Not exact matches
But
for an easy explanation to your readers and
for the self - publishing community, there are essentially two
major eBook formats:
Ebooks come in a number of flavors, but
for the purposes of this discussion I'm going to stick with the most common and most malleable
format of
ebook, the ePub file that is the basis of all of the
major retailers»
ebook offerings.
The landscape is ripe
for someone to run in there and develop a multipurpose e-reader that runs Android or Linux and allows you to load in your own content and supports all the
major ebook formats such as EPUB, MOBI and PDF.
Authors, writers, publishers of
eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their
eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an
eBook in one or multiple
formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their
eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on
major eBook retailers - we convert
eBooks to the ePub and mobi
format for free - we distribute to the leading
eBook - shops all over the world
for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on
eBooks
As
eBook aggregator, XinXii converts
eBooks to the ePub and mobi
format and distributes to
major eBook retailers all over the world (Amazon, iBookstore, Casa del Libro, Kobo...)-
for free.
With these templates, we do hope that time and effort can be cut short in the laborious and monotonous
formatting part of the
ebook, and a
major part of it can be spent more productively on the content
for future readers.
While I'm very excited about the opportunity to use iBooks Author as a single tool to create fixed -
format ebooks for the three
major retailers that accept them (Apple, Kobo, and Amazon), I'm less sanguine about using the app to create reflowable
ebooks — unless I'm creating a separate version
for use on B&N, Smashwords, and the rest.
Hopefully, the absence of some
major authors from
eBook stores will be temporary — but in the meantime, you could be forgiven
for thinking that publishers really do want to hand all the cards to Amazon — they're the cheapest and,
for whatever reason, they are now the ones with the biggest range of books, some of which UK readers can not, right now, buy electronically in a
format compatible with their own devices.
While you * can * make minor changes in
ebook formatting with Kindle, it is a
major effort to customize things that Kobo users take
for granted.
Her title can be found on all
major ebook distribution platforms
for readers who wish to purchase the book and download it directly to their devices, but Banks is making free copies available in PDF
format for anyone who leaves a working email address in the comments section below.
McGuire is the founder of the Pressbooks platform, an open source content management system and book formatter that outputs designed books in all
major publishing
formats: PDF (
for print and digital distribution), EPUB and MOBI
ebook formats, as well as a fully native Web version of each book.
Voyager's
eBook format for Japanese has been used by most of the
major and small to mid-size publishing companies in Japan including Kodansha, Shinchosha, Kadokawa, Gentosha, Chukuma, to name a few.
At a glance you can see: Main
Ebook Formats Major Ebook Stores
Ebook Royalties Chart
for Each Store
Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart
Ebook Revenue Growth Chart eReaders & -LSB-...]
Mike Edwards, CEO of Borders, Inc. said that by using the program, «authors can quickly and easily load,
format and publish content, which will then be available
for sale within a few days on Borders.com and other
major eBook outlets.
It is quickly becoming the tool of choice
for major publishers such as Hachette because of the ability to export
ebooks in both Kindle
Format 8 and EPUB3.
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) today announced the completion of a
major revision to EPUB, the global standard interchange and delivery
format for eBooks and other digital publications.
I do agree with your jab at DRM being a scam (somewhat), but the fact that it doesn't support any DRM
format does make it less of an ereader if you can't buy
ebooks for the thing from 95 % of
ebook stores — no bestsellers, no popular new releases, no
major publishers or authors.
What makes this new feature significant is that ePUB is a
format optimized
for display using all the
major eBook reader devices or apps (Kindle, Apple iBooks, Google Books, Nook, etc.).
Step - by - Step Instructions
for Converting Your Own Manuscripts into each of the
Major Ebook Formats, including MOBI (
for Kindle) and EPUB.
Although the Noble Dead Saga is widely available in
ebook format for all
major devices and apps, it is not so
for our Tales from the world of the Noble Dead Saga.
It's hard to imagine that five years ago after the threat of
ebooks sent publishers into a panic and had experts declaring the death of the print industry that audiobooks would become a
major focus
for Amazon, let alone a $ 2 - billion (U.S.) per year business and the fastest growing book
format, often outselling both print and digital editions.
Alas, despite my affection
for PDF, it is just one of many
formats (and perhaps the least important of the three
major formats) that
eBooks are produced in.
I have updated my
Ebook Publishing Quick Reference Card (PDF) over at PublishYourOwnEbooks.com This is an excellent resource for indie authors and ebook publishers who would like to be able to see at a glance: The Main Ebook Formats The Major Ebook Stores Ebook Royalties Chart for Each Store Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6 major aggregators) Ebook Revenue Cha
Ebook Publishing Quick Reference Card (PDF) over at PublishYourOwnEbooks.com This is an excellent resource
for indie authors and
ebook publishers who would like to be able to see at a glance: The Main Ebook Formats The Major Ebook Stores Ebook Royalties Chart for Each Store Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6 major aggregators) Ebook Revenue Cha
ebook publishers who would like to be able to see at a glance: The Main
Ebook Formats The Major Ebook Stores Ebook Royalties Chart for Each Store Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6 major aggregators) Ebook Revenue Cha
Ebook Formats The
Major Ebook Stores Ebook Royalties Chart for Each Store Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6 major aggregators) Ebook Revenue Cha
Major Ebook Stores Ebook Royalties Chart for Each Store Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6 major aggregators) Ebook Revenue Cha
Ebook Stores
Ebook Royalties Chart for Each Store Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6 major aggregators) Ebook Revenue Cha
Ebook Royalties Chart
for Each Store
Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6 major aggregators) Ebook Revenue Cha
Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6
major aggregators) Ebook Revenue Cha
major aggregators)
Ebook Revenue Cha
Ebook Revenue Chart...
I have just completed an
eBook formatting project
for a
major New York Times best selling author that I think looks like a million bucks.
Most
major ebook retailers and distributors accept a Word document and automatically convert it to the appropriate
format, but you still must go through an «unformatting» process
for best results.
Calibre can be used as an
ebook viewer
for all
major DRM - free
ebook formats, and it can convert from many file types, including CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, TCR, TXT.
While there is a growing amount of support among the
majors retailers and their reading systems
for fixed layout
eBook formats, the functionality, usability, and overall user experience these files offer are generally very poor.
Jason Boog at GalleyCat has collected links to the publishing and marketing guidelines
for most of the
major self - publishing outlets in his post «Free
eBook Formatting & Marketing Guides
for Writers.»