Not exact matches
Until recently, Smashwords required you to upload a Word doc version of your manuscript which their Meatgrinder software then converted
into all the various
formats — HTML, mobi (Kindle), ePub, PDF, RTF, LRF (Sony), PDB (Palm), and
plain text.
Let's face it, but when even the
plainest of
plain text eBooks is created, 99 % of the work of re-creating it
into another
format is already done, all YOU have to do is change 1 % and you can have it any other way you want it.
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).
Okay, so I have published on the Kindle just basically but I wondered since your first site is Kindle
formatting and you do have a book there on the topic, maybe you could just briefly outline the steps someone would need to do to convert like just a
plain text novel
into a Kindle book?
Although these programs rely on synthesized voices of varying quality, they're a great way to convert your local ebooks or even
plain -
text files
into a
format you can listen to while you're commuting or running errands.
Encryption is the conversion of data
into an unreadable
format known as ciphertext that requires the use of a secret password or key that enables the ciphertext to be decoded or converted back
into readable
plain text.
For more on how to put your resume
into plain text or ASCII
format click here.
Our resumes are ATS compliant with respect to keywords; however, should a client wish to have an ASC II (
plain text format) resume for easy copying and pasting
into an online form, it is recommended that you upgrade to our ultimate career package.
A
plain text (ASCII) version of your resume is necessary to communicate with the wide variety of computers tied
into the internet; this
format is one that every computer understands.
Before you send a
plain text version, though, take care to read the entire job posting you're responding to — some employers specifically want your resume in Microsoft Word
format, some want an attached
plain text document, and some want
plain text pasted
into the body of an email or message.
The
formatting on these won't translate
into plain text, so you'll need to manually
format each bullet - pointed list, and replace each bullet point with a similar symbol.
Also, a
plain text format is free of viruses when pasted directly
into an email (not sent as an attachment)... something that many smaller businesses prefer.
After this, all that's left is to check through your
plain text document a final time, looking for any oddball
formatting problems like improper line breaks, scrambled
text, columns that got turned
into paragraphs and so on.
Chances are (especially if you're applying to a larger corporation) that your beautifully
formatted non-ASCII resume will be converted
into a
plain text file so that it can be scanned more easily by the recipient's computer system.
A
plain -
text resume contains no
formatting other than line breaks and is ready to copy and paste
into email message body windows, online forms, and
text fields.