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A Complete Guide to Book Genres: From Passion Projects to Commercial Fiction
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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The Ultimate Guide to Book Genres in 2025: From Passion Projects to Commercial Fiction

Discover a comprehensive guide to book genres, including passion projects, nonfiction, and fiction categories. Learn about genre conventions, reader expectations, and get inspired by real examples from bestselling books.

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The Ultimate Style Guide Checklist for Writers: From Grammar to World-Building
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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How to Create a Writing Style Guide: The Complete Checklist for 2025

Learn how to create a comprehensive writing style guide with our detailed checklist covering grammar, formatting, and genre-specific guidelines. Perfect for both fiction and nonfiction writers.

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The Historical Evolution of Book Structure and Its Modern LaTeX Parallels
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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From Craftsmen to Code: How Traditional Bookmaking Shaped Modern LaTeX Structure

Discover how historical bookmaking processes influenced modern book structure and LaTeX document preparation. Learn the evolution from manual craftsmanship to automated digital publishing.

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How to Market Your Book Even Before You Begin Writing It
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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How to Market Your Book Even Before You Begin Writing It

Effective marketing begins long before the first word is penned.

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Mastering Book Keywords: Essential SEO Strategies for Authors
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Mastering Book Keywords: Essential SEO Strategies for Authors

Discover essential SEO tips for authors to elevate online presence with perfect keyword selection for fiction and non-fiction works.

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Master the Art of Engaging Writing: Techniques to Captivate Your Audience
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Master the Art of Engaging Writing: Techniques to Captivate Your Audience

Discover the secrets of crafting text that resonates with readers. Learn how to create an enticing opening act, impactful one-liners, and maintain a rhythmic narrative flow that invites reflection and transcends mere words. Elevate your content to captivate and engage in the digital realm.

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Crafting Your Unique Writing Style: Insights from Celebrated Authors
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Crafting Your Unique Writing Style: Insights from Celebrated Authors

Discover how to define and refine your unique writing style by exploring literary elements and the distinct techniques of renowned authors. From diction to symbolism, learn how each component shapes your narrative voice.

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Optimizing Your To-Do List: Strategic Backlog Management with the INVEST Method
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Optimizing Your To-Do List: Strategic Backlog Management with the INVEST Method

Maximize your productivity with our expert guide on backlog management using the INVEST criteria and the dual hat method. Streamline your workflow and achieve peak efficiency!

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The Aspiring Author's Blueprint: Crafting Your First Book With Confidence
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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The Aspiring Author's Blueprint: Crafting Your First Book With Confidence

Embark on your book writing journey with our comprehensive guide. Learn the secrets of ideation, structuring, layering, and defeating procrastination to transform your unique ideas into a compelling manuscript. Perfect for first-time authors seeking to make an impact.

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Understanding Style Guides: The Blueprint for Consistent Writing
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Understanding Style Guides: The Blueprint for Consistent Writing

Dive into the world of style guides, from the classics like Chicago Manual of Style to brand-specific guides. Discover their purpose, what they entail, and their undeniable impact.

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Optimizing Your Writing Desk Setup: Ergonomics & Essentials
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Optimizing Your Writing Desk Setup: Ergonomics & Essentials

Discover how to transform your writing space for maximum comfort and productivity, from ergonomic gadgets to ideal desk setups tailored for writers.

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Streamline Your Collaborative Projects with Overleaf
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Streamline Your Collaborative Projects with Overleaf

Dive deep into the world of collaborative editing with Overleaf. Learn how to seamlessly work with editors, track changes, and enhance your LaTeX projects.

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Perfecting Your Book Writing with LaTeX: An Agile Approach for 2023
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Perfecting Your Book Writing with LaTeX: An Agile Approach for 2023

Learn how the agile approach coupled with LaTeX can revolutionize your writing process. Find out how to better connect with your readers and overcome publishing challenges in 2023

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Comparing Top 5 Overleaf eBook Templates for LaTeX to EPUB Conversion in 2023
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Top 5 Overleaf eBook Templates of 2023: Converting LaTeX to EPUB Made Easy

Discover the best Overleaf eBook templates of 2023 to convert your LaTeX documents into EPUB format. Explore our comprehensive comparison to find the best template for you.

