I FINALLY get to watch as a USER and not just a wishful spectator!
@AphroditeLeeКүн бұрын
I JUST got Atticus!!!! Looking forward to working with it!
@drpat222 күн бұрын
I need to go to the back cover of the book. How do I access that from Atticus?
@timtrottproductions3 күн бұрын
Writing for voice is different than writing for books; shorter sentences, different dialog structure, sometimes different words.
@tamara_lyrical6 күн бұрын
Thank you for this info and for such a clear explanation!
@AtticusWriter6 күн бұрын
I'm so glad you found it helpful!
@Dedalus946 күн бұрын
Please for the love of god chapter your youtube tutorials
@AtticusWriter6 күн бұрын
Thanks for the feedback.
@kennyrogers-o1d7 күн бұрын
Good afternoon Monique! Just finished your webinar out in California on 8/17, AWESOME, and with my microphone not working and could not get to this question and missed your email address. Quick question to see if I can get to you through this format. I AM an ATTICUS new use of a few months, LOVE IT, and yet now struggling with my images. My quick question is do you personally use double page bleeds to start ALL of your chapters, or only a select few. I am finishing my real life adventure book pedaling UP the Mississippi and the idea of photos, stock images, clipart, images behind the text of a chapter page is SO COMPELLING and gorgeous from what you have shown us. How often should one use? Once you start should you do for every chapter or pick and choose? Thank you!
@AtticusWriter6 күн бұрын
Hi Kenny, glad you enjoyed the webinar! You are always welcome to write into support for more help with your image spreads, but how many you use is really up to you. I would say the vast majority of published books don't use any, but some do with beautiful results. It's personal! It sounds like you have some great content to showcase though, so use as many images as the reader will appreciate with your content. If you check out our website, there is a tutorial with a calculator to help you get the image sizes just right: www.atticus.io/calculate-image-size-for-print-and-ebooks/ I hope it goes well!
@SomethingLame7 күн бұрын
Hey, so uh, I accidentally copied my book and then deleted the old version in Atticus. Is there a way to restore the more recent version?
@AtticusWriter7 күн бұрын
We can sure try! You'll have to write into support for their help though.
@cheggs98 күн бұрын
Thanks for this info. I have a long blockquote in my Atticus ebook, formatted with a single blank line between each paragraph because it's meant to be a letter. I also have text messages separated by a single blank line from the body text. Are you saying this is problematic?
@AtticusWriter8 күн бұрын
Block Quotes and Text Messages are both special formatting in themselves, so they should be fine but you're welcome to write into support with some screenshots of how you've set it up for further clarification!
@simonjones15118 күн бұрын
Thank you for this. I didn't know it was an issue, honestly. But fair enough, I'll add it to my list of touchups :)
@AtticusWriter8 күн бұрын
Glad we could bring it to your attention! I hope all is going well with your book(s)!
@kelvinc12058 күн бұрын
Thanks. This is so important to know.. I've been trying to fix a Kindle format to no success as they drop my blank lines to squeeze an ending chapter quote so it doesn't start a new page. Now I know it is not my formatting but the Kindle program that is doing it.
@AtticusWriter8 күн бұрын
Glad this could help! If you ever run into any sort of formatting trouble in the future, you're always welcome to write into support for help!
@FhaidAlajmi-qd4oq10 күн бұрын
will this software substitute Words? especially for Arabic books? or will I get lost?
@AtticusWriter9 күн бұрын
It isn't a complete substitute for a word processing program but you can use it to write books specifically. Arabic is more complicated because it doesn't have true capabilities for writing right to left, so that would actually be easier to do in a program you're more familiar with (like Word) and then import it. You can write into support with any additional questions!
@YudronWangmo12 күн бұрын
Quick question: Do I need to brin charts in as images, or can Atticus read and import simple charts from Word automatically?
@AtticusWriter9 күн бұрын
Yes, you will need to save any charts or tables as images - Atticus doesn't have native capabilities for those yet.
@YudronWangmo9 күн бұрын
@@AtticusWriter Thank you. That helps.
@blackharry684712 күн бұрын
These tutorials are so very helpful and most appreciated.
@AtticusWriter9 күн бұрын
So glad to hear that, thanks for the feedback!
@dogethedog70419 күн бұрын
My name is Atticus LOL
@AtticusWriter9 күн бұрын
Welcome!
@JenniferRosario-g4m22 күн бұрын
Can you make a video concerning how to use Night Cafe AI to design a cover for a book I write in Atticus? I am new at all of this but I like giving AI words describing what I want and watch what Ai comes up with! Fun!
@AtticusWriter22 күн бұрын
Night Cafe AI is a separate product, so I'm not sure if we can/will do a tutorial on it, but I'll keep it in mind!
@JenniferRosario-g4m22 күн бұрын
Thank you for teaching me something new, that I need to know!
@AtticusWriter22 күн бұрын
You are so welcome!
