The layout or format of your book is just as important as the cover in order for it to be visually pleasing to your reader. Your font should be easy on the eyes and pretty plain and the spacing should not be to close. Your readers will enjoy what you have written much more when they don’t have to exert themselves trying to follow jumbled up sentences. Unless you are writing a fiction novel I would suggest using pop out boxes with key phrases from your book throughout your layout. This gives the eyes a break and takes out some of the monotony of seeing page after page of words. Make sure you have plenty of space for your margins as well. You will be surprised at how many pages can be added to your books layout by simply having a slightly larger margin around your text. More pages will make your book more substantial to your reader and more likely to buy it rather than a smaller book next to it on the shelf due to the simple fact that more pages must mean more information or story and they want the most bang for their buck. Of course you will want to check with your printer and see where their price breaks are and then judge whether you want to have fewer pages or a lower cost for your book.

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