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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.

LAYOUT & DESIGN – As we’re building an ebook together, we’ve reached the point where we both need to start deciding what your ebook will look like. Step 5 in the “Build An Ebook” process is focused on Layout and Design. Simply said, layout and design determines how your ebook looks.

EDIT & REVISE – We’re building an ebook together and it’s time now for Step 4 – Edit and Revise Your Content. Hopefully your writing has gone well and you’re ready now to go back through it all and make some edits. While you’ll edit differently for a personal, family ebook than you would for a brand or business, your basic method will be the same.

CONTENT CREATION – Step 3 in the Build An Ebook system is focused on Content Creation. It’s time to write your content or adapt content you already have to the ebook format. Writing and creating content that people want to read is hard work. Sometimes just getting started is the hardest part. But you can make that process easier if you make good choices before you begin.

OUTLINE & WORKING TITLE – In Step 2 of the Build An Ebook system, you are going to start giving your ebook some structure. Most authors will tell you that the first building block of a book is an outline. So in Step 2 we’re going to create a rough outline and brainstorm a title. Neither of these will be set in concrete. We’re just rough drafting to create some structure.