BUSINESS PLAYBOOK Non-Fiction
Apex Commercial Playbook
Inspired by Hachette / Balance Commercial Non-Fiction
Engineered for high-stakes business books, communication guides, executive playbooks, and modern non-fiction. Features automatic outer-edge chapter thumb tabs that make physical browsing effortless, paired with condensed sans display headers and dedicated Pro Tip environments.
Single Template License $29
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Includes lifetime personal & client commercial rights. 100% KDP zero-rejection guarantee.
Typography & Format Specs
Body Typeface: Sabon / Transitional Serif (fbb OpenType) with OldStyle Figures
Display Typeface: Avenir Next Condensed (Demi Bold & Heavy)
Paper Standard: Cream Paper (50-61#)
Page Count Range: 180 – 420 pages
Agent-Native Workflow
1-Click Ingestion Prompt for Apex Commercial Playbook
Hand this prompt to Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenCode with your draft manuscript.
You are an expert prepress book compositor. I have placed my raw manuscript in `manuscript.md`.
Please typeset my commercial non-fiction playbook using the Commercial Playbook LaTeX package:
1. Inspect `commercialplaybook.sty` and `main.tex`.
2. Split chapters into `content/chapter*.tex`.
3. Format chapter titles with \bookchapter[Short Tab Title]{Display Title}{Subtitle}{Number}.
4. Format key takeaways with \begin{protip} ... \end{protip}.
5. Wrap section headings in \booksection{Heading}.
6. Execute `./build.sh` to compile with XeLaTeX. Design & Typography Features
- Outer-edge margin thumb tabs with rotated bold chapter labels
- Dedicated Pro Tip takeaway environments
- Tracked bold condensed sans headings and subheadings
- 2-line classical serif drop caps with natural wrapping
- Dual-tone split cover template with spine calculator math
- KDP preflight ready with 23mm inner gutter
What's in the Package
- commercialplaybook.sty — Core LaTeX package with thumb-tab engine
- main.tex — Master assembly file
- build.sh — 1-click build pipeline
- frontmatter/ — title.tex, copyright.tex, contents.tex, preface.tex
- content/ — introduction.tex, chapter9.tex, modular chapters
- backmatter/ — acknowledgements.tex
- cover/cover.tex — Full wraparound split-tone cover template
- AGENT_PROMPT.md — AI ingestion prompt
- SKILL.md — Prepress agent skill file