A certified Microsoft Word expert, the author presents the fully-illustrated definitive guide to publishing your book on CreateSpace and Kindle with Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, & 2013. Not Another Book on Self-publishing? Yes, another book on self-publishing your book; but, it's one with a difference. A major difference... A Certified Microsoft Word Expert Russ, the author, is a certified Microsoft Word Expert with Word 2016. Not only that, but he' got 23-years' of experience with Microsoft Word. So, he does know what he's doing.In fact, he's been designing Word templates professionally for businesses since 1999 and, in that time, as worked out not only what you should do with Word, but also what you shouldn't do.You can avoid all the pitfall Let's face it... Microsoft Word is Not the Book Author's Best Friend Believe me when I say that Word is not geared for creating books. My guess is you've tried Word and had problems, right?Maybe you've lost documents, seen unpredictable behavior, and wasted so much time over the years? All for no apparent or obvious reason (I can assure you, though, we've all been there.)The problem is, unless you take the time to get to know Word, Word will throw obstacles and barriers up to foil and frustrate you. That's what it does. By design. Maybe you've had hours, days or even weeks of work thrown away? We all do.This author did.But no longer.But, how do you learn to do 'all of this' correctly (and professionally), quickly?You can try yourself, of course you can. But you've either tried that or don't want to waste time learning. So you do the next best thing... You Take the Best Advice from a Proven Professional That way, you're guaranteed a fast-track to self-publishing success... What's Inside this Fully-Illustrated Book... This 223-page (approx) book is FULLY-ILLUSTRATED and guides you step-by-step through every part of creating, writing, formatting, and publishing your book - leaving nothing to chance.It's jam-packed with easy-to-follow, actionable information, including: How to setup Word to work FOR you BEFORE you start - Word 'out-of-the-box isn't the best setup for writing a bookHow to setup your book for CreateSpace - CreateSpace and Kindle have different requirements, the process is different, so you need to understand thisWhy getting it right from the outset makes a major difference - this will save you time, frustration, & heartache Those essential parts of MS Word that you must know or you'll end up going around in circlesThe pitfalls to avoid (or why so many fail with Word) - if you've used Word before, you've probably already experienced this (there are loads)How to work effectively within Word - navigating, moving things about, shortcuts, and so much more, great time-saversHow to publish to CreateSpace and KDP - step-by-step so it's impossible to go wrong.Why you SHOULD NOT use CreateSpace's facility to send your books to Kindle - it is a no-no, find out why. How to quickly reformat your CreateSpace book for Kindle publishing - it IS easy, if you know how... Your Time IS Too Valuable To Waste If you use Microsoft Word and have struggled, then you need rock-solid, easy-to-follow steps to ensure your success.Success that is staring you in the face...Start succeeding NOW


Russ is British and has a B.A. in English Language (First Class Honours). He works as a technical writer and proofreader/editor (technical editor) and is a certified Microsoft Word Expert (Word 2016).After joining the British Army at the ripe young age of 19, he served two tours in Northern Ireland before leaving the army in 1990. He worked on the North Sea drilling rigs for a few years before being forced to retrain as a technical writer. Then, after a number of years consulting he took up sailing and scuba-diving. Five years of yacht deliveries eventually brought him to Thailand, where he then met Duangta, his wife.Together, they created the Quest (QUick, Easy, Simple Thai) system for learning Thai: a system consisting 4 books and 2 apps.They live in the NE of Thailand with Odi, their Bangkeaw dog.