Not exact matches
Also, while Amazon allows you to upload a
ePub file, Amazon's native format is MOBI, so there could be some tweaking
needed after they convert the
file.
I have Sigil on standby in case I
need to tweak the
ePub file.
You've written your book and created the book
files you'll
need to self - publish (MOBI for Kindle,
EPUB for all other ebookstores and PDF for print).
If there are no font
files there yet, copy the font
files your
epub needs (all variants, such as regular, bold, italic and bold - italic) to the OEBPS folder.
If you have provided both
ePub and PDF
files, they will be able to download both, and will also receive an email with the link, should they
need it again in future.
It only works for
epub, so you'll
need to save your
epub and remake a new mobi
file.
What you
need to know before you upload your
file: • Supported
file types:
epub, doc, docx, mobi, odt (
file size can not exceed 10 MB) • Kobo converts all
files to e-pub format • If your
file is a doc, docx, mobi, or odt, check Kobo's Conversion Guidelines to be sure that all formatting and chapter markers make it into the e-pub version.
When an e-book is presented in an accessible format on an inaccessible e-book reader, you
need to fix incompatible format issue immediately, Vibosoft
ePub Creating app is capable of performing underlying transcoder among all eBook formats, a fast mode decision algorithm was built for text & image transcoding, all of original layouts will be retained in the generated
ePub file, enjoy reading on various readers without format hindrance.
If you add font
files to the
epub, you
need to add them to the manifest.
ePub formatted
files, you
need an ebook - reader application like those available on tablets like the iPad, or e-readers like the Kindle or Nook.
Include at least the title and author in the
File Information, since that's the minimum that an
epub needs in order to be a valid
epub.
If we
need to change the book after it has been published, we have to change the InDesign
file and the
EPUB project.
You will
need to provide these two
EPUB files as two different books, which must be purchased separately.
Salvetti's book covers everything you
need to know to format your book for the Kindle, Smashwords, and venues that accept
ePub files, like Barnes & Noble.
To make that magic happen, you'll
need to create an
ePub file, edit it, and upload it.
You are going to
need these tools to build robust
ePUB files in the next six months.
You'll be downloading an
ePub file that you
need to drag over to iTunes.
If you'd like to sell your book on Amazon, iBooks, or of the ebook marketplaces, you'll also
need a MOBI
file (for Amazon Kindle)
file and an
EPUB file (for everywhere else).
The setup process is beyond easy (although you'll
need to create yet another online account) and
files quickly show up in either the tablet's pre-existing Documents (PDFs) or Ebooks (
epubs) folder.
-- You may
need to deal with customer issues if something arises (examples they don't know how to open a PDF
file or how to get a
epub file onto their e-reader).
Even at $ 499, it'd still
need to compete with Onyx Boox M96: Lower res (both anyway are arguably 10x under - DPI - ed), yet Android, 32 GB uSD extension, audio / TTS, full set of apps and
file support for
ePUB, DOCX, PPTX etc..
However, if my eReader doesn't support
EPUB 3.0 then I can not read eBooks published in that format — I
need a new eReader or must convert the
file first.
PLUS — If you want a valid KINDLE version for upload you only
need to make a minor modification to your
EPUB file.
Barnes Noble ebooks has drm protection only supported by NOOK, you
need to remove drm protection before share
epub file to other friend, here's how to remove drm directly from B&N
epub.
You'll
need to make your own
ePub file and make any necessary improvements until is passes ePubCheck 1.0.5.
I
need a book that that has many photo layout pages and is currently in a word doc and pdf format
file to be converted into an
epub file.
The hardest jump is the one from print to
ePub — you
need to put plain text, often from multiple documents or text flows, and non-linear elements such as images, into a cleanly - tagged linear flow, and package it with a table of contents and instructions on how to tie together the various
files that make up the book (see the
ePub Wikipedia page to learn more about the extra special sauce that's part of the
ePub format).
If you have the original
ePUB file and you add DRM to it, is that another format and do you
need a different ISBN for the DRM version and for the version without DRM?
You will
need to know and type - in the URL of the
EPUB file, this can be tricky and a little frustrating.
Post and run an ebook Giveaway on LibraryThing with hopes of getting more reviews for your book (we will
need an
epub, pdf of mobi
file of your book for this promotion)
You are free to publish also on the iBook and Nook platforms, but you'll
need a different
file, since they use the
ePub format while Kindle uses their own proprietary format.
For example, if you publish your book as an
EPUB file with DRM that prevents copying and printing, and you also publish it as a DRM - free
EPUB, then you
need two different ISBNs for those
files.
For example, if you upload a master
file (manuscript) in MS - Word format, and your e-book producer uses the manuscript to create an
EPUB file, then you only
need one ISBN — for the
EPUB file that is actually published.
It's a free self - service platform that doesn't offer any additional services or assistance; authors
need to have their ebook
files ready for upload (Microsoft Word or
EPUB).
However, with
EPUB, you will
need to know the basics of the associated languages in order to build valid
files.
8 - Hire a digital conversion expert to prepare your manuscript for upload to Kindle and Smashwords.com; you
need an experienced e-book programmer to clean up hand you a clean
EPUB or MOBI
file.
Actually you only
need one
file, the
EPUB, and it will work for both.
Regular
EPUB files and CBR / CBZ
needs to be converted to KEPUB.
The thing is, if you buy a ebook from Amazon and want to read it on a Sony DPT - S1, you
need to convert it to a PDF... but if you just convert it to a
ePub (from whatever the source Amazon
file is), do you feel the performance would be good on the Kobo Aura One??
mobi
files to the app, a pop - up will appear asking you to select the output format (
ePub), there are many ebook formats supported by this app like: MOBI, PDF, HTML, Word and Text, you can also import your PDFs and convert them to
ePub as you
need.
But if the e-books you download don't support the html format, instead, they are in support of the
ePub format, a new
file format, then you
need to convert html to it in order to read.
Each location in an
EPUB file should be able to be identified without the
need to modify the document.
While an
ePub file can be designed in a way that covers all of the
ePub - supporting devices and platforms (Apple, B&N, Google, Kobo, and Sony), creating beautiful KF8
files that are backwards compatible with older Kindle devices and software apps requires specific knowledge and skills that are not all
needed for standard
ePub workflows.
Once that's done you can locate the
ePub file that you
need to import into Calibre within the folder that ADE created on your computer.
While some experts site that
ePub will see an even wider adoption and more publishers and platforms will begin publishing content in that
file format, especially in terms of the unique
needs of some foreign languages in this climate of globalization, others felt like
ePub was going to fade away in light of the growing adoption of tablet reading.
EPUB 3.1 changed the value of the version attribute in the package
file, and so those existing
files would
need to be edited to comply with the new spec, even if they didn't use any of the removed features.
As I mentioned earlier, you'll either be making ebook
files (the PDFs and
epub files you sell) one by one, or you'll have a system for generating them on the fly, as they're
needed.
So when a friend who recently self - published explained to me that she only
needed one ISBN because all of her ebook
files were in the
epub format, it clicked.
If you're using CS3, the
epub export is very buggy, and you'll
need to do a lot more to the
epub files after export in order to create working
epubs, let alone good - looking ones.
Whether you
need professional help preparing your e-book
files (which should be in
EPUB format) depends primarily on whether your book is text - driven and how comfortable you are with technology.