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Learn how to use Atticus to write and format professional books.
Avoid This Critical Whitespace Mistake in Your eBooks - Book Formatting with Atticus
Book formatting is more than just figuring out what you like to look at as the author - it's also about meeting reader expecations and rising to the strict standards of book pubilshers! This is particularly true when it comes to eBooks, which are also governed by the rules of HTML and digital device coding.
This video explains the publishing dangers of using empty paragraphs to create whitespace in your eBooks, and how to use Atticus book formatting software to effectively fix this potential pitfall.
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Resources mentioned in this video:
How whitespace is handled by HTML, CSS, and in the DOM - Web APIs | MDN
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document_Object_Model/Whitespace
This video explains the publishing dangers of using empty paragraphs to create whitespace in your eBooks, and how to use Atticus book formatting software to effectively fix this potential pitfall.
Don't have Atticus yet? Start with a 30 day money back guarantee today:
atticus.io
Resources mentioned in this video:
How whitespace is handled by HTML, CSS, and in the DOM - Web APIs | MDN
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document_Object_Model/Whitespace
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Do you need an audiobook version of your masterpiece? Self-Publishing Insights & Events July 12 2024
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If you're interested in learning more about audiobook production, you won't want to miss the upcoming webinar with guest star, Derek Doepker. Audiobooks for Every Author July 18 2024 11 am Pacific | 2 pm Eastern Register: authoraudiobooks.com/monique Do you still need to format your book, and don't have Atticus yet? Get started today with a 30 day money back guarantee! atticus.io
Set Your Book Up for KDP Success - Time Sensitive Self Publishing Insights Jun 27 2024
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Set your book up for success in KDP by strategically choosing the perfect keywords and categories for your book. This week, Monique Danielle from Atticus gives you a sneak peek into the research tool, Publisher Rocket. Get your copy now, just ahead of the upcoming Publisher Rocket update to maximize your benefits before the price increases! Buying through our affiliate link supports the channel...
What's Happening with KDP, AI and Authors, and more - Self Publishing Insights and Events
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Check out Kindlepreneur's latest news and advice for publishing through KDP: www.youtube.com/@Kindlepreneur/videos Self publishing author not yet using Atticus? Get started today with a 30 day money back guarnatee: atticus.io The following link is associated with an affiliate program, which means if you end up purchasing, Atticus does get a small kickback, but as always, it costs you nothing ex...
Front and Back Matter - Formatting Your Book with Atticus
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Atticus is designed to give you as much control over the format of your book as possible, while still adhering to industry standards and keeping the learning curve as simple as possible. This includes quick presets you can use to create special page types for your front and back matter. To learn more about the preset layouts, visit www.atticus.io/how-to-add-front-and-back-matter/ Don't have Att...
Create Reusable Master Pages - Book Formatting with Atticus
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If you have more than one work in progress or book in your list of published accomplishments, you can benefit from reusable master page templates. Create a page once in Atticus and use it in as many books as you'd like across your Atticus account. You can even update a master page one time and have it apply that change to all the books using that page. In this tutorial, we're going to walk thro...
Crafting Fans and Collecting Readers - Self Publishing Insights and Events April 25 2024🌟
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Publishing professional quality books is what Atticus is all about, and if you haven't tried it out for yourself yet, you can jump in today with a 30 day money back guarantee: atticus.io Formatting your book is a huge piece of the puzzle, but we know writing and marketing (aka selling!) your book have to happen before and after. This week is full of events to help you conquer the entire process...
Two Page Image Spreads - Book Formatting with Atticus
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If you want to include a stunning double page spread in your next book, Atticus is here to help! Whether you have a map that spans two pages, or you want to wow your readers with every new chapter, this tutorial will walk you step-by-step through the process of inserting full page, full bleed images for the paperback or hardcover version of your book. RESOURCES MENTIONED: Note: some of the link...
Fantasy Writers Week, Atticus Authors, and Image Sizing for your Books - April 18 2024
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ProWritingAid is hosting a Fantasy Writer's Week live event - you can attend for free here: prowritingaid.com/fantasy-week/sign-up New tutorials coming soon by popular demand - two page spreads for your novels! Subscribe to the channel to get all notifications when new videos drop! Don't have Atticus yet? Sign up with a 30-day money back guarantee today! atticus.io
Sizing Images for a Two Page Spread - Book Formatting with Atticus
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In this tutorial, Monique Danielle from Atticus will show you how to size images to perfectly match the trim size plus bleed of your paperback or hardcover book, to create a stunning 2 page spread of images in book formatting. Learn how to use BookBrush, Canva, and/or Adobe Express to resize images so they're ready to upload into Atticus for your book formatting. When you're ready to upload you...
