Having never published a book before, and possessing fairly limited
knowledge of ebook formats, I was primarily focused on PDF as the final product.
Not exact matches
But if any element
of the resulting
ebook doesn't look how you want or if you want fancier
formatting (images, font or style treatment, etc.), a
knowledge of coding or hiring a formatter would be better.
NOTE: I
format ebooks using a professional program and
knowledge of HTML.
However, once you comprehend the principles
of the EPUB
format, you will have a very high
knowledge base for designing
eBooks.
Many new authors do not realize that proper book
formatting requires
knowledge of specific softwares that can generate a file
format that is accepted by the
ebook retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, iTunes and more.
However, you are required to have sound
knowledge of HTML to
format your
eBook by yourself perfectly.
If one has a basic
knowledge of HTML and stylesheets it is easy to create a well
formatted ebook.