![]() If you have a long book, it could take an hour to create your TOC for Smashwords. It is much more complicated to create a Smashwords' TOC, and it involves inserting bookmarks and hyperlinks in the right places, and deleting hidden bookmarks. Lastly, un-check "show page numbers," because all you want is a hyperlinked TOC. You should modify the font and paragraph style of the TOC to be how you want it to look, and you should check "options" to make sure the heading styles that you want included in your TOC will be labeled with a 1 or 2 (this will allow your chapter subtitles to be indented below your chapter titles in the TOC). Once that's all done, with KDP all you have to do is insert your custom table of contents (under the "references" tab). You can modify your heading styles to your preference, and it makes formatting your chapter titles and subtitles much quicker and more accurate. It is best to use heading styles on chapter titles and chapter subtitles, if you want them to appear in your table of contents (for both KDP and Smashwords). ![]() With ebooks in general, it is best to use bullets sparingly. It's best to add in your numbers manually. Numbered (bulleted) lists do not transfer with Smashwords. So only use page breaks with Smashwords and KDP. Section breaks are for print books so that you can format the headers, footers, and page numbers how you want them. Page breaks (insert > page break) are used with ebooks, not section breaks. ![]() "Before spacing" does not show up in Smashwords' books, so you won't have a space before a line if you use it. "Before spacing" and right and left indents should be set to 0". ![]() For block paragraphs, there should be no first line indent, but instead change the "after spacing" to 10 pt to have a space between paragraphs. You can add a "first line indent" of 0.3", which is recommended for paragraphs that begin with an indent. That is also where you can make your document single-spaced, which is preferred (as opposed to 1.5" or double-spaced). What is similar about KDP and Smashwords' formatting is that they both suggest 10 pt "after spacing," which can be done in the "paragraph" box. If you have more than one book published, or you plan on publishing more than one book, this is extremely helpful, because you won't have to read through the entire manual each time you publish a book. I found it convenient to read the guide through once and take notes in a Word Doc for the information that applied to me, and then format my book according to my notes. The Smashwords Style Guide is long, but not all of it applies to everyone. I call my style, First Line Indent 6pt after, to get the subtle spacing I need for an individual paragraph without getting flagged by the Meatgrinder. Getting to the point, if you do wish to periodically separate two paragraphs slightly for effect, but don't want to use the scene break method, I mentioned above, you can build a style to give you the separation you need. On Smashwords you can't separate paragraphs that way and because Smashwords suggests you use a first line indent style, you get a visual separation anyway. Because Amazon uses a block paragraph style and adds the first line indent during the ebook conversion, you may have built into your block paragraph style some spacing to separate the paragraphs. The last tip is on transition of paragraph styles from Amazon to Smashwords. And after all that being said, don't be surprised if the Meatgrinder changes the font size of your headings anyway as it builds the ToC.įor scene brakes I have a style that I call "asterisk" that I use on ***** to center them with spacing of a few pts before and after, built into the style. I use 16 for headings and 14 for sub headings. ![]() Use a maximum font size of 18 Points (for your Title). During the conversion of your manuscript the Meatgrinder will automatically build a Table of Contents for you, so help it out by making your Chapter headings an H1 style, and use page brake before, to get you to the top of the page without using blank lines. The Smashwords Meatgrinder will ultimately decide what you can or can't do, as you transition from Amazon. Thus, in my documents, except for a few blank lines on the title page, everything including all spacing is done with the use of styles. Sorry to be joining the thread a little late.Īs stated in the previous posts, "styles" will become your new best friend when you move your manuscript to Smashwords.Īs you may have read in the style guide, blank lines are not welcome in the body of your manuscript. ![]()
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