Book Design Made Simple InDesign template

This book template can be adjusted to any size and used for any kind of book! It contains all the best settings for designing and typesetting book pages. Especially when used alongside Book Design Made Simple, this InDesign^® book template is all you will ever need, and it’s infinitely reusable for any kind of book project. We encourage you to change the page size and margins, the typefaces and sizes, and anything else—or you may use the it exactly as it is.

Click here for a complete description of the book design template.

What does the template include?

For reference, each style name includes the page number that it came from in Book Design Made Simple.

The InDesign book template includes all the paragraph and character styles for the basic design set out in Book Design Made Simple. To produce the template, we started on page 29 and followed our own instructions for InDesign preferences, book trim size, and margins. Next, we set up all 48 of the foundational paragraph and character styles that we describe in the book. And then we stopped.

After that point, all the styles that we offer in the book are optional—you’ll use whichever options best suit the design you envision for your book. But every optional styles is based on the foundational styles that are included in the template.

Here is a list of some of the paragraph styles included in the template:

• Captions
• Chapter Numbers
• Chapter Titles
• Extracts
• Folios (page numbers)
• FRONT MATTER
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Headings, Levels 1, 2, and 3
• INDEX
• Index Headings
• Index Entries, Levels 1, 2, and 3
• LISTS
• Numbered Lists, 1 and 2 digits
• Bulleted Lists
• Multi-column Lists
• Unnumbered Lists
• Opening Quotes
• Quote Attributions
• Paragraph Separators
• Running Feet
• Running Heads
• Sidebars, Title
• Sidebars, Text
• Text
• Text, No Indent
• Text, Space After

As you can see, we’ve created a style for pretty much anything you’ll need for designing and typesetting the pages of your book.

FAQs

Which versions of InDesign are compatible with this template?

All versions! This is a basic template file that works with all past, current, and future versions.

Is there a license associated with this file?

No license. Use it as many times as you like for any genre or size of book.

Are there instructions for getting started?

Yes, instructions are included in the template file. Also, you might want to view the helpful YouTube demo video about using the template.

Do you offer support?

Yes! Just email us via our website with any questions and we'll do our best to help you get unstuck.

If you order this template AND our other offering (the ePDF) on Payhip, you will receive 33% off the price of the ePDF (a total of USD $27.99). Together, the PDF and the template will give you a dynamic head start on your book project.