Well, it's been a painful delivery, but in the end, this is what we have come up with. I know, many will say that I should have made them at least the same height; that the guy should be at least tall and handsome... But, I'm getting really tired of this constant back-and-forth between me, the coordinator, and the editor. I don't want to tamper with it anymore, just so we don't mess up what has already been achieved. If I had a better understanding of what I wanted in the first place, we could have done better. Since I didn't - this is what we have come up with.
Meanwhile, I tried Scrivener formatting. Interestingly, they didn't have a 5x8" preset; instead, they had 5.06x7.81, so I had to spend the whole evening tampering with the settings to get a decent look for the 5x8". Now I can tell that a 5x8" paperback would be 406 pages, including all the front and back matter. How many will it be for a 6x9 hardcover? I'll find out tomorrow.
Have a great night, everyone, and get ready for the ebook. It should be available if not this weekend, then next Monday for sure.
Cheers,
Leonard.
This is what the cover will look like.