Joe A.
Atticus is awesome
Atticus is awesome. As with any software there's a bit of a learning curve but between the online tutorials and faqs and the rapid response support team it's a quick and relatively painless process. What it does is convert your properly formatted docx file into a slickly formatted ready-to-publish book file. The most important formanting issue is to make sure you have a page break at the end of each chapter and your chapter headings are "Heading 1" in Word. With that simple prep your file will be good to go in Atticus. Import your file and choose from several existing style templates or, with a little extra effort, create your own custom style template. Once you learn all the little adjustments you can make, you'll be able to format your books quickly and easily and whip out custom templates if you want. Once formattted, you can export the file in several specific formats to submit to every major online publisher. It took me exactly two weeks to master the program, taking my Word file to Amazon as a paperback, hardcover and kindle. All three passed Amazon's muster the first time without requiring changes - a first for me. I also figured out how easy it is to create my own custom templates, which I'll utilize when I publish my next book. If you're having the kind of nightmare problems I had with my earlier books, having to deal with constant hiccups in the transition from Word files to online publishing, give Atticus a try. Be a little patient as you learn the app. If you can't figure something out via the tutorials just contact support. I did so maybe half-a-dozen times and they were quick to reply, getting me on track with little delay. The price of the program is well worth the time you'll save and the hassles you'll avoid as you make books that look like they were published by a legit publisher.