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.
But, you're also going to want the beautifully formatted paper version by your computer, to underline and take notes on, as you research your self - publishing options and
explore various ebook formatting tools.
I will be covering the basic process of writing a novel, proofreading, copy editing, developmental editing, cover design, formatting for paperbacks and
the various ebook formats, ebook and paperback distribution and all sorts of good stuff I've learned about marketing — including how to use Amazon categories to increase your visibility, how to to build your mailing list, how to get reviews, how to use Facebook ads, running giveaways and contests, and much more.
One of the main concerns is to phase librarians out of the process with
the various ebook formats.
I don't want to get to the end of the book then find out I have to go back and put all those lines and spaces in manually, nor do I want to put them in manually at this stage only to find out that it messes with
the various ebook formats.
Perhaps the most daunting task to an indie author is the all - important conversion to
the various ebook formats that are required to accommodate the variety of e-reader devices.
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.
Here you find the modules that actually turn our source HTML file into
the various eBook formats.
So, for now, I'm using workarounds (such as ebook publishers who output content to
various ebook formats) to create book promotion opportunities.
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.
A good ebook formatter will typically charge a few hundred dollars or less to convert a manuscript into
various ebook formats.
Above is a link to a free PDF about how to publish your book for free in print, downloadable PDF, ePUB on iBooks and NookBooks, Kindle book, and
various ebook formats.
Even the best book formatter is going to want at least a couple dollars a page to take your Word document, strip out all the formatting and format your book in InDesign so it can be printed and uploaded in
the various ebook formats.
Before we talk about
the various ebook formats in proper, it'll be good to talk a little about XML, and why it's so popular as an underlying language.