And then I met experts at ePublishingeXperts — and not only was they far ahead of everyone else in their understanding
of eBook conversion and formats, they were a pleasure to work with.
Depending on the length
of the ebook conversion queue, it usually takes about five minutes from the time you upload your book until it appears for sale on the Smashwords home page.
Established in 2010, we have successfully completed thousands
of eBook conversion projects for authors and publishers from around the world.
I've written here about
some of the eBook conversion software Averill mentioned in her question.
We take eBook quality seriously and do each of these steps for
all of our eBook conversion projects.
I actually created a script to do the heavy lifting
of ebook conversion for me, and then was finagling it by hand.
We do
all of the eBook conversion process manually, and do not use automated programs except where necessary, such as the final MOBI file for Amazon.
For now, it's the only listing
of ebook conversion services that I know of on the internet.
And to get the best results the professional help
of an eBook conversion service is required to achieve a good end product.
And if you should decide that the task
of ebook conversion is beyond you, please contact Sleeping Cat Books and we'll help.
I had spent the time to take care
of my ebook conversion to the Kindle format before starting this process.
Today he addresses the current state
of ebook conversion with popular tools for designers.
Here at EBooks by Design we provide a full range
of eBook conversion services.
One
of our eBook conversion clients wanted to place a collection of images before the table of contents which would have pushed the contents page, and first chapter information, beyond the 10 % mark.
Alpha eBook is spealised in various formats
of eBook conversion like ePub Conversion, Mobi Conversion, Kindle Conversion.
With team of experts and trained professionals in the field
of ebook conversion services, we behold the art of project management and time estimation.
The world
of ebook conversion is mysterious to most of us.
With a crack team
of ebook conversion specialists, we provide ebook conversion and distribution services for any author looking to create the perfect ebook for any reader.
It is for this reason, Publisher Services provides both ePub and Mobi files are part
of our ebook conversion services.
Hi there I am assuming that Vellum create an ePub 3 version of the book as it's iPad friendly fortunately I use a Mac and have been doing a lot
of my ebook conversion using InDesign followed by changing code to make it look pretty... however all this takes considerable time I haven't created one yet but before I go the whole hog and purchase I really need to know if it created the latest ePub i.e 3 etc and create perfect code so I don't keep having to mess with it after validating which takes sometimes hours to do.
The cost
of your eBook conversion is determined by the complexity of the book you need converted.
There are two different types
of eBook conversion available — «CircularFLO Instant» and «CircularFLO Pro».
Not exact matches
Sarah Rickerd is the owner
of Content Conquered, a content creation agency dedicated to producing high - value,
conversions - driving blog posts, case studies,
ebooks and more.
Over the past 20 years, he has published hundreds
of articles, white papers,
eBooks, and blog posts and presented on dozens
of webinars on a wide range
of marketing topics, including B2B marketing, marketing automation,
conversion optimization, and search marketing.
Within the first three months
of its new site launch, Oren International saw a 69 percent
conversion rate for its
eBook, which targeted restaurants, and an 86 percent
conversion rate on an
eBook about the environment.
The credibility
of this
ebook produced in combination with industry experts resulted in exceeding the
conversion rate goal by 260 %.
This
eBook outlines why you need to convert now, additional benefits to
conversion, why you should consider including mobile - friendly redesign as part
of your
conversion, and Allen Communication's easy Flash to HTML5 course
conversion solution.
What, other than
conversion, is the publisher doing for the author regarding the
ebook that justifies them taking such a huge chunk
of the royalties?
Partly this is due to lots
of people using automatic
conversion services, and partly that it takes quite a bit
of hand work to create a good - looking
ebook that's got a lot
of formatting in it.
t want to leave it to an amateur or a company whose idea
of proper a
eBook conversion is using automated programs to produce substandard files.
Vook's latest pricing compares favourably with automated self - publishing services like BookBaby (US149 - $ 249 per title plus $ 19 per title for distribution), and with outsourced
ebook conversion services, though the latter is a better option if you need to work from hard copies or print - ready PDFs, neither
of which is supported by Vook.
The new partnership with INscribe Digital — a digital publishing services provider
of global
eBook distribution, content
conversion and marketing services to the publishing community — will help the 3M Cloud Library system dramatically expand its offerings with emerging publishers.
I'll also talk briefly about the possibility
of using one
of these tools for
conversion to the ePub
ebook file, and then a text editor or web - design app to do any post-
conversion editing.
She now does all my technical
ebook conversions, proofing, helps me manage marketing through social media and assists with all
of the other many tasks involved in self publishing.
That
conversion ability made Calibre a very handy for
ebook designers as well, and so an ePub - editing utility was added a couple
of years back.
And they also have to be willing to invest money in a good editor,
ebook conversion service, and cover design, all
of which combined can run in the area
of $ 1,500.
Our
ebook conversion service includes delivery
of final Kindle (mobi) and ePub files, complete with your embedded cover art, and a full table
of contents.
We offer a variety
of services including:
eBook conversions (ePub and MOBI), print - on - demand, distribution (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, OverDrive, etc.) cover designs, marketing assistance, and even website and app development.
When it comes to preparing your manuscript for
conversion to one
of the
eBook formats, we have put together lots
of hints and tips over on our
eBook Publishing advice page.
Above is a video explaining the basics
of ebook publishing, formatting and
conversion.
AuthorImprints Services:
eBook conversion, distribution, marketing on Amazon consulting About the book: Living Wisdom
of the Far North: Tales and Legends from Chukotka and Alaska compiles several traditional oral stories
of the aboriginal peoples
of the Russian and North American Far North and includes two new literary stories created in the spirit
of those traditions.
This is the next in my on - going series
of post on
ebook creation; it focusses, obviously, on
ebook conversion online.
Three (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Rakuten / Kobo) have online
conversion tools; Apple and Google only allow you to upload completed
ebooks (ePub files), so they're not going to be part
of this discussion.
IBPA members receive a 10 % discount on all
of BookBaby's
eBook and Printed Book services, including editing, design,
conversion, POD and much more.
Nonetheless, all three offer many advantages aside from
ebook conversion online (the subject
of this post), and so I do recommend that you check them out!
To be honest, some
of them provide a better
conversion experience, and will give you a final
ebook — perhaps in multiple formats — that you can use.
It's easy enough to learn about
eBook publishing, I promised her, and I'd handle her
eBook's editing, and the
conversion of her Word or PDF file to Kindle's mobi format (and to Barnes and Noble's Nook format, too, if she were interested in even wider
eBook distribution).
BookBaby offers a full array
of publishing services including editing,
eBook conversion, cover design, book printing, formatting, Print On Demand, and marketing solutions.
Draft2Digital has always offered MOBI formatting as part
of our free
eBook conversion tool, and our
conversion produces one
of the cleanest and most problem - free MOBI files around!
A versatilely - skilled author - publisher can do many
of those tasks on her own (I actually like doing print layout and
ebook conversions, though apparently I'm in the minority, and I have a lot
of website background) but will still need to pay for tools, such as layout or graphics software, graphics resources and typefaces, web hosting, etc..