I'm sure some of you are much better at this (positioning) than I am — so you could do what you're already doing,
just in ebook format.
I have some books in print versions, and
some just in ebook format.
Not exact matches
You will not miss out on a potential sale
just because a reader would like a particular
format, simply activate all three
formats by clicking «Paperback, Hardcover and
eBook»
in the first step of the publishing process.
You finished your newest book and the first printed copy
just arrived
in the mail, and now it's time to
format your awesome cover to fit all the
ebook marketplaces.
Just wanted to clarify that all Cybooks * are compatible * with Adobe DRM, including the Cybook Muse FrontLight, and you can read
ebooks from any online bookstore (
in any language) as long as they are
in epub
format, all you need to do is download them to your computer, then transfer them to your Cybook via usb.
I don't have a particular dog
in the print - vs -
eBook fight; I like print books and haven't yet felt the need to buy an eReader, but I see the appeal of
eBooks and am generally
just glad that people are reading, no matter the
format.
That doesn't mean you're unable to create an
ebook in these cases, though — if you can provide your book's text
in a single - column
format, converting it to an
ebook shouldn't be a problem; it
just won't look exactly like your print book.
(I
just checked the top ten fiction bestsellers on Amazon from the last New York Timesbestseller list and indeed all are priced at $ 9.99
in eBook format, with the exception of the one title noted by the WSJas not available as an
eBook.)
You can get
just about any
format you want for your device of choice at All Romance
eBooks, though, and for the remainder of today they're offering a 50 % rebate on everything
in their store — that means you can get Unlocked for effectively 50 cents.
You can read books
in epub
format using
just about any dedicated
ebook reader, on most smartphones and tablets, and even on desktop or laptop computers.
Since
ebooks are
just web pages
in a given
formatted package, you really don't need any expensive software at all.
What is also true is that the
eBook formats are
just as varied, and not often
in synch with each other.
ATM looking into device recognition to put into the CSS... It's possible to recognize a Kindle Fire, maybe iBooks too (after all it's
just a software), but I'm afraid that I wont be able to code all the necessary differences
in there, so I'll end with a minimum of 3
ebook formats.
Yesterday I had that experience when I read an article contending that proprietary
eBook formats are good rather than bad, and that while «someday» we may have a truly interoperable
eBook format, for now we should
just sit back and appreciate proprietary
formats in this area.
Finally, a lot of readers are still reading
ebooks in PDF file
format, because they
just don't care about the benefits of reflowable text (EPUB + KF8,
formats they've never heard of).
Just download the PG Mobile version of any
eBook and read it on your phone: All Project Gutenberg mobile
eBooks will soon be available for download as an additional file
format in the download section of each Gutenberg title on Gutenberg.org.
Despite the perceived limitations of
eBooks as a delivery
format for poetry, the low price points available to the DIY publishing poets could open wider markets that
just aren't there
in print.
Even allowing for the effects of Border's, across all three
formats —
ebooks, hardcover print, and paperback print — children's and YA books
just seemed to have had a far better year for sales
in 2012.
Unlike say the Amazon Kindle, you are not limited to
just the Barnes and Noble store, but you can do business with any company that produces
ebooks in the EPUB
Format.
«
eBooks and eReaders have become very popular since the release of the Kindle
in late 2007, but
just like any medium, the creation of digital
format opens them up to digital theft and copyright infringement.
It also allows you to upload your own
eBooks in EPUB or PDF
format directly to your library and use the app
just to read your content.
eBooks suffered the same initial criticism that happens whenever a new movie
format is launched: do I have to buy all of my favorite books over again,
just to enjoy them
in digital?
Looking back at my cards, it's not immediately obvious that this is a book... you might want to say «A Novel» or «Available
in Paperback and
Ebook formats»
just to make it clear.
pdf or some other
format it's
just fine to offer them
in any
ebook store there is.