Diversity in Fonts - Using Global Languages in Your Writing 🌍✍️
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Dive into our latest update with Google Fonts, now available for chapter headings and subheadings. Add diversity to your books with global languages like Chinese, Russian, and Arabic and more! Discover how to find the best fonts to use and set up using Atticus, the book writing and formatting software. Don't have Atticus yet? Try it out today with a 30-day money-back guarantee! atticus.io
Google Fonts in Atticus - How to Use - March 28, 2024
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Google Fonts are now available in Atticus! This has been a highly requested features for a long time and we're so excited for the release! This quick video shows you how to access and use them. Resources mentioned: Update Atticus: www.atticus.io/how-to-update-atticus/ Get started with Atticus today with a 30 day money back guarantee atticus.io
Book Covers, Trim Sizes, and Author Profits - March 21 2024
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Every one is talking about book covers and Atticus can help! You'll need the total page count and trim size of your finished manuscript to generate the perfect template. But did you know choosing the right trim size can impact how much profit you - the self publishing author - gets to keep with every sale? Watch on to find out more! Don't have Atticus yet? Grab your copy with a 30 day money bac...
Explore New Streams of Income for Self Publishing Authors Selling Direct
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This week we talk about the power of supplementary books to boost your author streams of income - for both fiction and non-fiction authors alike! If you are building a platform for your business or brand that uses a book to help establish your authority, you may be interested in the Book Sales Summit happening from March 18th to 22nd. Check it out to see if it's a good fit for you: Affiliate li...
Add Images to Your Book with Atticus
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Add images to the content of your book easily and professionally using Atticus, book writing and formatting software. This tutorial shows you exactly how to set up your images, and gives you a glimpse at the amazing results possible with just a few clicks! If you don't have your copy of Atticus yet, visit atticus.io to get started with a 30 day money back guarantee!
Atticus Authors & Self Publisher Events - Feb 29 2024
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Atticus Authors & Self Publisher Events - Feb 29 2024
Atticus Authors & Self Publishers Weekly Insights Playlist
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Atticus Authors & Self Publishers Weekly Insights Playlist
Atticus Book Writing and Formatting Software Demonstration
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Atticus Book Writing and Formatting Software Demonstration
Prepare Your Document to Import into Atticus
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Prepare Your Document to Import into Atticus
Atticus User Interface Update - What's New February 2024
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Atticus User Interface Update - What's New February 2024
Create a Custom Book Theme Using Atticus Formatting Software [2024 Version]
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Create a Custom Book Theme Using Atticus Formatting Software [2024 Version]
How to Format Your Book With Atticus Book Formatting Software [2024 Version]
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How to Format Your Book With Atticus Book Formatting Software [2024 Version]
Quickstart Guide to Atticus [2024 Version]
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Quickstart Guide to Atticus [2024 Version]
you didn't talk about back matter
Min 1:26 I just bought atticus, My book is in spanish, I don't want says Chapter, I want CAPITULO, how do I change that?
Derek Doepker is the man!
It seems that Atticus doesn’t import tables from a word doc. Is there a way around this?
How do you add roman numerals?
Thank you! Excellent!
I FINALLY get to watch as a USER and not just a wishful spectator!
So happy to have you here!
I JUST got Atticus!!!! Looking forward to working with it!
Welcome @AphroditeLee! We're so happy to have you join the Atticus Authors community! We'll have to do a live soon :-D
I need to go to the back cover of the book. How do I access that from Atticus?
The back cover is typically not included in Atticus since it's part of the physical cover for the print book only, and always required to be a completely separate PDF file. If you need more help with this, write into our support email and the team will be able to help!
Writing for voice is different than writing for books; shorter sentences, different dialog structure, sometimes different words.
That is true, but many audiobooks are reproductions of the written book. There are some productions that are designed with the audio in mind first, absolutely, but that's not specifically what's discussed here.
Thank you for this info and for such a clear explanation!
I'm so glad you found it helpful!
Please for the love of god chapter your youtube tutorials
Thanks for the feedback.
Good afternoon Monique! Just finished your webinar out in California on 8/17, AWESOME, and with my microphone not working and could not get to this question and missed your email address. Quick question to see if I can get to you through this format. I AM an ATTICUS new use of a few months, LOVE IT, and yet now struggling with my images. My quick question is do you personally use double page bleeds to start ALL of your chapters, or only a select few. I am finishing my real life adventure book pedaling UP the Mississippi and the idea of photos, stock images, clipart, images behind the text of a chapter page is SO COMPELLING and gorgeous from what you have shown us. How often should one use? Once you start should you do for every chapter or pick and choose? Thank you!
