Standard manuscript format for submissions has usually included 1 inch margins and double - spaced lines.
Not exact matches
How to
format your
manuscript for an agent or editor so that it won't be tossed away on sight... in other words, how to use the industry
standard to let people know that you mean business.
Simply copy and paste your
manuscript into Pressbooks.com, and voila: instant book design in a
format that will meet typical industry
standards for most printers (cost: less than $ 99).
The «
Standard Manuscript Format» is just that, it compiles your manuscript into an the industry standards expected for a fiction m
Manuscript Format» is just that, it compiles your
manuscript into an the industry standards expected for a fiction m
manuscript into an the industry
standards expected
for a fiction
manuscriptmanuscript.
I recommend all authors read the post on
Standard Manuscript Format before submitting their work
for publication.
As a special service of Compass Rose Horizons, we can take your finished electronic
manuscript and convert it to a «
standard manuscript»
format for submission to publishers and agents.
Many Print on Demand companies will accept a
manuscript in MS Word
format, and some DIY authors go the extra mile by first using Word or a similar package
for typesetting to a near - professional
standard, converting the Word file to a PDF
format with free or proprietary software, and then selling the eBook themselves on the Internet.
However,
for those of you committed to going it alone on
formatting, there is a
standard for ebooks, and your
manuscript can be checked with the free epubcheck tool online.