Released on = September 9, 2006, 4:15 am

Press Release Author = Kay Stoner

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = Veteran published author makes her Lulu publishing templates
available for other independent artists who are looking for a quick, simple, yet
professional solution for their book formatting needs.

Press Release Body = When independent authors publish their own work, they often
find that one of the biggest hurdles to getting into print is creating a book with a
professional look. Formatting a manuscript for print can be a challenge for writers
who are not graphic design experts. But if a book is not up to professional
standards, reviewers may not consider reading it. Plus, buyers may judge the quality
more harshly because the book does not look like others on the market. Even the best
work can suffer in the public eye, if it looks like an amateur put it together.

Now, author, technologist and independent publisher Kay Stoner, has made her book
publishing templates available to the public for $29.95 each - a fraction of the
price that self-publishing services charge, so that other authors can put their best
foot forward and have their words taken seriously. "Writing a book is hard work,"
says Kay Stoner. "But the proper tools make publishing it a lot less difficult."

These Open Office templates are 9x6" trade paperback book interior layouts for
publishing on Lulu.com. They have been designed specifically for fiction or
non-fiction prose, formatted for readability and economy of page count, with a look
that conforms to publishing industry standards, so that independent publishers can
look their best and be taken seriously by their peers, reviewers, and the reading
public.

Templates are available in both Georgia and Palatino typefaces, which are both very
readable and attractive. Each template comes with a "how to" sheet, which details
the elements of the template and how to get started using it. The word processing
program necessary to use them is Open Office, a powerful, full-featured alternative
to Microsoft Office, which can be downloaded and installed free of charge at
openofffice.org. Links to order the templates can be found at
http://peapodmix.blogspot.com/.

About the Creator: Kay Stoner is an author, technologist and independent publisher,
and has published eight books of her own. The second, freshly updated edition of her
book "Bring Me the Head of Opal Mehta". a book-length essay on art and outsourcing,
will be available in September, 2006.

Web Site = http://peapodmix.blogspot.com/

Contact Details = Contact:
Kay Stoner
P.O. Box 15108
Boston, MA 02215
617-816-1382
kaystoner@yahoo.com
http://peapodmix.blogspot.com/