@bugwar554522 күн бұрын
So how do you get the scene break feature to work? When viewing my document in Atticus, the '***' shows up on the left hand margin as that. It is not centered in the page. When I try using one of the other scene break images, they are not reflected in the previewer. The '***' stays left justified.
@AtticusWriter22 күн бұрын
If you're seeing three asterisks that you can edit in Atticus like text, you'll want to delete them and click the Asterisk button from the Atticus toolbar. They may have not imported properly from docx, but that will fix it up!
@bugwar554521 күн бұрын
@@AtticusWriter Thank you.
@bugwar554522 күн бұрын
So how do you get scene breaks '***' to center on the page in Atticus?
@AtticusWriter22 күн бұрын
If you're seeing three asterisks that you can edit in Atticus like text, you'll want to delete them and click the Asterisk button from the Atticus toolbar. They may have not imported properly from docx, but that will fix it up!
@blackharry684725 күн бұрын
Missed it…
@antoniobugarin27 күн бұрын
I don't know, this looks a lot like Word with Macros. So much for AI. This is a lot of work.
@AtticusWriter22 күн бұрын
Atticus is not an AI program, sorry for any confusion, but we never market it as such! We do have a great support team if you ever need help though!
@healthychurch111 күн бұрын
I first thought it was too much work also, however once I listened to the video tutorials it became much easier. I have always worked word, now I plan to work directly in Attitcus.
@AtticusWriter9 күн бұрын
@@healthychurch1 I'm so glad you're finding the tutorials helpful and I hope you enjoy writing in Atticus more!
@kristinewilson8712Ай бұрын
I would love a combo video for atticus and publisher rocket formatting... I have and love both and would love to get the most of them. I write dark romantasy.
@AtticusWriter22 күн бұрын
Awesome, thanks for letting me know, I'm working on this!
@Kshama21Ай бұрын
Thanks for this video. Is there a way to create a page with two columns of text instead of just one? If not, please consider adding this feature as it would be most helpful. Thank you.
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
Not right now, sorry, but perhaps in the future!
@tommyintheattic3449Ай бұрын
Not really, as soon as you add an hyperlink it changes the size of the image or icon. Atticus never provided me with a fix, all they said is that is was a side-loading issue because the book was not uploaded to a distributor... This is not user centric, it affects every Atticus Clients. That is a BIG problem. This means you can't have a PDF and a ePub that as the same size of images or icon and won't be able to sell your book on your own platform. You'll have to go though a distributor, or so they say...I'm not even sure that will fix the issue... You'll have to resize every single image or icon in both format, twice the work. Nothing like they say in the sales adds (Ready to print on both format). This sounds like an excuse for not testing extensively themselves the problem and solving it. They had me do all their testing back and forth, debugging the problem for them. This should have been tested in the primary steps before putting the app on the market. It's a simple question of elements and formats and exports...
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
This sounds like a miscommunication or misunderstanding within your support request. There are some limitations of formatting, absolutely, but you can certainly sell your books on your own website - it does not need to be through a distributor. We have ways to solve this though, absolutely, some books will take more work to format than others. it depends on the complexity of your content. Feel free to write back into support and we can walk you through the process again with more detail.
@lisatraugott8352Ай бұрын
Thanks, Monique. This is perfect timing! I'm going to do an audio version of my book, "To Rescue a Witch". I plan to do all the female characters and hire an actor for the male roles. I used to be an actress, but I've never done voice over work, so I'm glad your guest will cover all the basics. Looking forward to the class!
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
I love it when timing lines up perfectly like this!
@shannonpricethemindmechani3952Ай бұрын
If I can't stay the entire time (working with clients) will I get a replay link? Thanks
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
Yes, as long as you're registered, you should get a link for the replay, you just may not be able to ask your questions in the Q&A
@shannonpricethemindmechani3952Ай бұрын
@@AtticusWriter Thank you!
@thrivingjaneАй бұрын
I have books on Amazon and on Audible. I sell 4 or 5 times more audio books than paperback and ebooks combined
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
Wow, that's amazing, congratulations!
@cheryldahl9192Ай бұрын
Wow, that's interesting! I had no idea so many people liked audio books! I never cared for them personally, but then again, I prefer paper books over ebooks too lol 🤣
@IshkiiaPaigeАй бұрын
Thanks for the vid. Audiobooks for many reasons are a huge thing for books. I use Atticus, am a narrator, and I have published without audiobooks or the ability to narrate at the time, and I still use my original narrator because we dual narrate. I've got all sides of the spectrum. No matter how it is done, it's expensive, whether it be in dollars and/or time. AI audiobooks are not liked very well and can hurt your ratings, not to mention taking jobs from humans. Be careful what you advise in the future. A guest is great, but I'm just saying be careful.
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
Sorry if there was any confusion in my video, but I didn't actually make any recommendations, beyond being aware of the options available and potential of audiobooks. I certainly didn't recommend AI audiobooks!
