This post is going to take you, step by step, through the entire process of getting a manuscript ready to self-publish in paperback form. You don’t need to have any particular experience with design to follow this. I sure as heck don’t have any. But I can guarantee you, if you follow each step, you will have a ready-to-publish PDF. I feel comfortable guaranteeing that because this is a free article so there are really no stakes here.