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Published: March 17, 2011
Words: 10,350 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780956261038
Short description
A quick and simple guide on how ebooks differ from their printed cousins, how you can create your own, and how you can cover pretty much the whole market using Smashwords and Amazon. Has some low cost D.I.Y ideas, as well as minimum hassle options. Revised in January 2012Extended description
This is just a quick guide intended to give a few pointers to anyone wanting to know more about how to create and distribute their own ebooks.It contains links to free ebooks on the 'Smashwords' site, (used to create it) and is not intended in any way to replace these - just to add details of my own experiences.
It is very much a work in progress, and will be updated as my journey continues. Please feel free to pass on any relevant hints and tips that I can include.
Tags
ebooks, ebook, ebook business, ebooks download free, ebook conversion, write ebooks, ebook guide, write your own ebook, create ebooks, make your own ebookAvailable ebook reading formats
This book is free. How to download ebooks to e-reading devices and apps.| Format | Full Book |
|---|---|
| Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser) | View |
| Kindle (.mobi for Kindle devices and Kindle apps) | Download |
| Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others) | Download |
| PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing) | Download |
| RTF (readable on most word processors) | Download |
| LRF (Use only for older model Sony Readers that don't support .epub) | Download |
| Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices) | Download |
| Plain Text (download) (flexible, but lacks much formatting) | Download |
| Plain Text (view) (viewable as web page) | View |
Reviews
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Review by:
Romana Van Lissum
on March 23, 2012 :
Great little book that is written with light humour but full of some handy tips! Thank you for sharing.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Rosemary Wilkie
on Oct. 13, 2011 :
This is a marvellous book. It not only answers your basic questions about how to publish an ebook, it also gives you the detailed instructions you hadn't realised you needed.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Earlswood Press
on Oct. 10, 2011 :
A small but very useful and down-to-earth little book that covers all the main points about the topic - the actual craft of formatting the text, (technical, but not overly so, so don't get put off by that) the marketing and a kind word or two for our hosts, Smashwords and the highly useful 'meat grinder' software that turns lead into gold - er, sorry, not quite - but truthfully, properly formatted Word documents into every useable ebook app.
One point not mentioned, if I recall correctly is that epub will not handle any tabulated data (ie set in the kind of table you use in Word) and have it pass Apple's approval for the iStore. Frustrating if your ebook is non-fiction with some important data in its contents, but the way things are progressing, maybe soon it will.
Read this little freebie before you spend any money on others. It's good primer, and maybe, if you start to get into producing your own ebooks in any quantity and gain some practical experience in doing so, it might the only one you'll need
(review of free book)
Review by:
Dan Edmund
on April 15, 2011 :
An extended, humorous article that provides useful information, including interesting background information, as well as practical advice on creating ebooks. As regards to marketing, he highly recommends the book "How to Out-Sell, Out-Market, Out-Promote, Out-Advertise Everyone Else You Compete Against" by Paul Gorman, which is available through Smashwords. Paul Hurst also has his own website "The New Business Doctor" at www.new-business-doctor.com/BSPG.html. Here he provides useful business information as well as sale of the print version of his book "Business Survival and Prosperity Guaranteed" The ebook version is also available through Smashwords.
(review of free book)