@IshkiiaPaigeАй бұрын
@@AtticusWriter nah.. didn't mean that either. I was just informing is all. It's a great video, but there is so much open space for people to misunderstand. traps I fell into getting all excited.
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
@@IshkiiaPaige I completely agree! I'm a big advocate from learning from as many different sources as possible - everyone has a unique experience!
@andrewfeazelleАй бұрын
What's a good image height to length ratio for the title image for an ebook? The publisher name is getting stuck over the subtitle if I use the generic, auto generated title page, in the ipad version of the preview.
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
For the eBook title page, you won't want to judge it by the preview in Atticus, but rather export the ePub and view using Kindle Previewer. We recommend using the specs provided by your publisher - full page images can be the same size as your ebook cover. I hope that helps!
@andrewfeazelleАй бұрын
@@AtticusWriter okay thank you!
@AsightofpeaceАй бұрын
Thanks, Monique. I can't wait to finish my book and format it on Atticus.
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
That's an exciting place to be - we wish you all the best with your book!
@AsightofpeaceАй бұрын
@@AtticusWriter Thank you 👍
@nataledibartolo4611Ай бұрын
Video di grande interesse e aiuto. Per favore, potreste dirmi come posso cambiare l'indicazione del capitolo dall'inglese Chapter One a Capitolo Uno o Capitolo 1 in italiano? Grazie
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
Automated headings within Atticus (like automated chapter numbers) currently only appear in English. You may want to deselect Number Chapter Heading section of your custom theme on the formatting page so it doesn't show at all, and use chapter titles and subtitles instead.
@alenak2256Ай бұрын
The Contents doesn't include my front matter (dedication, epigraph)..? Also it starts page numbering from the title page. How do I correct it?
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
It sounds like you just need to drag and drop your "front matter" into the front matter section in the left navigation pane. You can write into support if you need help!
@alenak2256Ай бұрын
is there a tutorial for Google docs formatting??
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
All the same rules apply, you'll just need to Download as .docx. I hope that helps!
@juliebelmont4079Ай бұрын
Thank you for this highly informative video. After checking out Publisher Rocket, I may have to redo the keywords and categories I've used for my first Cozy Mystery --Bad Blood in the Bayou-Framed. Thanks again. Looking forward to the next video. I do love Atticus.
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
I hope it all goes well!!!
@lyannn9234Ай бұрын
Is there a way you can make the drop down cap a separate font from the rest of the body?
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
Not right now, but we are working on an update to give more options!
@theadumitriu8664Ай бұрын
Great work! Excited to use it and for what else you add to it. I second adding bible columns!
@montanadivacreations9267Ай бұрын
It would be awesome to interface with Novelcrafter.. so we can write and export directly to Atticus..
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@jrustyshaffer5438Ай бұрын
How can I left align a front matter page, but keep indenting new paragraphs in the body chapters?
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
At any point in your book if you want to override the indents, you can press SHIFT ENTER instead of ENTER. I hope that helps!
@jrustyshaffer5438Ай бұрын
What do the three buttons in the text message formatting do?
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
I think you're referring to the buttons that tell Atticus what side of the "screen" to show the message, left or right, or whether its the senders name. I'd recommend testing them out with the preview on so you can see what they do!
@TriciaLynneАй бұрын
Hey, Great video, and yeah, How do you format your book? I"d love a video of that. I'm publishing an LGBTQIA+romance series this year and I'm formatting them all in Atticus, so that would be fantastic to know.
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
I'll add that to my genre list, thanks!
@nwandoalayande3411Ай бұрын
Hi, does atticus allow the importation of pictures, scanned documents without distorting them in the book? Also is there any limitation to the use of fun colours, graphics especially if it's a children's book or plabook.
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
Yes, you can import images and Atticus will not distort them, but we do recommend properly sizing them before importing. You can use colors and graphics in images, but all the fonts in Atticus are standard black and you cannot adjust them over an image, so for children's picture books, you'll want your text embedded into the image before you import it to Atticus. I hope that helps!
@nwandoalayande3411Ай бұрын
@@AtticusWriter Just to be clear, Atticus won't distort the colour(s) I use on my images after it has been imported into the software?
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
@@nwandoalayande3411 Distort, no, but Atticus will render using ICC color profiles, which are designed to be as close a match between eBook and print as possible. It may not exactly *match* what you begin with, however, depending on whether your images are saved as RGB or CMYK color space.
@janebaker4893Ай бұрын
Contemporary fiction
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
Thanks for sharing, I'll add that to the list!
@busykenyaАй бұрын
Thank you for these tips...I've heard of Publisher Rocket but didn't know it was a one-time cost. Published my 1st urban fiction novel and need to refresh my Amazon page and get better with my categories and indexing.
@kathystone9678Ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up :D really appreciate it. This will help me tremendously.
@AtticusWriterАй бұрын
So glad to help and I hope it works out well for you!