Review: Where is the substance?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2013
First, I downloaded this book for free - I am glad I did not pay the list price or I would be livid.I was interested in the authors information regarding formatting for the most part and I was disappointed to put it nicely. The first issue came when I tried to get past the ToC - I just kept getting a blank screen - until I changed how I view ebooks. I am one of the few that reads with a black background and white text rather than the reverse. This causes less eye strain for me personally and it is my preference. However, this book was formatted using black text "embedded" so it was un-readable in my preferred reading style. Not a big draw back but still an inconvenience for me. As this book is supposed to be helping authors get published I would have hoped that the author had figured out the work around for this. The author also pushes his own preferences as to justification which is not the industry norm.The rest of the book is just a re-hash of information that is already out there, that a person can easily find for themselves with a few searches on the internet. There was no comprehensive information in this title so if you are looking for a how-to manual this is not it. I will give it points for having a working Table of Contents and being a quick read. Do yourself a favor and find the current information on standards and how to do things rather than depending on this manuscript to light the way.