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title: "The Galley blog, page 5 of 5"
description: "How novels get finished and published, in plain English: trim sizes, word counts, front matter, EPUB and print PDF, KDP formatting, querying agents and the typography that makes a book look professionally made."
source: https://usegalley.com/blog/page/5
---
# The Galley blog

- [Publishing](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/publishing)
- [Craft](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/craft)
- [Galley](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/galley)
- [Guides](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/guides)
- [Design](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/design)
- [Formatting](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/formatting)

- [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/book-typography-basics.png) Design The Typography Rules That Make a Book Look Professionally Made Widows, orphans, rivers, hyphenation and the other small typesetting rules readers never notice but always feel, and why a Word export breaks most of them. May 5, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/book-typography-basics)

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