How to prepare your book file for editing - a podcast by Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)

Denise and Louise discuss how to prepare your book file for editing ... whether you're doing it yourself or working with an editor.
Listen to find out more about:When to do interior layout
Where to do your editingWhether to edit in a single document or multiples
Using stylesFont choice
Colour choiceParagraph design
SpacingDefining headings
Page numberingSection breaksPictures and images
Tables of contentsIndexing

Editing bitesEditing in Word, 2nd Edition, by Adrienne Montgomerie: http://bit.ly/2Xy3CPs (http://bit.ly/2Xy3CPs)How to Market a Book, by Joanna Penn

Other resourcesReview of Montgomerie’s Editing in Word, 2nd ed. by Louise Harnby (blog post): http://bit.ly/2XrlDza (http://bit.ly/2XrlDza)How to use styles (video tutorial): https://youtu.be/1IRBqPm7LBk (https://youtu.be/1IRBqPm7LBk)
How to use styles (blog post): http://bit.ly/2XHkKCx
PerfectIt: https://intelligentediting.com/ (https://intelligentediting.com/)The Author’s Proofreading Companion (booklet containing raw-text tidy-up tips): http://bit.ly/ProofCompanion (http://bit.ly/ProofCompanion)Proofreading checklist (PDF): http://bit.ly/CheckProof (http://bit.ly/CheckProof)

Ask us a questionThe easiest way to ping us a question is via Facebook Messenger: Visit the podcast's Facebook page and click on the SEND MESSAGE button: http://bit.ly/EditPodFB
Denise and LouiseDenise Cowle Editorial Services: bit.ly/CowleEditingLouise Harnby | Fiction Editor: bit.ly/HarnbyEditing

Music credit‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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