Professional book formatting with LaTeX

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Filipe Siqueira

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1. Introduction

1. Introduction.mp4

01:29

2. What Is LaTeX.mp4

02:13

2. Tools for the job - Hands on begins here

1. Tools for the Job.mp4

00:42

2. Overleaf - Creating a new project.mp4

01:45

3. Create your book project.html

3. Typesetting a Fiction book

1. From Manuscript to Book - Your First LaTeX document.mp4

04:11

2. Create your first LaTeX document and define the its typeclass..html

3. Adding the main text.mp4

01:46

4. Defining the chapters.mp4

02:16

5. Splitting chapters in files.mp4

03:27

6. Add the text and create chapters..html

7. Customizing the chapter presentation.mp4

02:43

8. Using the Fancy Chapter Package.mp4

02:34

9. Chapter presentation customization..html

10. Inserting the Table of Contents.mp4

01:29

11. Insert the Table of Contents.html

12. Changing the typeface.mp4

04:31

13. Changing the line space.mp4

01:37

14. Changing the font size.mp4

03:55

15. Changing font color.mp4

04:21

16. Headers.mp4

04:02

17. Footnotes.mp4

03:50

18. Ornaments and fleurons.mp4

03:51

19. Adding images.mp4

04:37

20. Initials.mp4

03:18

21. Fine tuning and Quality Control.mp4

05:28

22. Book Parts - Making it Feel Professional.mp4

01:13

23. Book Parts - Front Matter - Half Title Page.mp4

04:46

24. Book Parts - Front Matter - Title Page.mp4

04:28

25. Book Parts - Front Matter - Copyright Page.mp4

03:44

26. Book Parts - Front Matter - Dedication Page.mp4

02:05

27. Book Parts - Front Matter - Foreword Page.mp4

06:02

28. Book Parts - Back Matter - Acknowledgements and About the Author.mp4

03:10

29. Book Parts - Add book parts.html

30. Exporting the PDF.mp4

01:08

31. Wrapping up typesetting a fiction book.mp4

01:28

4. Typesetting a Non-Fiction book

1. Creating the Document File.mp4

03:22

2. Adding Figures.mp4

09:12

3. Working with tables.mp4

12:56

4. Adding bullet points.mp4

16:19

5. Working with boxes.mp4

09:52

6. Sans-serif and monospace fonts - Where to use them.mp4

03:26

7. Working with multi-columns text.mp4

05:05

8. Side or margin notes.mp4

08:19

9. Advanced header customization.mp4

12:57

10. Mathematical expressions.mp4

05:31

11. Code block and algorithms.mp4

03:59

12. Bibliography and citation.mp4

08:52

13. Wrapping up Non-Fiction books..mp4

00:31

Description

Turn a manuscript into a beautiful looking book - Get professional results and make it ready to be published.

What You'll Learn?

How to create beautiful-looking book pages.
How to add chapters, initials, table of contents, list of figures, tables, footnotes and much more.
Learn what typesetting is all about and why it matters.
Turn your manuscript into a ready-to-print book.
Project driven approach.
Master the tools so they can do the hard work for you.

Who is this for?

Self-publishing authors who want to save time and money.

Non-academic writers who want to publish their ideas.

Anyone who wants to learn how to typeset a beautiful ready-to-print book.

Anyone who is curious about LaTeX and interior book design.

What You Need to Know?

Basic to Intermediate computer knowledge, a computer and Internet access.

Your brain and the drive to learn.

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Description
FORMATÂ YOURÂ BOOKÂ JUSTÂ LIKEÂ THEÂ PROS!

In this course you'll find easy to follow lessons to learn how to format the pages of a book and get professional results.

I'm going to teach you how to solve one of the most overlooked and time consuming tasks when creating any type of publication - Formatting.
Let's be honest,Â we all know how hard and tedious it is.

When you format, design or typeset the interior of any document, you usually have these options available: word editors, expensive boutique software and paying top dollars for a professional.

Now imagine being in CONTROL of the design of your next book with the help of the tools and techniques I will show you.
Here I'll introduce you to the craft of typesetting with the help of an "obscure" but powerful software - LaTeX. (pronouced Lay-Tek or Lah-Tek)

For years LaTeX has been used in the academic world helping millions of students to typeset and organize their work for publishing and now I'll show you how you can use its power for creating professional looking books. You will finally ditch word editors for good.

At the end of this course you will be ready to create the interior layout of your best seller and save hundreds of dollars.

You will be able to Do It Yourself and it will look great.

But this is not a typical design course.
You won't waste time tweaking the page layout with a mouse.
You won't be using expensive software or expensive computers.
All software and resources used in the course are available for FREE.

Will it be hard to learn? The answer is No.
I'll cover from the basics until you have a beautifully generated PDF of your book.
And I'll show you how to do it step-by-step.

What you will learn:

Learn the quality standards that make a professional looking book.
Learn to lay out the Front Matter, Main Matter and Back Matter.
Hands-on approach - from a raw text manuscript to a ready-to-print PDF.
Output beautiful looking pages.
How to insert pictures, chapter openings, footnotes and much more.
And learn how to fix common typesetting problems.

Now it's your turn to take the ideas you have been working on and let it shine in the pages of your next book.
Click now on [ Buy This Course! ]

See you in there!

Who this course is for:
Self-publishing authors who want to save time and money.
Non-academic writers who want to publish their ideas.
Anyone who wants to learn how to typeset a beautiful ready-to-print book.
Anyone who is curious about LaTeX and interior book design.

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I'm Filipe, a computer scientist with an insatiable thirst for learning. Teaching is also a passion and whenever I'm comfortable with a topic I feel the need to share the knowledge.For many years I've been working in tech and I have a fair share of experience in systems analysis, quality assurance, automation among others. I also developed and maintained websites and wordpress sites. A lot of my time is dedicated to make complex subjects easier to understand so I can transfer this knowledge to other people.I hope you find in my courses exactly what you were looking for and reach success with the information you got from me.To your success!--Filipe

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