So you want to publish an ebook!

By Nick J. Alexander
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Published: April 15, 2012
Words: 1,926 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476338439

Short description

So you want to publish an ebook is a concise outline of the steps you need to take in order to prepare your source document correctly for publishing. Based on the requirements from Smashwords.com it shows you in clear and simple terms how to lay out, format, bookmark and hyperlink your document for Autovetter submission. It also tells you the additional elements required for epub conversion.

Extended description

Preparing your source document for publication is not quite as simple as typing in your text and submitting your document! There are a number of formatting and navigational rules that must be adhered to if you are to make it through the vetting process successfully.

As someone who has written and published a number of ebooks, I spent a long time researching the various sites that offer a publishing service but none matched Smashwords.com for simplicity and transparency.

I am an independent author with no connection whatsoever to Smashwords, simply someone who wanted to get my books published and distributed – particularly in the Apple iBookstore - since it represented the greatest challenge from a formatting perspective as they only accept books that fully conform to the epub standard.

Along with style there are basic navigational elements such as bookmarks that must be inserted and fully functional. The inclusion of images or annotated diagrams is no problem provided you follo.. (Read more) Preparing your source document for publication is not quite as simple as typing in your text and submitting your document! There are a number of formatting and navigational rules that must be adhered to if you are to make it through the vetting process successfully.

As someone who has written and published a number of ebooks, I spent a long time researching the various sites that offer a publishing service but none matched Smashwords.com for simplicity and transparency.

I am an independent author with no connection whatsoever to Smashwords, simply someone who wanted to get my books published and distributed – particularly in the Apple iBookstore - since it represented the greatest challenge from a formatting perspective as they only accept books that fully conform to the epub standard.

Along with style there are basic navigational elements such as bookmarks that must be inserted and fully functional. The inclusion of images or annotated diagrams is no problem provided you follow the guidelines. Your assertion of copyright must follow certain procedures in order for your work to be accepted.

This short book aims to guide you through the process of getting your book correctly formatted in order to be accepted into the Smashwords Premium Catalogue which means that your work will be distributed to major outlets.
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Tags

epub, self publish, formatting ebooks, ibook, ibook store, ibookstore apple, formatting for kindle and smashwords, format ebooks, epub conversion

Available ebook reading formats

Single purchase gains access to all formats. How to download ebooks to e-reading devices and apps.

Format	Full Book	Sample First 20%
Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser)	Buy	View sample
Kindle (.mobi for Kindle devices and Kindle apps)	Buy	Download sample
Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others)	Buy	Download sample
PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing)	Buy	No sample available
RTF (readable on most word processors)	Buy	No sample available
LRF (Use only for older model Sony Readers that don't support .epub)	Buy	Download sample
Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices)	Buy	Download sample
Plain Text (download) (flexible, but lacks much formatting)	Buy	No sample available
Plain Text (view) (viewable as web page)	Buy	No sample available

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