This being said, I'm just starting to look
into ebook tools but inDesign's output is less than stellar even though it's great for layout and design.
Not exact matches
This book not only includes the step - by - step instructions of turning your manuscript
into a book (either paperback or
eBook), but also provides screenshots for each step, with additional
tools, tips, and websites that will help you get your book published.
Over the last few years I have written four
ebooks which can serve as practical
tools to add character building
into a family's everyday routine.
Use the CircularFLO PDF
Tools panel to bring PDF pages
into InDesign for use in your CircularFLO
eBooks.
See «Web Code and Widgets
Tools» below for instructions on placing widgets
into your
ebook pages.
«We're developing new
tools based on EPUB and HTML5 open standards that will help teachers deeply integrate
eBooks into the curriculum and empower school librarians to make targeted collection - development decisions.»
New free
eBook converter technology speeds up time to market for self - published authors seeking to capitalize on growing e-reader usageRaleigh, NC, September 13, 2011 — Lulu.com, the leader in self - publishing, announced today the launch of the free Lulu EPUB Converter, a
tool allowing content creators to convert popular word processing formats, such as a Word document,
into sellable EPUBs, the most widely adopted format used by eReaders.
The list is broken up
into the Basics, Resources (Around the Web, Books, Community, Conferences,
Ebook Retailer Specs, Podcasts, Special Topic: Regular Expressions),
Tools (Creating EPUB, Creating Additional Formats, Unzipping and Zipping, Editing, Validation, Conversion: Kindle Format), and Quality Assurance.
«The
tools and resources that AMC Premium provides helped to move my book
into Amazon's Top 100 Free
eBooks during a recent promotion.
(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk
into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly
Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of
Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow au
Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging
ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow au
ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.
Tools like the Lulu EPUB Converter turn an author's document
into an
eBook
Tools like the Lulu EPUB Converter turn an author's document
into an
eBook that can be sold and read on most e-reader devices.
Lulu's print on demand (POD) solutions make publishing your own book quick and easy.Create a book in minutes, publish with the click of a mouse, distribute, sell and print books to order.It's that simple.Trying to make a photo book?Want to make your own calendar?Our easy - to - use online publishing
tool allows you to publish and print your own high - quality photo book or calendar in minutes.Want to convert your book
into an
eBook?We've got you covered with our easy to use
eBook publishing tools.With Lulu you can self publish and distribute your
eBook in EPUB format making it compatible with the Apple iPad, Sony Reader, and more.Not looking to make a book or print a book?Lulu has a great selection of books, photo books and
eBooks for you to buy.With our great prices and large selection, shopping for books at Lulu is an easy choice!
An infographic included in Hazard Owen's article illustrates how the trend is shifting over last year's numbers, as well as attributes the popularity of series like The Hunger Games and now potentially the release of the Harry Potter
ebooks as
tools that can help draw more teen readers
into ebook use.
These are then sent through more custom conversion
tools which then turn them
into high quality EPUB
ebooks that not only look great but work perfectly on any current EPUB eReader, this includes the Apple iPad and iPhone, Android eReader apps such as Bluefire, Kobo Reader, Sony Reader, B&N Nook and BeBook.
Once you've fixed the inconsistencies, you can confidently send your manuscript
into production — either by working with a typesetter, or using a free
tool such as the Reedsy Book Editor to export your
ebook.
In addition, depending on your
eBook - publishing
tool, you may even be able to track individual page views, links clicked, heat maps, and average time spent on each page to gain further insight
into specific topics or elements that engaged your audience.
But before you head straight to the CMO's office to tell her you need to create an
eBook, let's make sure you have the
tools to maximize its potential to help convert visitors
into leads and leads
into customers.
Grabmybooks — This Firefox Plugin is one of the premier
tools that allows you to surf the internet and convert text
into an
ebook form.
This
tool allows anyone (authors, bloggers, podcasters, or anyone else) to copy the URL for a book's product page, from any
eBook retailer (such as Amazon), paste it
into the
tool at Books2Read.com, and generate a single link that can send readers to everywhere a book is sold online.
