and previewable content for a detailed explanation of the course content.
I’ll see you in the classroom,
—Brian