Learn Typography and Book Design for Profitable Self-Publishing

Save on Expensive Layout Fees, Produce Beautiful Books Today, and Sell More Copies, Using Traditional Publishing Secrets

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Do you have a manuscript, eBook or PDF you want to turn into a physical book?

Does the cost of author formatting services put you off?

Are you worried if you do it yourself, you might make mistakes, and end up looking like an amateur?

Or do you want to learn to format books for print, and sell the service?

If so, this course has been put together with you in mind.

Book Typography will take you step by step from manuscript to print-ready PDF in Microsoft Word. From big decisions like trim size, typeface and font choices, through the technical aspects of setting margins and dealing with chapter pages, running headers, front and back matter and correct folio numbering, to fine-tuning issues such as dealing with widows and orphans while retaining a square footline, you will learn best practice without being overwhelmed with jargon.

The bulk of the course consists of over-the-shoulder screencasts, showing how to apply each step to a living manuscript. These are supplemented with just enough theory lectures, including text, PDF and audio lectures, to ensure you understand the choices available to make informed decisions.

Time to complete will depend on the length of your manuscript, but if you want to watch the course from beginning to end before you get started, you should allow 2-3 hours.

This course is managed by an active and engaged instructor, ready to answer your questions. So, if you have a completed manuscript (or one in the final stages of editing), a recent version of MS Word, or an open source equivalent, and the desire to turn it into something special, take this course today.


Your Instructor


Gail Seymour
Gail Seymour

Gail Seymour is Your Fairy Book Mother, an author, ghostwriter, boater and cat mother. She shepherds coaches, consultants and knowledge workers through the process of creating their cornerstone books, and building platforms to spread their messages.

It's her mission to help you bring your vision to life in the form of a meaningful book that reaches your target audience and impacts their lives, leading them to connect with you on a deeper level and reach out to you for the next step in their journey.

She uses her magic wand to teach new authors how to figure out what to write, research, structure and outline their books using Power Author Program's insights and outline tools and training. Her focus tiara is for holding you accountable through the drafting, editing, formatting, production and publishing phases to ensure you create books you can be proud of. And her fairy wings are for showing you how to market yourself and your books using non-salesy promotional techniques that won't tick off any algorithms or get you Google slapped, banned from the Mighty Zon, or put in any other sin-bin you care to mention.

Because Gail believes that everyone has a book in them. She believes that everyone has a story to tell and an audience that needs to hear it. And she knows from experience it's possible to market a book into profit if you take a strategic approach from the outset. All you need is a clear process to follow that ensures you only deal with one thing at a time, at the right time and in the right order, and you too can write your story in a way that readers will not only want to read, but want to share.

When you follow that process, you build genuine connections and relationships along the way, which makes building your fan base natural and comfortable. No more nagging friends and family, badgering acquaintances and spamming social media. That's what the Power Author Program is all about.

Gail has written over 25 books under various pseudonyms, and more than 75 for clients. I wrote 19 books in 2019 alone, including a royal biography and the memoirs of a billionaire.

Gail lives with her partner Alan and their feline overlords Smokey and Batman in Korfos, Greece.

Course Curriculum


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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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