I've just finished my first book. How do I know if it's in the right format before I upload?

When formatting your Book, please reference the following guidelines before you upload, which is similar to the standard style used in the publishing industry by copy editors. To summarize, the basic structure is as follows:

- The cover page should state the title of the Book in all capitals about halfway down the page and the author's name or TriggerStreet.com member name. For your own safety and security, do NOT include personal contact details on the cover page or in your book.

- Page size should be standard US letter size (8.5"x11")

- Use only 12 point Courier font

* Spacing: Book manuscripts have a uniform layout to ensure that each page contains in the neighborhood of 250 words per page. Keep these rules of thumb in mind for spacing of your text...

- The text in the body of your book should be left-aligned, not justified, so it has a "ragged" right margin.

- Top and bottom margins should allow for 25 lines of text to the page (not counting the header), and left and right margins should allow for an average of 10 words per line

- Each page except for the title page must include a header consisting of the author's surname or member name, the title of the work (or a keyword) in capitals, and the page number in the top right corner. Ex: "Name / TITLE / #"

- Use a centered '#' on its own line to indicate a scene break

- Begin new chapters on a new page with the chapter number about a third of the way down from the top of the page

- All Books should contain no less than 51 pages (approx 12,750 words at 250 words per page) with no maximum limit on pages.

- Lastly, like other written uploads on the site, your Book files should be in PDF format only.