Class Central is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Skillshare

How To Format Your Paperback Novel in Adobe InDesign

via Skillshare

Overview

Save Big on Coursera Plus. 7,000+ courses at $160 off. Limited Time Only!

The interior design of a book can reflect the mood of a story and enhance the reader experience. With this class, you'll learn industry typography, layout, and formatting standards to improve the way you present your books to others. You'll also gain advanced skills in Adobe InDesign and inserting different types of images into various manuscripts. This class will cover different aspects of interior design and formatting. Everything from templates to body text styles — it's all right here.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Creating Presets, Workspaces, & Templates
  • Creating Paragraph & Character Styles
  • Introducing the 3-Step Formatting Strategy
  • Placing Images
  • Shapes & Text Effects
  • Master Pages (Advanced)
  • Adding Bookmarks & TOC
  • Inserting/Using Glyphs & Special Characters
  • Exporting to EPUB (Fixed Layout)
  • Exporting & Packaging

Taught by

Nadège Richards

Reviews

Start your review of How To Format Your Paperback Novel in Adobe InDesign

Never Stop Learning.

Get personalized course recommendations, track subjects and courses with reminders, and more.

Someone learning on their laptop while sitting on the floor.