Dude!!!! Thank God, I finally found someone who explains this easily! I have been tearing my hair out trying to get my book set up for paperback. Thanks so much for making this tutorial!!!

@DavidRamosAuthor

4 жыл бұрын

I am so glad haha! That was me a few years ago wondering why everyone made it so difficult haha If you want any more tutorials, this was just a piece of my course (writeyourbook.org)

Very nice; things that appear difficult are explained in a simple way.

FINALLY! Step by step. Thank you.

@DavidRamosAuthor

4 жыл бұрын

🤓 awesome, you're welcome!

Dude. This was excellent. Thank you for the thorough care you put into this video.

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean! I know I was so frustrated when I was looking how to do this a few years ago, I figured this video might help a few people. Good luck with your book!

@SeanyMac15

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidRamosAuthor I'll let you know how it turns out. Maybe you have a video for this topic and I just didn't see it, but I think a lot of people would like to see you do one on choosing a font style or family. I went with Baskerville for mine. It's clean and looks professional without being instantly recognizable like comic sans or papyrus.

THANK YOU it took me 18 hours to finally figure it out im soooooo friggin proud thank you muchly

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Great job! Formatting can be the trickiest part of publishing, but once you get it you're golden. Good luck with your book launch!

Perfect! Simple and detailed.

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you David. Good explanations!

@DavidRamosAuthor

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Hey there, David! Found this presentation super helpful. Just wanted to make one minor correction I think I noticed: *In order to get the alternating page margins that you'd find inside a book (where there's extra space near the binding), you need to select 'Mirror Margins' on the first page of the margins menu.* Hopefully someone finds this helpful!

@DavidRamosAuthor

2 жыл бұрын

That is exactly right! Thanks for pointing it out!

After hours of floundering, I found you! Thanks brother!

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

This has been the most helpful tutorial on formatting an Amazon paperback that I have found. One thing I would add: how to start page numbering at chapter one rather than at the front matter. Thanks for your very valuable help.

@DavidRamosAuthor

Жыл бұрын

So happy it helped! And that is a great idea!

So, I paid hundreds of dollars for a course and it didnt teach me half of what you taught in this video! I have been trying to figure out how to format the paperback in word for DAYS! Im still having a hard time creating the table of contents im like Beth here tearing my hair out!!! But this tutorial got me closer to FINALLY formatting my book! Thank you!

@DavidRamosAuthor

4 жыл бұрын

I remember how frustrating my first few times were too haha. Don't worry, you will get it!. Btw, you might want to check out my course - I have a few more formatting tutorials on there and its currently available for free on my website.

Thank you. Your a life saver. God bless you!

@DavidRamosAuthor

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Have fun with your project 📖

I was really breaking my head in searching for Paperback formatting before I came across your video. You really made this video very simple to understand and gave exactly what we are expecting to know. This helped me to understand the Page setup. In addition, if you let me know the "Paragraph setting, Font Styles and Font Sizes", "Header-Footer Text Font Size and Styles" it would be an incredible help.

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Thank Venu, I'm so glad you found it helpful. For more information, I highly recommend you watch the videos on this KDP Help page: kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202145400 They do an excellent job of breaking down the formatting items that should help you complete your project. Good luck!

Thanks so much for teaching so we can understand. I am unable to find the link for your ebook and templates

Thanks ❤

Thank you.

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thanks a lot

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Great video Dave. Thanks so much for your patience in going step by step with each section. I really learned a lot. One thing you didn't mention is when I did my ebook, it did not require Chapters or pages. Should we Add the words Chapter 1 to the titles and so forth?

@DavidRamosAuthor

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it helped! Adding "chapter" or other words to your titles (and/or pages) is completely optional. I usually do so just to keep me from getting disorganized haha.

AWESOME content!! Thank you so much! The only thing missing??? How to add headers! ;) Not everyone wants them, however, it is something that you may want to add as a tutorial

@DavidRamosAuthor

Жыл бұрын

Oh, do you mean headers as a way to divide up your chapters into smaller segments? That is a great question. I'll keep an eye out if I find a good way to do this!

@chelsiamccoy1217

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidRamosAuthor Yes, that is something that very useful and tips on how to do this smoothly will be great!

Yes please can you make a separate video for the advanced way of inserting page numbers with roman numbers on the front matter then chapters beginning with normal numbers

David Great video. When justifying text I noticed sometimes there's extra space between the words. This wasn't covered in the video but wondering how to reduce the space gaps between the words?

@DavidRamosAuthor

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent question. So actually, most of the space is determined by the text size and font choice. When people read it on their kindles, they get to choose those factors, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. As for print books, I would adjust the two factors I mentioned (font choice and text size). There are more advanced ways to adjust the gap, but I've found that they only ended up messing up other formatting items

I can't find the link

Brilliant & easy to follow. Where's the download link to the checklist?

