Writing your book
I’m not here to tell you what software you should use to write your book; for composition I personally prefer Microsoft Word, but you may favour Open Office, iWork or Google Docs. Even though the final...
View ArticleeBooks: What works, what doesn’t
The simple answer to this question is that anything text-centric – content that doesn’t rely on layout or graphic elements – looks great on an eBook. By ‘text-centric’ I’m referring to things like...
View ArticleBook structure
Some authors take time to think about the structure of books – section headings, chapter headings and the like – while some are a bit more blasé about it. However, it’s important to do it correctly, in...
View ArticleTable of Contents
For a table of contents, the good news is that both Calibre and Mobipocket Creator will both create contents pages based on your headings, up to level three; that is h1, h2 and h3. And as you’ll know...
View ArticleISBN numbers and DRM
These topics are really beyond the scope of this website – my intention was to persuade and help you produce nicely formatted eBooks. However, these are both options in the conversion process, so it...
View ArticleeBook aggregators and online book stores
Where to sell your eBook isn’t a subject I want to go into deeply and there are several people on the web who are far more knowledgeable than me. However, it does have some implications for formatting...
View ArticleIntroduction to the ePub format
In addition to the mobi format, used by the Kindle, the other widely used format is ePub. The ePub format is also based on HTML, although it offers more formatting options than mobi. The good news is...
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