It offers only crude, geeky
tools to process
ebooks into that format and hasn't updated its InDesign plug - in in some two years.
C.K. MacLeod presents Kindle Textbook Creator in 7 Steps posted at Tech
Tools for Writers, saying, «Amazon will now take a beautifully designed PDF and turn it
into an
ebook.
In Amazon's case, that rule meant that the company would need to find some way to add its 950,000
ebook titles
into Apple's in - app purchasing program — an impossible task given Apple's current developer
tools.
The EPUB Converter is a powerful
tool, and with great power comes great responsibility — so we've written an
eBook Creator Guide to help you format your Word DOC
into the best shape for conversion.
The flaw, which reappeared recently after being patched in October, allows hackers to embed programs right
into an
eBook file that run when the book is examined via Amazon's Kindle
tools.
Turning your book
into an
ebook is not complicated, and there are several great free
tools like Sigil and Calibre that make the process easy if you are willing to spend a little time and effort and do it yourself.
But Amazon, not surprisingly, wants in on the self - published textbook action, and on Thursday launched Kindle Textbook Creator, a beta
tool that lets users convert graphics - heavy PDFs
into ebooks.
ND: A unified
ebook standard embraced by all e-reader manufacturers, top - notch publishing
tools that embrace that standard, and a community that cares more about what we're saying to each other than the best ways to turn discourse
into a numbers game.
Tools for converting your Word files or InDesign files
into ebooks are proliferating faster than we can evaluate them.
Before going
into the details of using
eBooks as a
tool for indirect marketing, let's get a brief idea about indirect marketing.
The
tool would be built
into the
ebook reader application, tracking the phrases that are most commonly searched for and perhaps refining the results over time based on which entries get the most click - thru's.
KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) is Amazon's
tool to get your
ebook into the Amazon store and CreateSpace gets your paperback book
into the Amazon store.
Amazon's command - line
tool for developers to create MOBI files is called KindleGen, and it is also integrated
into many
eBook - making programs like Calibre.
I think the plan is that, since the ePub standard is basically a wrapper around XHTML, simply wait for HTML 5 to come out with its improved layout
tools and then incorporate that
into the next generation of
ebooks.
We are currently testing a giveaway
tool that would let authors do email list building by embedding a pop - up
into their website to give away short
eBooks.
We'll now get
into how to prepare your files in order to build a fixed layout (FXL)
ebook for Amazon using Kindle Kid's Book Creator
tool or manually.
Several folks have asked recently how I create mobi files (Kindle
ebooks) to upload to Amazon, so I thought I'd give you a glimpse
into one of my favorite
tools with a quick demonstration.
There's a new freeware
tool called Kepubify that can quickly and easily convert ePub
ebooks into Kobo ePubs.
At the same time, there are tons of
tools and programs at your disposal that you can tap
into to produce quality
ebooks.
Use our powerful self - publishing
tools to convert your internal or user generated content
into print - ready or
eBook formats and immediately improve your bottom line.
We like this
tool most for its ability to convert EPUB
ebook files
into MOBI
ebook files.
DRM on
ebooks gives Amazon a great
tool for locking
ebook customers
into the Kindle platform.
The OverDrive integration will allow for the checkout of
ebooks from within Millennium or Sierra without jumping to the OverDrive interface; the June rollout of Decision Center, the company's new data - driven collection management
tool that will compete with collectionHQ's product; a wave of hiring backed by the new investors, which has already increased the staff by 20 so far this year and will add another 40 by the end of the year (mostly in development and support), according to Massana, pushing the company past 400 employees; the creation of five «library relations managers» who serve as customer advocates at III; the complete integration of SkyRiver Technology Solutions
into III along with the termination of SkyRiver's suit against OCLC on March 4.
The digital rights management (DRM) system is a protection
tool that has been integrated
into all
ebooks.