booklets are easy but time consuming… and a bugger to figure out the first time… so here is a cheat sheet for your first… 😛
you need a printer, some printer paper, staples, and a paper cutter…
you need to have your paper turned to the landscape view, and the first time around, set your desired margins and grid… (two rows and four columns) put the first chapter (maybe first two chapters) teasers, author bio, cover, buy & author links, etc… and print out your four pages (front and back printing)… this is not your booklet… this cheat sheet shows you what info/wordage goes in each cell ….
next you put use this guide to put what goes in cell one, in one… in cell 20, in 20… etc… (on the computer you have four pages in landscape mode, but use two-sided printing so you end up with two pages)
28 : 5 / 26 : 7
32 : 1 / 30 : 3
back of page (pg 2 in computer)
8 : 25 / 6 : 27
4 : 29 / 2 : 31
this is the front and back view of the first page… once you use your paper cutter you have four pages of your booklet… you can either but the cover in cell one *(1) or just start out with your chapter … and print out covers later… if you choose to do the covers later, then you have …
back pg / cover / back pg / cover
back pg / cover / back pg / cover
instead of numbers, you follow the back pg/cover method… otherwise your cover is in cell one and the back pg is in the last cell…
and this is the front and back of the second page… or page three and four on the computer before printing…
16 : 17 / 14 : 19
12 : 21 / 10 : 23
on back (*pg 4 on computer)
20 : 13 / 18 : 15
24 : 9 / 22 : 11
make sure to print out and save your cheat sheet… the one with the cells numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, etc… so that you can easily check to see if you have the correct info in your cell… otherwise, just cut and paste from your saved cheat sheet to your booklet… good luck and happy wordage, tracey
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