That's right, I do hate formatting. I'm trying to format my short story collection so it looks nice and professional, but I'm having a heckuva time of it. I set the page numbering system, but it numbered everything, even the cover. So, what now? I deleted it and went to the design and layout pages and I did get the right numbers on the stories, but trying to number the metadata alphabetically, I haven't figured out yet. And there's more, like setting the fonts and spacing between stories on an already formatted page isn't working out too good. I will probably start all over and read the instructions again.
I want to get this collection out soon on Amazon and other sites without hiring someone to do it. That costs money!! And I don't have it right now. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. If it wasn't for these sites letting you post your stories and novels for free, it would be a hard deal to self-publish in my case. I think it's about the best thing since sliced bread, as they say, and there are some great stories and novels self-published by some authors.
I expect the book, Western Stories, A Short Story Collection, will be forthcoming before too long and I will be glad that it is finished and on the market for everybody to read.
So do I, Oscar. For instance, the only thing I know about MS Office is opening and saving Word document and Excel sheet, and that just about serves my purpose.
ReplyDeleteI know, and if yhou need to know anything else, you have to go looking. Takes up time.
DeleteFormatting is definitely a pain. And harder for me since Create Space now wants PDF stuff and I don't have a good PDF program.
ReplyDeleteThat's whee I am, Charles, and I have a hard time getting pages filled up due to paragraphing. It's a pain. I haven't ran into the PDF problem yet.
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