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Step 4Layout & print your own book. Wait.
Now that all the raw content is ready, it's time for layout. I recommend to keep it simple and stick with BookSmart, a free layout program from Blurb. Blurb is an on-demand publisher: you create your layour in their software, upload to their server, and 10 days later, a nicely bound full-color book arrives by mail.
When laying out a book of significant length, too many options are your enemy - with professional programs like InDesign I'd probably spend two days just putting templates together. In BookSmart, I laid out a 40-page book in an evening.
This is your last chance to double check graphics and text! Once you are happy with the preview, upload your book and order a copy for yourself. This is the priciest part, as a hardcover book + shipping usually costs $30-$40. You have to order one copy for yourself before you can sell to others. Sneaky, I know.
Wait for the book to arrive.
When laying out a book of significant length, too many options are your enemy - with professional programs like InDesign I'd probably spend two days just putting templates together. In BookSmart, I laid out a 40-page book in an evening.
This is your last chance to double check graphics and text! Once you are happy with the preview, upload your book and order a copy for yourself. This is the priciest part, as a hardcover book + shipping usually costs $30-$40. You have to order one copy for yourself before you can sell to others. Sneaky, I know.
Wait for the book to arrive.
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