A good ebook formatter will typically charge a few hundred dollars or less to convert a manuscript
into various ebook formats.
It might be best for you to think about your potential clients before releasing your materials
into various eBook formats because each one has its own limitation.
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.
Here you find the modules that actually turn our source HTML file
into the various eBook formats.
-LSB-...] Formatting — While services like Smashwords will automatically convert a Word document
into various ebook formats, they don't create a particularly stunning looking product.
Not exact matches
Virtually all books that are out of copyright are already available for free across the internet at
various sites in most
formats and you can use several apps to convert them
into the Kindle
ebook format.I can not support any attempt by Amazon to start charging for books that are already free.I do support the concept of a subscription based
ebook service however and encourage all publishers to enter
into such an agreement as quickly as possible before they become completely irrelevant.
If you're prepared to do the work yourself, you'll need to know a little bit about basic HTML and CSS, so that you can turn your manuscript
into the source file you'll need to convert to
various ebook formats.
Conversion is the step when authors convert word - processed files
into e-book-friendly
formats for the
various ebook platforms, like the Amazon Kindle and B&N Nook.
Ebooks By Design have converted
various titles
into multiple -
format digital editions for us (Starwalker Press), ranging from big and hideously complex books, with diagrams, illustrations, indexes and tables, to smaller and more simple ones with mostly text.
It is important to note that Calibre can be used to manage
ebooks that are wrapped in
various forms of DRM, but it can not be used to open / view protected
ebooks or convert them
into other
formats.
As soon as I'm finished with both the
ebook and print
formatting, I can load them
into the
various distribution channels, and then I get to have some fun with the vendors.