Guides

Book Templates or Done-For-You Formatting: Whic...

Book templates or done-for-you formatting? An honest guide to the DIY template path ($49.99) versus having Cantos format your whole book, and how to choose.

Back Matter Order: What Comes After "The End"

The conventional back matter order for a book: acknowledgments, about the author, also-by, and preview chapters, plus why the also-by page is your best backlist marketing.

Can You Format a Book in Google Docs? (Honestly...

Can you format a book in Google Docs? Mostly no. What breaks on export (styles, section breaks, headers, fonts) and the clean path: draft in Docs, format in Word or...

InDesign vs Word for Book Formatting: Which Do ...

InDesign vs Word for book formatting: what InDesign's fine typography control adds, what it costs in learning curve and subscription, and who genuinely needs it.

Amazon Author Central: Claim Your Author Page i...

An Amazon Author Central setup guide: what it is, how to claim your books, add a bio and photo, and why the author page matters for credibility and discovery.

Formatting a Book for Free with LibreOffice or ...

The zero-budget path to a formatted book: open .docx templates in LibreOffice or OpenOffice, keep styles intact, and check fonts, page size, and PDF export.