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CREATE A COVER – In the final stages of building an ebook, you’ll have been immersed in your content for a while now. You’ll know not only what’s in your book but also know why you want someone to read it. Now in Step 9 of the Build An Ebook system it’s time to Create a Cover. The cover will be your book’s public face and also serve as an invitation to read what’s inside. In this step we’ll take a closer look at how to create a great book cover.

CREATE A TABLE OF CONTENTS – We’re in the final stages of building an ebook and at this point your content is written, some visual elements have been chosen and all of it is placed into your chosen layout and design. Look at you! That’s a real accomplishment. Let’s look now at Step 8 – Table of Contents. Guiding your reader through your ebook should be a top priority and a Table of Contents can help with that.

PULL IT ALL TOGETHER – As you build your own ebooks, you’ll find that Step 7 in my Build An Ebook system is a milestone: Pull It All Together + Choose a Final Title. Think about it. You’ve written most if not all of your content. You’ve also made decisions about graphic content and chosen some to illustrate what you’ve written. Let’s look at how to successfully navigate through this step.

ILLUSTRATE: GRAPHICS & IMAGES – We’re building an ebook together and the next step after layout and design is to make choices on what visual elements you’ll be using in your book. Step 6 in the Build An Ebook process is focused on Illustrate – Graphics & Images. After layout and design, the next part of creating the visual design of your ebook will be choosing the graphics and images to enhance your ebook.