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! head over to ramosauthor . com / wyb Then, once you're in you can find the checklist in the "Bonus" module.

Can you please show where your templates are. Thank you! Trying hard to get my book published. It is not easy when you have limited income.

Hello Ramos, I anxiously wanted to do a poetry ebook with only 20 pages, what size word doc pages should I choose?

@DavidRamosAuthor

2 жыл бұрын

I'd choose the smallest size since the minimum page count for kdp is 24 kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201857950 (5x8 should work)

do you have ebook temple link?

Hi David. Thanks for making this video. I'm just confused about one thing. It is probably just a stupid thing that I am confusing myself about. When you mention the title page and chapter pages being on the right hand side of a book, they are in fact on the left hand side of the screen. Can you see my confusion?

@DavidRamosAuthor

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Simon, that is actually a really smart question! It's a little hard to explain without printing the book out, but if you pick up a physical book while I explain the organization it might make more sense. Basically you have to account for blank pages and two-sided pages to make sure the start of every chapter begins where you want it to. As soon as you upload your file to KDP and they give you a preview, that will help you see what I mean too

Where do I find the previous module converting a word doc to ebook by david ramos????

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

I actually combined all of the videos into one so that everyone could find any part they needed with only one link. This should be the segment you are looking for: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWyhx6SifNrViMY.html

Hi , very well worded and simple to follow but I must have made an error somewhere. I have all the sizes correct but unfortunately I have 2585 pages instead of around 370. Could you please advise. Thanks. Hugh

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Hugh, thanks for checking out this video. And oof, I've been there 😅. 3 options. 1st, if you have a version w/o any of the changes, I would start again with that one, start fresh beginning at step #1, and see if it turns out better. 2nd, if you are using a web-based version of word (i.e., Office 365) and not a desktop-based version, I've found that some of the formatting options simply don't compute. For the video, I am using a desktop version. 3rd, I would turn on the ¶ (paragraph/pilcrow) symbol to see all of the formatting options that are active. My guess is that an extra page break or tab was repeated by accident. The quickest way to remove LOTS of accidents is to use the "find and replace" function (there are many good tutorials online for this). Hopefully these get you pointed in the right direction. And just incase I didn't mention it in this video, ALWAYS have multiple backup files saved just in case anything weird happens, so that you can always go back and start fresh. I've gotten quite a few weird errors in my time haha. Good luck!

@hugsin11

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks David for your speedy reply. Your answers go me thinking. Sometimes the obvious is the last one you think of. I am Irish and working in cm, you are of course working in inches. Penny dropped. Sorted. Keep the great work up. Love how you make it very simple(once I convert to inches)☘️

If you don't want to lose time, he starts to show how to change the format beginning with 2:26. Your're welcome!

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the mark - I'll likely make an updated video in the future with video chapters so its easier to use.

Where can I download the template file?

Is there anyway I can hire you to format my book that is in a Word Document currently? It needs to be formatted to be 6x9 and configured for Amazon KDP. I'm willing to compensate you if you can help with this.

@DavidRamosAuthor

2 жыл бұрын

Hi there, I appreciate you reaching out. Although I don't offer this service, I can recommend 2 options This service on Fiverr www.fiverr.com/saqib_arshad/design-layout-for-kindle-and-paperback-ebook?context_referrer=search_gigs&source=top-bar&ref_ctx_id=105a22d1160356bb17a6023c17f54f3f&pckg_id=1&pos=1&context_type=auto&funnel=105a22d1160356bb17a6023c17f54f3f And this tool (I'm currently learning it myself but it's fantastic) www.atticus.io/

I notice kdp paperback template has 10 chapters. How do I add chapters if I want to go up to 12 chapters?

@DavidRamosAuthor

2 жыл бұрын

Easiest way to do it just copy and paste. So, if you watch the video I explain how page & section breaks work. To add 2 chapters to the template, you could simple copy that last 2 chapters (e.g., 9 & 10), scroll to the last page of chapter 10, and paste what you copied AFTER the page/section break that is there. This will allow you to edit chapters 11 & 12 just like you would the prior ones. The key is to make sure you are aware of where the page and section breaks are (again, which the video goes into detail on). ✨ I also have a 2.5 hour video on my channel that includes even more info - which might be useful if you are making both an ebook and paperback version.

where is the link he talks about

Hi! Where is the worksheet, module 7, and video you talk about when you open your video?

