Sure, it won’t write the book for you, but it can make things an awful lot easier. A good one can help your book be organized. Because what if you begin to write and the software has no functionality to organize all your chapters?Ī book writing software matters tremendously in publishing a bulletproof bestseller. You have to do research, make a good plo, jot down important notes, and keep track of all the scenes.Īs if that wasn’t enough, even despite solving all that, actually writing your book needs good book software. Having an “idea” of what you need to write is not enough. 2) for creating graphics.Writing a book is hard. 1) for writing software and Canva (Tools of the Writing Trade No. For more on tools of the writing trade see Scrivener (Tools of the Writing Trade No. Most features are easily findable and, if not, a quick Internet or Help search usually reveals the answers. If you are pretty comfortable using word processing programs, I think you'll find Vellum user-friendly. You can buy a license to publish only ebooks, ebooks and print, to publish a limited number of books, or to publish an unlimited number.īuying the unlimited license with print and ebook cost me under $300, which is about the same as I paid to have a service convert two novels to ebook formats only, so for me that was the best deal. If you want to generate files to publish, then you need to purchase. You can download Vellum for free and see how you like using it, which is what I did at first. If you want to customize your print edition, you can use the Duplicate feature to create a new copy of your book and edit that version for print. I'm hoping to finalize the print edition over the weekend and have the paperback available by the end of next week. There are different options for how your chapter headers look.īelow is what I used in The One-Year Novelist, where I titled each section by Week rather than Chapter. It automatically inserts headers with the book title and author, allows you to choose trim size, and sets the pages with the correct gutters. One of Vellum's many wonderful features is that you can drag your word processing file into Vellum, format it quickly, and generate all the types of files you need in one step.įor print, Vellum generates a PDF you can upload to whatever print platform you're using (such as CreateSpace). It also creates a Table of Contents for you. Vellum creates that column on the left automatically, listing your chapters. Screen Shot from The One-Year Novelist Title Section on Vellum Favorite Features Here's a screen shot of the page where I added title information yesterday for my latest book The One-Year Novelist. Now you can create paperback editions with Vellum as well. Originally, Vellum created ebook files (including mobi for Kindle and epub files for other platforms like Kobo and iBooks) from your word processing files, but not print books. (I have not tried that myself.) Create Publishing Files Easily I have heard, though, that you can use Mac in Cloud to run Vellum. Right now, Vellum works on Mac, which is how I use it, and not for PCs. It's also is far less expensive (considering both time and money) to do updates, such as when I want to add a book to About the Author and Also By pages. (For more on using a conversion service, see Using An eBook Formatting Service .) Doing it yourself is less expensive and it takes only a little more time than it used to take me to send in edits to files the services created for me. I used to pay services to convert my Word files to ebook and print formats, but now I do it myself. If you self-publish your work or plan to, Vellum is a valuable tool that can make your life easier.
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