Review: Building Your Book For Kindle
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2012
It is really not fair to actually rate any sort of manual-type book or booklet.  There are so many writers who will use this information, each with varying degrees of expertise on a computer.  I gave this three stars because I had several problems with it; however, I am not advanced in using the computer.  What I found difficult might be quite simple to others.  My saving grace is that there are surely others who know less than I.In the section "Tips On Formatting," it states:  "Insert indents at the beginning of paragraphs."Does this mean that each time you begin a new paragraph it will be necessary to use the Word-default Paragraph Formatting?  Or does it mean that once you set the indentation correctly, each paragraph throughout your book will be automatically indented according to your original settings?Under this same heading, is there a recommended value for spacing between paragraphs?  When spacing between paragraphs, it states, "Word will allow a 10 point space ---"  I have Word 2003 and it allows a spacing of "6" and the next value shown is "12."  The "6" looks a little crowded but the "10" seems too wide.  I used the "6" setting, judging by the visual shown.  Does this matter?As a help to writers, I would like to see instructions for deleting a page break.  It is so easy to get an unwanted page break and wind up with blank pages and I cannot find out how to get rid of the unwanted pages.  Since there is a requirement to use this function frequently both in creating Front Matter and Back Matter, it would be helpful to know how to get rid of those extra pages.Also "Heading One".  There was just not enough information on that.  Will the use of Heading 1 allow you to center your "Chapter 1" and each succeeding chapter?  Is it necessary to include a brief description of what the chapter is about?Also, do writers add the Table of Contents on a new page, at the end of the Front Material or on the same page with the first chapter.  This was very confusing.Would it be acceptable to use the Ctrl E to center Chapter 1, etc?I am starting my third book.  The formatting is not good on my other two books that are now published, so I do want to make certain that this book looks much better.Again, I must say that while I have used a computer for many years, it was always for business letters, legal documents, etc.  Formatting a complete manuscript seems very hard.