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Patti. You can find module 7 along with all of the other videos here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWyhx6SifNrViMY.html (I made a free supercut version for KZread). And the worksheets can be downloaded here: www.ramosauthor.com/offers/8C7UiSPz/checkout

Hey there. My Word.Docx file is reading the inside margin on one side and the KDP reads it at the other side, no matter what I do! Anyone else here having that issue? What did you do? Thanks!

@DavidRamosAuthor

2 жыл бұрын

Great question - I would save [Save As] your .docx file as a PDF. This will help lock in your set margins so that KDP. Try doing that and uploading it to KDP to see if that resolves the issue

@jillianmoody4712

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidRamosAuthor Thanks! I noticed that you are not choosing to mirror. Doesn't that mean that it is always the right side of the page, rather than every other?

Where is the template you are talking about?

@DavidRamosAuthor

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lucille, KDP actually has better templates than I do at this time: kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834230 I recommend starting there!

Why are some of my chapter titles farther down on the page than others?

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

I would turn on paragraph view (the Pilcrow icon/button) and check how many spaces/breaks you have on the page. Sometimes, especially when breaking things into new chapters, the spaces/breaks from previous pages will carry through and move things down more than you want. By turning on the paragraph view, you'll be able to see what's going on better. And if this doesn't work, I recommend COPYing the text (for 1 full chapter), pasting it into a BLANK document, and PASTEing as "Keep Text Only" - then from there, go ahead and format it to see if any of the same weird things happen.

@MariMari-ny6si

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidRamosAuthor Thank you! Yes, I did have the paragraph button on, so I will try your copy and paste method to see if that fixes it. Thanks so much!

What happens if you don't have an e-book file?

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

I uploaded a full (2+ hour) tutorial here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWyhx6SifNrViMY.html Basically, you can start with just text in a Word doc, turn it into an ebook file, and then turn that into a paperback. It'll take a few hours depending on how big your book is. But once you get used to the process, you'll be able to crank it out with your eyes closed!

The problem Im having with the justify text, is the wide weird spreading.

@DavidRamosAuthor

4 жыл бұрын

I know EXACTLY what you mean haha - its such a frustrating issue. BUT here is a simple fix: www.datanumen.com/blogs/5-ways-not-stretch-last-line-justified-paragraph/ Look at Case 2, Method 1 on this link and it'll show you how to stop getting that weird spacing.

Do you have a service to do this?

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Sherry, my focus is on writing and managing the other moving parts in my business. I do know of one service called Fox Formatting I can recommend: www.foxformatting.com/ Hope this helps.

When I click margins for mirror to see all the pages nothing pops up

@DavidRamosAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, it could be a few different things. My most recent video (2.5 hours long) has a more indepth tutorial that starts with turning it into an ebook file and then reformatting it into a paperback. I recommend you follow those steps to make sure you didn't miss anything along the way.

Where is the link to the downloadable checklist and template?

@DavidRamosAuthor

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching the video Karita! I haven't updated my resources in about a year, so the best option is to use KDP's templates + instructions. They've actually done a really good job bumping up their resources for authors: kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834230

All of these videos are private. How do I get access?

@DavidRamosAuthor

4 жыл бұрын

All 40+ videos are available here: www.ramosauthor.com/wyb

Would it be easier to add paragraph headings after you fully justify the paragraphs? Gotta love Alvin and the Chipmunks. :)

@DavidRamosAuthor

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm, it depends on the size of heading you choose and how many you plan to include. In my chapters, I usually only include maybe 1 or 2 (to break up relevant sections), and I usually include them BEFORE justifying and any formatting changes. I always try to choose the easiest route 😅

@williammcenaney1331

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidRamosAuthor Thank you, Mr. Ramos. You know much more than I do, I'm sure. I usually run Word 2019 to revise what others write. Maybe I need to be much more careful because I love changing a document globally. It's as though I tell that machine, "You know what I want you to do, so please do it because you don't need my help."

what if you don't have Microsoft office?

@DavidRamosAuthor

Жыл бұрын

Google Docs is an excellent, free alternative. Some of the options will be different, but you can still make a great looking book if you're patient.

@chillicsd

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidRamosAuthor I did it and saved it as epub, Amazon took it, after 6 tries, thank you very much. Happy person here 😁

@DavidRamosAuthor

Жыл бұрын

@@chillicsd Major congrats! That is awesome! I hope your book project does great!

It would be really nice if you went slower on adding a page break. I can't add a page break and keep the chapter page down 4 lines.

Your text looks great, but you should show us where specifically to go with the cursor to get this kind of results. You move too fast for me to follow the instructions.

@DavidRamosAuthor

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I actually upgraded my setup for future tutorials to include a little highlight circle on the cursor!

who got a shok for a second by seeing the speaker.