Thanks Ron and yes I 100% agree. Unfortunately I do not have proof-readers at my disposal and cannot afford to hire someone. I co-authored this book with a college professor friend of mine, but unfortunately he had a number of life events take place and so the work was largely on my shoulders. It is indeed hard to be objective proof-reading your own work. Especially when I am so self-conscious. I mean I am my own worst critic which doesn't lead to a great deal of self-confidence 
I do have a lead on some friends who may help me at least, just have to work out the circumstances.
R
Wow am I embarrassed. I use Word all the time and did not know about "Justify", but it sure made a difference in my book format!
I have been using it for years also, and it is also amazing what you find when you click an empty space in the Ribbon that you can add to the Ribbon.
I did a third proofreading over the last 24 hours and also added a copyright page and moved my "other books" list to the back end as recommended.
It's never ending is it? 
Sometimes you can get sick of the sight of your own stories.
As for the book size, I came to the decision on that (and I may be wrong-headed here I admit) by looking at the books my expected audience reads (juvenille/young adult). Most of the books seem to be about 150 wrds per page and about 100-150 pages long. I was trying to make it in the same vein. I may revise it and combine book 1&2 down the line.
Hrmmm, in that age band there is little difference between that and adult book layouts. The difference starts when you write for early learners, which would be from 2 to 5 perhaps, or people with poor eyesight!
Now one last question. I did get an ISBN for the book now (978-1-105-66652-0), but when I went to Extended Reach, it said I cannot submit to other retailers. What if my local bookstore wants to buy my book?
You cannot submit it to anything with a Lulu ISBN, Lulu do it. If you wish to go beyond that, then you have to market the book yourself extensively, in fact you should do anyway. But Amazon is vast and worldwide and surely big enough?
There are a lot of independent stores out here and I'd like to think I can give them the ISBN # for them to order it.
Indeed you can, or even a free sample. There is nothing at all to stop you also trying to sell your book to anyone, it is still your book.
Also, now that I have submitted it to Extended reach, how long before it can be found online?
Around 8 weeks. But do not forget it will also be listed on your own Lulu Spotlight within 24 hours, and you can tell people it's there as well.
