Digital Pubbing

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Tools and Resources for Creating Ebooks

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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

Taking Stock of Industries Related to Book Publishing and How That Relates to the Future

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Book publishers can learn a lot from their media counterparts. As the world becomes more connected, the lines between these industries is getting blurred. Keeping on top of trends then can be really helpful, in terms of getting ideas of what can be done and what to expect in the future. Here are a few headlines from other forms of media that can help inform people in book … [Read more...] about Taking Stock of Industries Related to Book Publishing and How That Relates to the Future

Ebook Creation: Fixed Format vs. Reflowable Ebooks

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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

An Explanation of E-Book Formats

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  If you are a self-published author or someone looking to do e-book conversions, it can feel daunting at first because there are so many different formats to worry about. The two main formats, however, are EPUB and Kindle's proprietary format. EPUB can be used and read on Apple, Nook, Kobo, Sony, Google, and more devices, and Kindle's format can only be read on Kindle … [Read more...] about An Explanation of E-Book Formats

Turning Your Blog into an E-Book

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  I like to experiment, and recently I decided to try turning my blog into an e-book. Or more specifically, uploading my blog to Kindle as a subscription service. There are many ways to turn a blog into an e-book, and in the future I may play around with some of them. But for now, the Kindle version was simple enough that I could set it up in a few minutes, and for … [Read more...] about Turning Your Blog into an E-Book

Smashwords: An upgrade to help indie authors sell better ebooks

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On the last day of 2012, Smashwords made an exciting announcement: authors can now directly upload epubs to the site. This might not sound like a big deal, but it kind of is. According to the Smashwords blog, as of December 31, 2012, Smashwords became "the world’s largest distributor of ebooks from self-published authors and small independent presses." And now that authors … [Read more...] about Smashwords: An upgrade to help indie authors sell better ebooks

EPUB3

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Yesterday I attended the first of a four-part webcast series hosted by Book Industry Study Group, called Understanding EPUB 3. Bill Kasdorf, vice president of Apex Solutions, and Bill McCoy, Executive Director of International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) were the two main panelists. Although much of EPUB 3 is an evolution of EPUB 2, there are a lot of cool features to … [Read more...] about EPUB3