Congratulations! It’s not every day that someone gets a book published! We know you’re excited to get this process underway. If extra care is taken at the beginning of the process, it can reduce or eliminate delays and headaches at the end.
Because the manuscript is the foundation for the entire project and we want to [...]

Photos and Images are elements that-used sparingly and appropriately-can add to a book’s message. We encourage authors to use photographs and images with caution, as they have a tendency to detract from the reading experience and may increase the retail price of your book. Only images you consider essential to your message should be submitted [...]

If you’ve written a nonfiction book that is a devotional, inspirational, theological, or other type of Christian living manuscript, please use the following guidelines to apply the final formatting touches to your book. Please read each guideline carefully to be sure your book complies.
Journal Lines: Fill-in-the-blank or journaling lines must be removed from manuscript. Replace [...]

If you’ve written a cookbook, please use the following guidelines to apply the final formatting touches to your book. Please read each guideline carefully to be sure your book complies.
Table of Contents: A table of contents is necessary. Each recipe should be considered a separate “chapter,” and the chapter titles should be same as the [...]

If you’ve written a photography book, please use the following guidelines to apply the final formatting touches to your book. Please read each guideline carefully to be sure your book complies.
Table of Contents: A table of contents is necessary. Each photo collection should be considered a separate “chapter.” *If the photos belong to a section [...]

If you’ve written a nonfiction book that is a compilation of poetry, please use the following guidelines to apply the final formatting touches to your book. Please read each guideline carefully to be sure your book complies.
Table of Contents: A table of contents is necessary. Each poem should be considered a separate “chapter,” and the [...]

If you’ve written a nonfiction book that is meant to be informational, instructional, or a self-help guide, please use the following guidelines to apply the final formatting touches to your book. Please read each guideline carefully to be sure your book complies.
Table of Contents: The Table of Contents should be a list of your chapter [...]

If you’ve written a nonfiction book that is a biography, autobiography, or memoir, or a creative prose or essay, please use the following guidelines to apply the final formatting touches to your book. Please read each guideline carefully to be sure your book complies.
Table of Contents: The Table of Contents should be a list of [...]

If you’ve written a fictional novel, please use the following guidelines to apply the final formatting touches to your book. Please read each guideline carefully to be sure your book complies.
Your book does not need a table of contents.
Chapter Titles: If your chapters have titles, they should not be numbered. If they do not have [...]

If you’ve written a fiction book that is a compilation of short stories, please use the following guidelines to apply the final formatting touches to your book. Please read each guideline carefully to be sure your book complies.
Table of Contents: A table of contents is necessary. Each short story should be a separate chapter, and [...]

If you’ve written a children’s book and have already formatted it to the specifications on the “Begin here” page, then you’re finished! Now all you have to do is prepare a backmatter in order to be completely ready for submission.
BACKMATTER
The term backmatter refers to the text that will appear on the back cover of your [...]

Endorsements are short blurbs commending the material found within your text. Endorsements should be concise, approximately two to three lines followed by the endorser’s name, job title, and employer (if pertinent or recognizable). Endorsements that are too long or which contain unnecessary info will be cut. Endorsements which are irrelevant or which do not follow [...]