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Guest Post: Best File Type for Publishing Your Book

Monday, May 24, 2021 by Sabrina Ricci

By Dave Chesson Different bookstores require different file types in order to submit your book to them. Furthermore, many allow for multiple different file types for either ebook or book submissions. So, when there are different options, this leaves many authors wondering which is the best file type they should format their book for and submit. Luckily, this article … [Read more...] about Guest Post: Best File Type for Publishing Your Book

4 Big Reasons to Create Your Own Ebooks

Monday, October 29, 2018 by Sabrina Ricci

The title says it all! Ebooks are getting easier to create, and if, as an indie author, you're up for learning a new skill, then I highly recommend you try it out. See my slides below for more details: 4 Big Reasons to Create Your Own E-Books from Sabrina Ricci … [Read more...] about 4 Big Reasons to Create Your Own Ebooks

Ebook Formatting Options for Indie Authors

Thursday, November 23, 2017 by Sabrina Ricci

By Per Palmkvist Knudsen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

For indie authors, one great way to save money when it comes to publishing your books is to learn how to make your own ebooks. Personally, when it comes to creating ebooks, I recommend using Sigil, and I teach an online course on Udemy on how to use Sigil and other free tools to create your own beautiful ebooks. But there are a myriad of other options. Below are some … [Read more...] about Ebook Formatting Options for Indie Authors

Guest Post: One Author’s Experience Creating Children’s Read Aloud Ebooks

Thursday, April 13, 2017 by Sabrina Ricci

By David Hoobler David Hoobler is both the author and illustrator of the Zonk the Dreaming Tortoise series. In the post below he shares his experience creating read aloud ebook versions of his children's books. Recording studios and mixing boards meant nothing to me a year ago. To me these are the realm of Rock and Rollers and Super Stars. That was then, before I decided to … [Read more...] about Guest Post: One Author’s Experience Creating Children’s Read Aloud Ebooks

Tools and Resources for Creating Ebooks

Monday, February 27, 2017 by Sabrina Ricci

By Kullman (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Ebooks are great. You can carry around as many with you as you'd like at one time, and you can easily share what you're reading with friends. Ebooks are also the easiest way for indie authors to sell their work. For authors who are interested in making their own books, here's a list of resources: Ebook Creation Tools "Book Creator now lets you create your own ebooks from … [Read more...] about Tools and Resources for Creating Ebooks

Ebook Creation: Fixed Format vs. Reflowable Ebooks

Friday, November 27, 2015 by Sabrina Ricci

I've been working on the second book in my How to Create Ebooks series, which will be focused on making fixed format ebooks. Fixed format ebooks work particularly well for children's picture books, though there are number of other useful ways to use the format. I came across a video on Lynda.com (full disclosure, I am an affiliate) recently that does a great job showing the … [Read more...] about Ebook Creation: Fixed Format vs. Reflowable Ebooks

A Look at Interactive Ebooks

Monday, April 6, 2015 by Sabrina Ricci

Interactive, multimedia ebooks are starting to gain some traction. In addition to embedding audio and video, some ebook creators are experimenting with game elements, using GPS, and adding activities. A year ago, Digital Book World discussed why enhanced ebooks were not taking off yet. According to Peter Costanzo, "The main problem is that the market as it currently exists … [Read more...] about A Look at Interactive Ebooks

How to Create a Basic Ebook in 10 Steps

Monday, October 6, 2014 by Sabrina Ricci

After my short series on how to create a fixed format ebook, I thought I'd revisit the basic steps on how to create a regular ebook. This is for novels, or books with mostly text. There are 10 steps to creating an ebook, and if you find this useful, you might like to try out my online course, which has a number of videos that demonstrate the steps. 1. Download and install … [Read more...] about How to Create a Basic Ebook in 10 Steps

How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 6): KF8 Magnify Text

Monday, September 29, 2014 by Sabrina Ricci

In this series, I have covered how to setup a fixed format ebook, how to add images, how to place text, how to embed fonts, and how to implement the read aloud function. In this post I'll go over how code for KF8, so that hot spots (where you touch the page) can magnify text. This only works for Kindle ebooks, so you will have to create/copy your current epub file and make a … [Read more...] about How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 6): KF8 Magnify Text

How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 5): Read Aloud Code

Monday, September 15, 2014 by Sabrina Ricci

In this series, I have covered how to setup a fixed format ebook, how to add images, how to place text, and how to embed fonts. In this post I'll go over how add read aloud functionality to your children's story. I recommend this only for fixed format children's ebooks, because it can be tedious adding all the extra code (and children's books are nice and short). Instead of … [Read more...] about How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 5): Read Aloud Code

How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 4): Embedding Fonts

Monday, September 8, 2014 by Sabrina Ricci

So far in this series, I have covered how to setup a fixed format ebook, how to add images, and how to place text. In this post I'll go over how to embed fonts, to make your ebook even more unique. You can use this trick for both fixed format ebooks and reflowable ebooks. The first thing I want to mention is that you can embed any font you like in your book, so long as you … [Read more...] about How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 4): Embedding Fonts

How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 3): Placing Text

Monday, September 1, 2014 by Sabrina Ricci

In the last two posts of this series, I covered how to set up a fixed format ebook and how to add images to a fixed format ebook. In this post I'll cover how to place text on specific parts of a fixed format ebook's "page," which includes placing text on top of the image. First, you'll want to open up your stylesheet (CSS) in Sigil, and add code for each page of your book. … [Read more...] about How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 3): Placing Text

How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 2): Adding Images

Monday, August 25, 2014 by Sabrina Ricci

In my last post on creating fixed format ebooks, I covered how to set up your files in Sigil so that ereaders and tablets know to treat your ebook like a fixed format ebook. This post I'll talk about how to treat images in picture ebooks. First, you'll want to make sure that your images are each 800 x 800 px wide. If you have a spread, make sure the width is 1600 px, and … [Read more...] about How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 2): Adding Images

How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 1): Setting Up Your Ebook

Monday, August 18, 2014 by Sabrina Ricci

I'm finally working on the second book in my "How to Ebook" series, and I've decided that this time around, before I ask for beta readers, I'm going to blog the book. So for the next few weeks, I'll be posting articles that detail how to create fixed format ebooks, which are most commonly used for children's picture books. These weekly articles will assume that you know the … [Read more...] about How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 1): Setting Up Your Ebook

iBooks Author Templates

Monday, July 28, 2014 by Sabrina Ricci

Ebooks come in a few different formats. I write a lot about EPUB and MOBI/KF8 on this site, which are the formats used by pretty much everyone (Amazon, Nook, Kobo, Google, Sony, etc.). But there is another format: iBooks (iba). Apple sells EPUB, but the company also developed their own proprietary format in early 2012. If you have a Mac, you can download the iBooks … [Read more...] about iBooks Author Templates

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