Noting «a spike
in the ownership of both tablet computers and
ebook reading devices»
in the holidays, Pew's people get at a broader implication of
just how fast digital - content consumption is growing by combining survey respondents who say they read books, news, and / or periodicals
in digital
formats of one - kind or another:
There really are many ways to
format a book, I
just like SIGIL as it is the easiest for the non-technical person and provides all the elements you want
in your
ebook a lot easier than coding yourself by hand.
This is a new program that was
just rolled out today, so it remains to be seen if Overstock will post any deals of the day
in ebook format in the future.
HOWEVER — if you check out
ebooks from the librare *
in Kindle
format * [which requires you to go through the Amazon website]-- not ePub,
just Kindle — those privacy laws may no longer protect you.)
Of course, there are many more
eBook readers out there, and manybooks.net strives to provide
eBooks in as many
formats as possible — we've got a brief introduction to the variety of
eBook devices available, as well as an exposition on the
formats available on this site,
just in case you'd like something a little different.
Make sure your
eBook is available
in multiple
formats — Don't fall
in to the
eBook publishing rut of making your title available on
just one device or at one retailer.
With both Amazon and Apple choosing to release
eBook production tools for
formats different from ePUB 3.o, the support of ePUB 3.o by
just about everyone else
in the
eBook market gives the new specification the foundation it needs to ensure that publishers will devote resources to its creation.
If they click «Look Inside» and see ugly
formatting, even if the
ebook cover and print cover look good, they may not buy,
in which case, it's better not to have any print book and
just go with the
ebook.
They also sell your
ebooks on their own online store and make your
ebook available for sale
in just about every
format that exists and to top it off they do all of that for free!
With the recent publishing of my new book
in both print and Kindle
formats I had to go through several extra steps one doesn't normally go through when publishing
just print or
just eBook books.
It makes sense that there is a different ISBN for hardback and paperback, and each of these from an
ebook, but if the conversion between two
ebook formats is
just a software conversion process, does it make sense that an
ebook in the two
ebook formats needs a different ISBN for each
format?
I am
in the UK working for a school text book publisher and we have
just started looking at the possibility of converting some of our text books into
ebook format.
I
just came across your 2009 article when I was looking for advice on how to prepare a manuscript for «generic» publishing
in both
ebook and paperback
formats — 6 × 9, black and white throughout except for a color cover.
If you don't have images or fancy
formatting in your chapter headers (
just text and links), then Lucinda can
format your
ebook for $ 20 (for 20k) to $ 30 (for 99k).
Just one correction, though, even when written
in MS Word, my tutorial explains how to convert a document into a proper
eBook format.
The point is that we need
eBooks in all usable
formats or we end up with
just one brand Reader that stifles innovation.
If you have an unedited manuscript, BB
eBooks can help get it
formatted at a discount so you can use that
eBook to upload to get the preorder...
just in case it gets shipped by the retailer accidentally.
If you're an indie author, maybe you didn't realize that you're leaving a pile of money on the virtual table by
just selling your book
in ebook and maybe print
format.
Witness this amazing statistic,
just provided by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to Wired magazine: Of books available on Amazon
in both paper and Kindle
ebook formats, 48 % now choose the Kindle
format.
All books are available
in the widely compatible ePUB
format, so can also be used with many other
eBook readers, not
just Sony's own.
Sales have dropped, bookstores are thriving on print sales and
ebooks, once expected to dominate the market
in 2015, have settled down to being
just another
format, representing about 20 % of the market.
Actually, right now I am
just breathing deep - I have
just published my first children story
in ebook format.
This is
just one of the frustrations authors and formatters are up against
in the
ebook formatting world.
I
just learned it all
in a week thanks to Guido Henkel and J Thorn, two gentlemen who have created fine fine guides to
formatting ebooks.
While there are of course legitimate academic reasons to study the text and regular folks may
just be plain curious about the book, reading Mein Kampf isn't exactly the sort of thing people will want to do on the commute to work - which could be exactly why it's proving so popular
in ebook format.
This presentation will focus on the
formatting options available
in ePub, how open standards like CSS are implemented
in the real world, and identify those features of
ebooks which can be controlled — and those that are
just part of the new publishing reality.