Book Production Manager
ProductionMuhammad Ali is the backbone of HMD Publishing's production team. As Book Production Manager, he handles everything from complex print-ready interiors to pixel-perfect eBook conversions across Kindle, EPUB, and fixed-layout formats. Ali has formatted thousands of books and brings meticulous attention to detail to every project, ensuring each manuscript meets the exact specifications required by Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, and other publishing platforms.
What widows and orphans are in typesetting, how to tell them apart from runts, and how to fix them in Word and InDesign, plus why KDP will never flag them for you.
What typesetting means for self-published books, how it differs from formatting, and when a Word layout is enough versus a page-by-page InDesign interior for KDP and IngramSpark.
KDP manuscript upload failed? The nine file errors behind most rejected paperbacks, why KDP covers get rejected, and how to fix each one before you resubmit.
Format your book in Microsoft Word for KDP: trim size, mirror margins, styles, section breaks, page numbers, a print PDF and a clean Kindle file.
Build one print interior for IngramSpark and KDP: PDF/X, 0.5" margins, three-edge bleed and a dual-upload checklist.
Learn exact font sizes, margins & trim sizes for large print book formatting. KDP & IngramSpark specs, expert tips, and a free formatting checklist inside.