Hi Kenny, glad you enjoyed the webinar! You are always welcome to write into support for more help with your image spreads, but how many you use is really up to you. I would say the vast majority of published books don't use any, but some do with beautiful results. It's personal! It sounds like you have some great content to showcase though, so use as many images as the reader will appreciate with your content. If you check out our website, there is a tutorial with a calculator to help you get the image sizes just right: www.atticus.io/calculate-image-size-for-print-and-ebooks/ I hope it goes well!
Hey, so uh, I accidentally copied my book and then deleted the old version in Atticus. Is there a way to restore the more recent version?
We can sure try! You'll have to write into support for their help though.
Thanks for this info. I have a long blockquote in my Atticus ebook, formatted with a single blank line between each paragraph because it's meant to be a letter. I also have text messages separated by a single blank line from the body text. Are you saying this is problematic?
Block Quotes and Text Messages are both special formatting in themselves, so they should be fine but you're welcome to write into support with some screenshots of how you've set it up for further clarification!
Thank you for this. I didn't know it was an issue, honestly. But fair enough, I'll add it to my list of touchups :)
Glad we could bring it to your attention! I hope all is going well with your book(s)!
Thanks. This is so important to know.. I've been trying to fix a Kindle format to no success as they drop my blank lines to squeeze an ending chapter quote so it doesn't start a new page. Now I know it is not my formatting but the Kindle program that is doing it.
Glad this could help! If you ever run into any sort of formatting trouble in the future, you're always welcome to write into support for help!
will this software substitute Words? especially for Arabic books? or will I get lost?
It isn't a complete substitute for a word processing program but you can use it to write books specifically. Arabic is more complicated because it doesn't have true capabilities for writing right to left, so that would actually be easier to do in a program you're more familiar with (like Word) and then import it. You can write into support with any additional questions!
Quick question: Do I need to brin charts in as images, or can Atticus read and import simple charts from Word automatically?
Yes, you will need to save any charts or tables as images - Atticus doesn't have native capabilities for those yet.
@@AtticusWriter Thank you. That helps.
@@AtticusWriter How about a simple boxed section of text?
@@YudronWangmo You can use the Callout feature for that, depending on your vision. If you hover over each item in the toolbar, you'll find it...right beside the text message feature. I hope that helps!
These tutorials are so very helpful and most appreciated.
So glad to hear that, thanks for the feedback!
My name is Atticus LOL
Welcome!
Can you make a video concerning how to use Night Cafe AI to design a cover for a book I write in Atticus? I am new at all of this but I like giving AI words describing what I want and watch what Ai comes up with! Fun!
Night Cafe AI is a separate product, so I'm not sure if we can/will do a tutorial on it, but I'll keep it in mind!
Thank you for teaching me something new, that I need to know!
You are so welcome!
So how do you get the scene break feature to work? When viewing my document in Atticus, the '***' shows up on the left hand margin as that. It is not centered in the page. When I try using one of the other scene break images, they are not reflected in the previewer. The '***' stays left justified.
If you're seeing three asterisks that you can edit in Atticus like text, you'll want to delete them and click the Asterisk button from the Atticus toolbar. They may have not imported properly from docx, but that will fix it up!
@@AtticusWriter Thank you.
So how do you get scene breaks '***' to center on the page in Atticus?
If you're seeing three asterisks that you can edit in Atticus like text, you'll want to delete them and click the Asterisk button from the Atticus toolbar. They may have not imported properly from docx, but that will fix it up!
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I don't know, this looks a lot like Word with Macros. So much for AI. This is a lot of work.
Atticus is not an AI program, sorry for any confusion, but we never market it as such! We do have a great support team if you ever need help though!
I first thought it was too much work also, however once I listened to the video tutorials it became much easier. I have always worked word, now I plan to work directly in Attitcus.
@@healthychurch1 I'm so glad you're finding the tutorials helpful and I hope you enjoy writing in Atticus more!
I would love a combo video for atticus and publisher rocket formatting... I have and love both and would love to get the most of them. I write dark romantasy.
Awesome, thanks for letting me know, I'm working on this!
Thanks for this video. Is there a way to create a page with two columns of text instead of just one? If not, please consider adding this feature as it would be most helpful. Thank you.
Not right now, sorry, but perhaps in the future!