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Step-by-Step Guide: Convert LaTeX and Word Documents to EPUB using Overleaf and Publish on Amazon
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Step-by-Step Guide: Convert LaTeX and Word Documents to EPUB

Transform your existing text into a publish-ready eBook. This post will guide you on how to convert LaTeX or Word documents to EPUB using a free template.

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Before You Write Your Book: An Editor’s Insights
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Conna Craig
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September 8, 2023
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Five steps to preparing your manuscript for success

Does everyone you know tell you, "You should write a book!" Don't know where to start? We can help you get started and we offer free consultations.

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Generate your first E-Book with LaTeX
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Generate your first E-Book with LaTeX

The basics of setting up an account on Overleaf, importing the book template, and exporting your project into a HTML file that you can turn into an e-book.

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Filling the Template
By
Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Free Template to Convert Your Book into a LaTeX project

Using this template will help you to turn your manuscript into an e-book and print-ready LaTeX project within hours. This article describes its structure.

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Bibliography and Citations
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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How to Cite other Authors in LaTeX

Be it out of scientific accuracy, as a service to the interested reader, or out of gratitude, you should include references to your sources.

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Index Creation in LaTeX
By
Clemens Lode
, posted on
March 11, 2023
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How to Generate and Edit an Index for LaTeX books vs Word

This article shows you why indexes in LaTeX are superior to Word and provides you a checklist of how to effectively manage an index for LaTeX books.

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Template Management
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Turn Your Manuscript into a LaTeX based book

A simple way of writing books in LaTeX is using Overleaf and our template. In this article, I describe each file of the template with a list of items to adapt.

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Writing a Series
By
Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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How to Organize Your LaTeX Book Series

LaTeX documents are projects consisting of an entire folder of files, as opposed to everything being in a single file such as with Word documents.

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Starting a New Book
By
Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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How to Start a New Book the Right Way

You have two options: either write a book that you want to hold in your hands or you write a book that you want to see others holding in their hands.

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How to Organize Your Ideas (Fiction Books)
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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How to Organize Your Fiction Book

Select a genre based on the interest of your target audience. Create user stories for the elements of the world, for each character, and for each scene.

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The Rules of Your Book
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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How to Ensure Consistency in Your Book

Learn from fiction writers: after creating your world and characters, it is time to put them into a specific situation and think about how they would act.

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What to Keep and What to Remove
By
Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Tips to make your text more to the point

What to keep and what to remove when writing a new book? Like a sculpture, a successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.

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Selecting Personas
By
Clemens Lode
, posted on
March 11, 2023
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How to Organize your Target Audience

When deciding for whom you are writing, come up with representative examples of people who will read your book. Apply names to make it more personal.

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How to Optimize the Work Process
By
Clemens Lode
, posted on
March 11, 2023
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10 Steps to Optimize your Writing Process

How to prepare to be able to write without interruption. First step: Never stop. Insert placeholders when you would have to stop for research or editing.

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How to Get Early Feedback from Readers
By
Clemens Lode
, posted on
March 11, 2023
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How to Get Early Feedback from Readers

Here I discuss how listening to your audience can help to improve the quality of a book on top of personaes and user stories. We need to include the readers.

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7 Simple Steps to Improve SEO of Your Webflow Website
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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7 Simple Steps to Improve SEO of your Webflow Website

With optimized websites, Webflow gives you a great start for SEO. With the 7 easy steps, you can improve your search engine rating significantly.

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Comparing Word and LaTeX
By
Clemens Lode
, posted on
March 11, 2023
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How to Turn your Text into a Powerful LaTeX template.

For which books is it better to use a word processor? What are the advantages of writing a complex book in LaTeX vs Word? Here, I will compare Word and LaTeX.

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Managing Your Expectations for Your First Book
By
Clemens Lode
, posted on
March 11, 2023
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Anxiety when Starting Out with Publishing

Are your expectations for your first book too high? Click to find out how you can prevent a failed book launch and write your next book the agile way.

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Recommended Books

LaTeX Book Publishing in 2025

LaTeX Book Publishing in 2025

Transform your manuscript into a professionally published book using LaTeX. Master the complete publishing workflow with the proven LODE template.
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Book Cover with the title Better Books with LaTeX the Agile Way, Streamline Your Writing Process and Connect with Readers from Day One in 2023

Even Better Books with LaTeX, the Agile Way in 2023

Streamline Your Writing Process

Connect with Readers from Day One. Better Books with LaTeX the Agile Way can help you to self-publish your Book on Amazon, Google, and Leanpub.
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