The invention of print-on-demand publishing has revolutionized the writing universe. It has made it possible for anyone and everyone to become published authors. The problem is that Amazon makes it so easy to publish your own books that many authors skip the step of formatting their books properly for print so the final result looks professional rather than amateurish.Other books on the subject of book design tell you that you need expensive design or desktop publishing software such as Adobe InDesign to properly format books for print. Fortunately, that's simply not true. If you have a word processing program, like Microsoft Word, you have all the software you need to format your books for print. This book explains how to do it.Chapters cover everything from how to decide on the right trim size for your book, to creating your own templates for publishing on Amazon KDP, to choosing a font and using styles in your word processor to make the job easier, faster, and more consistent.Anyone who follows the suggestions provided by this book can quickly and easily format their book for print-on-demand and have it look as good as most books from major publishing houses. Harwood W. Loomis is a semi-retired architect, clinical hypnotherapist, and author whose technical articles have appeared in publications dedicated to architecture, engineering, and property management. A life-long automotive hobbyist, he has crewed for a stock car racing team, built his own race car, and he is a former state champion in the Connecticut Council of Sports Car Clubs autocross series.
Harwood is a Vietnam veteran. His awards include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with Two Bronze service Stars, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm Device, and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal Unit Citation, First Class. He was a member of the 1814 Color Guard and a member of his battalion competition shooting team.
Professional affiliations include being a founding member and Director of BOCA Professional Chapter Number 1, a professional organization which became the Connecticut Chapter of the International Code Council; his positions included Vice President, President, and multiple terms as a Director. In addition, he has served as a Director, Vice President, and President of the New England Building Code Association (NEBCA), and Chairman of the Building Codes and Regulations Commission of AIA Connecticut. He has been an instructor on building code issues for the State of Connecticut Office of Education and Data Management.
Harwood has served as a member of the board of directors and Vice President of Cornerstone, a mental health halfway house in New Haven, Connecticut; member of the board of directors, author, and contributing editor for the Trumbull [Connecticut] PC Users Group; and member of the board of directors and newsletter editor for The Phenix Society [a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for senior citizens]. He currently acts as a moderator on three Internet discussion forums and writes for and serves as Senior Editor for an on-line magazine.
Harwood lives with his family of Jeeps in Woodbridge, Connecticut. The house stands on the last remaining portion of a larger tract of land that was granted to a maternal ancestor by King George of England before the American Revolution. He qualifies for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution as a result of service during the revolution by ancestors on both sides.