Not really, as soon as you add an hyperlink it changes the size of the image or icon. Atticus never provided me with a fix, all they said is that is was a side-loading issue because the book was not uploaded to a distributor... This is not user centric, it affects every Atticus Clients. That is a BIG problem. This means you can't have a PDF and a ePub that as the same size of images or icon and won't be able to sell your book on your own platform. You'll have to go though a distributor, or so they say...I'm not even sure that will fix the issue... You'll have to resize every single image or icon in both format, twice the work. Nothing like they say in the sales adds (Ready to print on both format). This sounds like an excuse for not testing extensively themselves the problem and solving it. They had me do all their testing back and forth, debugging the problem for them. This should have been tested in the primary steps before putting the app on the market. It's a simple question of elements and formats and exports...
This sounds like a miscommunication or misunderstanding within your support request. There are some limitations of formatting, absolutely, but you can certainly sell your books on your own website - it does not need to be through a distributor. We have ways to solve this though, absolutely, some books will take more work to format than others. it depends on the complexity of your content. Feel free to write back into support and we can walk you through the process again with more detail.
Thanks, Monique. This is perfect timing! I'm going to do an audio version of my book, "To Rescue a Witch". I plan to do all the female characters and hire an actor for the male roles. I used to be an actress, but I've never done voice over work, so I'm glad your guest will cover all the basics. Looking forward to the class!
I love it when timing lines up perfectly like this!
If I can't stay the entire time (working with clients) will I get a replay link? Thanks
Yes, as long as you're registered, you should get a link for the replay, you just may not be able to ask your questions in the Q&A
@@AtticusWriter Thank you!
I have books on Amazon and on Audible. I sell 4 or 5 times more audio books than paperback and ebooks combined
Wow, that's amazing, congratulations!
Wow, that's interesting! I had no idea so many people liked audio books! I never cared for them personally, but then again, I prefer paper books over ebooks too lol 🤣
Thanks for the vid. Audiobooks for many reasons are a huge thing for books. I use Atticus, am a narrator, and I have published without audiobooks or the ability to narrate at the time, and I still use my original narrator because we dual narrate. I've got all sides of the spectrum. No matter how it is done, it's expensive, whether it be in dollars and/or time. AI audiobooks are not liked very well and can hurt your ratings, not to mention taking jobs from humans. Be careful what you advise in the future. A guest is great, but I'm just saying be careful.
Sorry if there was any confusion in my video, but I didn't actually make any recommendations, beyond being aware of the options available and potential of audiobooks. I certainly didn't recommend AI audiobooks!
@@AtticusWriter nah.. didn't mean that either. I was just informing is all. It's a great video, but there is so much open space for people to misunderstand. traps I fell into getting all excited.
@@IshkiiaPaige I completely agree! I'm a big advocate from learning from as many different sources as possible - everyone has a unique experience!
What's a good image height to length ratio for the title image for an ebook? The publisher name is getting stuck over the subtitle if I use the generic, auto generated title page, in the ipad version of the preview.
For the eBook title page, you won't want to judge it by the preview in Atticus, but rather export the ePub and view using Kindle Previewer. We recommend using the specs provided by your publisher - full page images can be the same size as your ebook cover. I hope that helps!
@@AtticusWriter okay thank you!
Thanks, Monique. I can't wait to finish my book and format it on Atticus.
That's an exciting place to be - we wish you all the best with your book!
@@AtticusWriter Thank you 👍
Video di grande interesse e aiuto. Per favore, potreste dirmi come posso cambiare l'indicazione del capitolo dall'inglese Chapter One a Capitolo Uno o Capitolo 1 in italiano? Grazie
Automated headings within Atticus (like automated chapter numbers) currently only appear in English. You may want to deselect Number Chapter Heading section of your custom theme on the formatting page so it doesn't show at all, and use chapter titles and subtitles instead.
The Contents doesn't include my front matter (dedication, epigraph)..? Also it starts page numbering from the title page. How do I correct it?
It sounds like you just need to drag and drop your "front matter" into the front matter section in the left navigation pane. You can write into support if you need help!
is there a tutorial for Google docs formatting??
All the same rules apply, you'll just need to Download as .docx. I hope that helps!
Thank you for this highly informative video. After checking out Publisher Rocket, I may have to redo the keywords and categories I've used for my first Cozy Mystery --Bad Blood in the Bayou-Framed. Thanks again. Looking forward to the next video. I do love Atticus.
I hope it all goes well!!!
Is there a way you can make the drop down cap a separate font from the rest of the body?
Not right now, but we are working on an update to give more options!
Great work! Excited to use it and for what else you add to it. I second adding bible columns!
It would be awesome to interface with Novelcrafter.. so we can write and export directly to Atticus..
Thanks for sharing!
How can I left align a front matter page, but keep indenting new paragraphs in the body chapters?
At any point in your book if you want to override the indents, you can press SHIFT ENTER instead of ENTER. I hope that helps!