Typeset your own books in Latex:
Latex has three basic document class, article, book, and report. Many latex book templates we can find on the internet are ready for math or science, as for fiction authors, we don't need to typeset math equations or a lot of fancy graphics, so it's quite simple to typeset your book.
All you have to know are some basic knowledge, such as how to start a document for book, what is the options for a book, etc. The basic code for a book as follow:
documentclass{book}
begin{document}
[your text]
\end{document}
Every latex document starts with documentclass []{}, end with \end{document}. Here we are going to typeset a book, we just start the document with Documentclass[options] {book}. Latex has default options for a book.
Default option for a book are: 8.5x11, portrait, 10pt, both sides, on column, start chapter on right page, Equation numbering on right, displayed equations centred, open bibliography compressed.
Other options for book: a4paper, a5paper, b5paper, letterpaper, legalpaper, Executive size landscape, 11pt, 12pt, oneside, twocolumn, notitlepage, titlepage, openany, draft, fleqn, leqno
Below are the full list:
papersize: 8.5x11, a4paper, a5paper, b5paper, letterpaper, legalpaper, Executive size
paper orientation: portrait, landscape
body text font size: 10pt, 11pt, 12pt,
print side: both sides, oneside
columns: one, two
start chapter on left: No, Yes
Equation numbering, On right, On left
Displayed equations: Centred, Flush left
Open bibliography: Compressed, Open
As for fiction book, there are no math equations, we just ignore those options like openany, draft, fleqn, leqno.
So, If you want typeset a book with several lines of simplist code:
documentclass{book}
begin{document}
[your text]
\end{document}
Your book will be printed on size 8.5x11 paper, body text font size 10pt, print on both sides, and chapter start on right page, etc.
If you want your book printed on 14 paper, and fontsize 12pt, then change the options like this, use semicolon to separate two options:
documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{book}
begin{document}
[your text]
\end{document}