Self-Publishing Your Book. A Concise Training Course. Part 5 of 9, Your Book Text and Illustrations

Start of the Book Text:

• Position: Recto.

End Pages:

Includes pages that follow the main text in your book. End pages are optional and may include the following (shown in the sequence in which they should appear if used):

• Appendices: must start on Recto.
• References and Bibliographies.
• Index.

Book Text:

To calculate the cost of printing, first estimate how many pages you'll need. To help you, consider the following guidelines:

• Prose: allow approximately 375 words to each page, plus, allow one extra page for each chapter or short story.
• Poetry: a good guide is to allow about 36 lines to each page and make sure each new poem starts on a separate page. When estimating page count, don't forget to consider the size of the gap between the poem title and the start of the poem, and the gaps between the verses.

Illustrations:

• Black and white: can include sketches, drawings or photographs. Black and white illustrations are the most cost effective.
• Color: same options as for black and white, however, cost considerably more.
• Get quotations from your printer for the kind of illustrations you want to use.
• Make sure you have permission or copyright to use any illustrations that you do not already own. Keep written records of all permissions.