epub files is the same, the Smashwords file is a different animal altogether, and, depending on one's comfort with MS Word,
the easier of the ebook files to create.
Not exact matches
An
ebook includes what you might call a system table
of contents, so the
ebook reader devices can do a drop - down table
of contents.The notion is that in an
ebook — because you don't have the tactile setup
of pages that you would have in a physical book where you know where you are — in
ebooks you want to make it
easy for people to get to the parts
of a book, and having a table
of contents
file is the
easiest way to do that.
Some
of them offer an
easy - to - use way to translate your Word
file into multiple
ebook and POD formats.
There are freely downloadable clients available on Windows platforms for reading various types
of ebooks, but by far the
easiest is one you'll probably have on your system already: i.e., Adobe Acrobat Reader, which lets you read PDF
files.
One benefit
of epublishing is that the titles we list in an
ebook file's front or back matter can be active links, making it
easy for our readers to click and purchase those books right away.
It's
easy enough to learn about
eBook publishing, I promised her, and I'd handle her
eBook's editing, and the conversion
of her Word or PDF
file to Kindle's mobi format (and to Barnes and Noble's Nook format, too, if she were interested in even wider
eBook distribution).
The notion is that in an
ebook — because you don't have the tactile setup
of pages that you would have in a physical book where you know where you are — in
ebooks you want to make it
easy for people to get to the parts
of a book, and having a table
of contents
file is the
easiest way to do that.
The nightmare is the slow - learned revelation that
ebooks are not necessarily
easy, despite the existence
of tools that claim to be able to produce them from other
file types at the push
of a button.
Update 2: Your Adam can view more content
easy if you copy
ebooks and other
files to the device memory instead
of the SD card.
The app, Vellum, is supposed to make the entire formatting and distributing process even
easier and more professional - looking, with real time live previews, then allow authors to distribute that same
file (re: the same work they did once) to all
of the
ebook retailers.
Our strict coding standards allow technologists and
ebook producers to use Standard
Ebooks files as reliable,
easy to read, and robust bases for their own work — not to mention as models
of what well - crafted
ebook files look like.
Nick Moran
of The Millions had interesting prospective, mentioning «The emissions and e-waste for e-Readers could be stretched even further if I went down the resource rabbit hole to factor in: electricity needed at the Amazon and Apple data centers; communication infrastructure needed to transmit digital
files across vast distances; the incessant need to recharge or replace the batteries
of eReaders; the resources needed to recycle a digital device (compared to how
easy it is to pulp or recycle a book); the packaging and physical mailing
of digital devices; the need to replace a device when it breaks (instead
of replacing a book when it's lost); the fact that every reader
of eBooks requires his or her own eReading device (whereas print books can be loaned out as needed from a library); the fact that most digital devices are manufactured abroad and therefore transported across oceans.
The format is open source and I created a full set
of intuitive, visual ePublishing tools to make it
easy to create HTML5
eBooks for the web and also traditional ePub
files.
Remarkably, the powerful XFlip flip magazine software not only has the robust function
of converting word to
eBook, but also help you to convert other source
files like PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel etc. to flip book, online magazines, digital catalog, and e-brochure with its
easy - to - use interface.
Hi Alice, My main reasons for doing it myself are: * You only pay 1 middleman i.e. Amazon — if you go through someone else you pay them as well as Amazon / other retailers * Ease
of updates and they are also free — some
of these
ebook publishers will charge you to update It's really
easy to do your own
files now, use Scrivener or another package.
In countries where the major retailers are present it is not hard to get
files up for sale there, but there are lots
of other stores and channels that are not
easy to get
eBooks up for sale in.
• Enhanced in - store seamless connectivity to enjoy free Wi - Fi, with More In Store content promotions exclusively for Nook owners • Improved opening
of eBooks and ePeriodicals • Improved response to Reading Now and Settings buttons • Current reading page and bookmarks on all
eBooks are properly saved when you power your Nook off • Eligible LendMe
eBooks in your library have LendMe flags •
Easier navigation
of daily subscriptions with issues rolled into one folder • Improved «back» button functionality for navigating
eBooks and ePeriodicals • Personal
files downloaded and displayed in My Documents can be sorted by author and title • Overall system improvements and battery optimization.
Why
ebooks are too dumb to be able to randomly access the contents
of a zip
file is beyond me, but then, so is using an
easy - to - use EPub compiler.
Henkel's Zen
of eBook Formatting (an expansion
of his 2010 blog series «Take Pride in your
eBook formatting») is an
easy - to - follow guide to converting a document
file to HTML and from there to various -LSB-...]
Without some form
of protection it is very
easy for people to copy and share
ebook files with others.
Hamster
eBook Converter Is a 100 % Free Download and
Easy Way to Move
eBooks Between Devices - allows you to convert
eBook files in proprietary formats for Sony, iRiver, Amazon, Kobo, and other
eBook readers into a version that can be read on any other reader, or on all
of them as a simple PDF or
file format they all understand.
It's going to be
easier and
easier to work with as most major software vendors make the jump to XML - based
files; case in point: Microsoft Word's new docx format is built on XML, and it's not very hard to convert XML to other formats — say, PDFs, or HTML, or an XML - based
ebook format
of your choice.