Sentences with phrase «for meatgrinder»

I just have to do some reformatting first to get it ready for the Meatgrinder, which actually didn't seem to be as big a hassle as some have said it would.

Not exact matches

Once you've done that, you can throw your manuscript through their MeatGrinder system, and it spits out a bunch of different formats for your book.

Upload a Word document to Kindle Direct Publishing, CreateSpace or the affectionately known «meatgrinder» at Smashwords and hope for the best.

Furthermore, when introducing each type of formatting, there is no explanation about the reasons / bases for ebooks» formatting issues or the assistance offered, via Smashwords vs. Amazon, for example, or about difficulties of passing through Smashwords ««meatgrinder» successfully and what that success generates in benefits; no mention is made of that nor that Digital2Digital does not use such gate - keeping, for example.

Not only does SW automatically push your manuscript out in all the various major publication styles, the Word document, when formatted for «Meatgrinder» is at least 97 % ready for Amazon and B&N (most just a question of dropping the cover from page one).

I agree that formatting a book yourself (or having someone do it for you) will usually result in a prettier book than Smashwords» meatgrinder, even for novels with no fancy stuff.

I formatted in Word, and Smashwords has a great walk - through guide in how to format for their «meatgrinder» e-book creater.

Can you or someone tell me how to put links in an ebook when I'm using Mobipocket Creator for Amazon and Smashwords's meatgrinder for everywhere else?

I can't vouch for their quality; most likely they use an automatic «meatgrinder» type of ebook software and then (hopefully) someone gives it a quick proof to make sure it's clean.

As I wrote the other day, I've finally got to grips with how to format files for submitting to Smashwords» meatgrinder for conversion into the various ebook formats.

The biggest mark against Smashwords is their meatgrinder — it's necessary to submit a bare bones files or else the meatgrinder will convert it with myriad formatting problems, and the file won't be eligible for distribution.

With Scrollmotion being a leader in the mobile book app space with their Iceberg reader technology and polished children's book apps, I myself am curious if this partnership will bring about any future opportunities for Smashwords authors to have access to creating and publishing their books using the Iceberg Reader technology directly without going through the Smashwords meatgrinder process.

One author volunteered that they'd heard such horror stories of Meatgrinder from their publisher that they kept their books off of Smashwords for that reason.

doc does not allow embedded fonts, graphics are badly mangled, and internal hyperlinks (necessary for an index and / or footnotes) do not go through the Meatgrinder well at all.

For the longest time, Smashwords relied on a conversion program known as The Meatgrinder.

Their «meatgrinder» can automatically convert a properly formatted Microsoft Word document into a variety of different formats for distribution to Apple iBookstore, Barnes and Noble, Sony Reader Store, Kobo, the Diesel eBook Store, Baker & Taylor, and more.

Smashwords» meatgrinder conversion process sometimes has a few issues that can defy logic... or what passes for logic in my brain, anyway.

If you construct your book and Table of Contents correctly (see Step 20 in the Style Guide), then our Meatgrinder conversion system will automatically create the NCX for you.

I know Smashwords gets a lot of static for its «meatgrinder,» but as a reader, I LOVE the fact that I can just buy a book and directly download it to my PC or other device, in any format, with no need for a proprietary app, no DRM, no hassles.

In most cases, even if you have improper line spacing defined, Meatgrinder will auto - correct it for you.

Meatgrinder also produces an NCX file (advanced navigation, like a Table of Contents) for EPUBs.

Review by: Seraphim Press on June 09, 2013: (no rating) You may curse and stomp and rip out your hair at all the tedious little steps it takes to pre-format your document to upload to meatgrinder, but Mark Coker leads you step - by - step (with pictures) through the process and, even without meatgrinder, you'd be paying some ebook formatter big bucks to make these changes FOR you so you might as well learn now and avoid those bugaboos in the future.

Over the last six going on seven years, Smashwords introduced our free ebook printing press, Meatgrinder, which made it possible for any writer anywhere to publish an ebook in minutes; we opened distribution for the first time to major retailers and library partners that were previously inaccessible to self - published authors; we developed sophisticated yet easy - to - use publishing tools that help writers and small indie presses publish with pride and professionalism; we worked to actively educate our authors and publishers how to leverage best practices to publish with greater success; and we've been fierce (but friendly!)

If you can survive their meatgrinder, they'll do a lot of the other work for you.

In 2015, our authors and publishers can expect to see continuous improvements across every part of our business, including: New distribution and merchandising tools that make your books more discoverable and desirable by readers New price management tools that give our authors and publishers more granular control over pricing in multiple currencies and territories New retailer additions to the Smashwords distribution network serving retailers and libraries Improved, more intuitive sales reporting An upgraded Meatgrinder to improve the ease and capabilities of our flagship ebook conversion tool Improved search for the Smashwords retail store... and some fun surprises that will set the stage for even greater things to come.