Book excerpt: YOU CAN DO IT! What if you could design, layout, and format your own book and then convert it to PDF and publish it, all at little or no cost? This book and a self-publishing firm such as CreateSpace can make this happen! If you are tired of getting your book proposals rejected by traditional publishers, here, at last, is a solution that will make your failed dreams come true. This one-of-a-kind book offers highly detailed, technically precise instructions that will lead you through the entire process of designing & formatting your book to your self-publisher's specifications. You will learn how to organize & configure your book's elements as per The Chicago Manual of Style. You will find out how to insert 300 dpi images into your book's pages. You will master the difficult process of inserting & unlinking section breaks and of inserting header text & page numbers. And, you will actually learn how to design & format a cover for your book. YOU CAN DO IT! What are you waiting for?