Author Archives: Daniel Harper

okay so I just spent like three weeks messing around with manga page templates for a client project and honestly it’s way more specific than regular comic layouts… the whole right-to-left thing changes everything Panel Flow and Reading Direction So first thing you gotta understand is that manga reads right to left, top to bottom. […]

Okay so LaTeX textbook templates are honestly one of those things I wish I’d figured out properly like three years ago because I wasted SO much time formatting academic books manually. Here’s what actually works after publishing a bunch of technical guides on KDP. The Basic Setup You Actually Need First thing – don’t overthink […]

Okay so I just spent like three hours last week reformatting an ebook that someone completely butchered with the wrong template and here’s what you actually need to know about Kindle formats because Amazon doesn’t make this as clear as they should. The Two Main Format Options You Actually Have Right so there’s really only […]

Okay so I just spent like three hours last night going through every free Google Docs book template I could find because someone in my KDP group asked about this and honestly? The options are way better than they were even a year ago. Where to Actually Find Free Templates That Don’t Suck First thing […]

Okay so I’ve been making reading journal printables for like three years now and they’re honestly one of the easiest niches to get started with on KDP. Last week I was organizing all my templates and realized I should probably share what actually works because there’s a lot of confused advice out there. Why Reading […]

Okay so here’s the thing about free printable book covers – most people don’t realize you can actually grab professional-looking designs without spending a dime, and I’ve been testing a bunch of these sources for the past few weeks because honestly the paid templates were eating into my margins. Where to Actually Find Decent Free […]

Okay so I’ve been testing like fifteen different free book journal templates over the past month because honestly my own reading tracking was a mess and I figured if I’m gonna recommend stuff to my KDP students, I should actually know what’s out there. The Basic Templates You Actually Need Right so there’s basically three […]

Okay so I just wrapped up helping a teacher friend design her Flat Stanley templates last month and honestly the whole process was way simpler than people make it sound but there’s definitely some tricks you gotta know. Starting With The Basic Template Structure First thing – you need to decide if you’re going physical […]

Okay so I’ve been working with Flat Stanley printables for the past few months and honestly they’re one of those products that parents actually search for constantly because schools still use this book like crazy. The whole thing started when my niece came home with a Flat Stanley project and my sister was scrambling for […]

Okay so I was just looking through some yearbook samples last week because someone asked me about creating one as a low-content product and honestly the whole thing sent me down this rabbit hole of what actually makes a good yearbook template… The first thing you gotta understand is that school yearbooks have this weird […]