How to Create a Book

Illustrator
Create folders on the computer by month
ie) mo 01, mo 02, mo 03 ...mo 12
Within the months, create sub folders for each year.
ie) 2015, 2016, 2017
Store photos, artwork, graphics, charts, etc.
ie)
April 2017 into mo 04 > 2017
May 2017 into mo 05 > 2017
June 2017 into mo 06 > 2017.

Author
Write articles on various subjects.
Scan the flyers into the computer.
Store by date, see Zip Code.
The date gives the address.
The address is where to find
all of the research data.

Zip Code
Create an address for each article
to know where to find it.
Store the articles by date.
ie) month and year, zip code format: z. yymm
The zip code acts like the Dewey decimal system in a library.
It also acts like the zip code of the addresses
the US postal service uses for rapid retrieval.
If the date is between 1900 - 1999, use y. yymm, the year, or the full date.
If the date is prior to 1900 - use the year or the full date.

Contents
Write down a table of contents.
Date - Category - Title of Article
List in chronological order.

Excel
Digitize the table of contents.
Type up an excel spreadsheet.
Categories = tabs = sections = chapters
Create tabs: one worksheet for each tab.
ie) Life, Church, Science, TV, News
Col A - Col B
Date - Title of Article
Name the excel file.
ie) Wiki 2017
Yearbook of What I Find Fascinating.

Binder
Buy a binder and label it.
ie) Wiki 2017
Yearbook of What I Find Fascinating
Create section dividers with tabs
ie) Life, Church, Science, TV, News
Insert the articles by category to each tab.
Each tab is a chapter.
You could spend many hours on a subject,
with 30 written pages.
Create a title page summarizing the subject
with the date and number of pages.
Put just the title page into the binder.

Folders
Create a folder on the computer.
ie) Wiki 2017
Create sub folders.
ie) Life, Church, Science, TV, News
Place copies of the just the title pages into each sub folder.
Be sure to include the date which is the zip code, z. yymm.

Editor
(Optional)
Type up and format the articles.
Organize in a logical fashion.
Use Microsoft Word and export as a PDF.

Publisher
(Optional)
Self publish.
Upload the PDF to a publishing website.
ie) www.lulu.com
Print copies.


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How to Create an eBook

Using Microsoft Word 2013:

Create a template.
Use the template for each document.

Determine chapter titles.
A good rule of thumb is to use 7 chapters.

Make an outline of topics.
You may be writing articles for years
until you know what your topics will be.
It grows organically.
This outline will become the table of contents.

H1 - Chapter title
H2 - Topic title
H3 - Important point within the topic

Insert Table of Contents and Index.
Include links to source websites.

Export the Word document to a PDF file.

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How To Create a Cover Page

Using Microsoft Word 2013:

Position cursor at top left corner of the document.

TAB = Page Layout > Breaks > Section > Next Page

TAB = Page Layout > Margins > Custom > 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

Insert JPG - Crop, resize, save.

Delete page break

NOTE:
Create the cover in Excel, print pdf, convert pdf to jpg.

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How to Create a Blog

How to create a blog using Google's Blogger.

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1. Create a new blog: Title and Address (URL = xxxxxx.blogspot.com)
2. Theme - select simple << create blog! >>  (optional: domain name)
    Google shows the default theme > Customize
    Theme Designer - change colors, fonts, font sizes, etc.
3. Posts - type up a post, preview, save, publish and view.
4. Links - Highlight text, select the URL, copy and paste using the 'Link' button.
5. Layout - add gadgets here, navbar configuration, many built-in features, add the pages gadget.
6. Pages - Pages are used to set up tabs across the top. These can serve as chapter headings.
    This is a great way to organize your posts in a logical fashion and to give added dimension.
    Create about 7 pages, tabs.   
    Edit the pages gadget.
    Select and re-order the tabs.
7. Preview
8. Tweak colors and fonts using Theme > Customize > Theme Designer > Advanced

Title

Theme

Theme Designer

Post

Link

Layout

Gadgets

Pages

Preview