There's an even simpler solution, especially if you want to bypass
the ebook conversion process and upload your Word file directly to KDP.
My original Kindle job had me creating and managing
the ebook conversion process — the messy method by which print books are turned into digital ones.
News The Revolution Will Be Digitized A look at
the ebook conversion process of one of America's most trailblazing authors.
Back here in the office, we've got a small project coming up where we will get a chance to try out a couple of variants on
the ebook conversion processes for ourselves.
What value can an ebook conversion specialist add to
the ebook conversion process that an automated conversion tool can't provide?
Once we decided to go ahead, we immediately started preparing our InDesign file for
the ebook conversion process.
If you've already gone through
the ebook conversion process — doing the work yourself, or hiring an outside service provider, I invite you to share your experiences, below, as comments.
This is a little more involved, and it might add some cost or time to
the eBook conversion process, but consider adding a note in your eBook inviting people to write a review, and link to the review page for your book.
If you want to create a polished, professional ebook that is of the standard of a traditionally printed book, then copy - editing is an essential part of
the eBook conversion process.
In my previous column, Understanding Content Conversion: Unfortunately, There's No «Easy» Button, I examined the various areas that trip up
the eBook conversion process — special characters, tables, hyphenations, and so on.
If a print book includes footnotes, those are changed to endnotes during
the eBook conversion process.
We do all of
the eBook conversion process manually, and do not use automated programs except where necessary, such as the final MOBI file for Amazon.