Creating Print on Demand Interiors and Covers Using Scribus

If you want to create professional Interiors and Covers for your Print-On-Demand fiction books with easy to follow steps using the open source software Scribus, then this is the book for you. The knowledge and skills you will learn in the exercises will enable you to present your readers with a professional layout every novel.

This updated book covers both Scribus 1.4.1 and Scribus 1.6.2:

- How to create reusable templates

- How to import text from Word documents

- How to create paragraph and character styles

- How to remove spaces using Tracking and Kerning

- How to use Tracking to remove Widows and Orphans

- How to automate Page Numbering

- How to generate a Table of Contents

- How to generate an Index

- How to insert graphics

- How to Activate Colour Management

- How to compile into PDF/X-1a: 2001 format

- How to use the same skills to create Non-Fiction layouts

D. J. Mills had a career as a Software Engineer, writing programs for businesses, in both the private and public sectors in Australia.

When the author retired from her computer programming career, she started a new career in publishing. She is still learning all facets of publishing, including professional interior layouts, professional book cover design, and marketing.