Published: March 23, 2011
Words: 6,946 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458068811

Short description

Formatting comics and image-heavy eBooks can be a confusing and sometimes frustrating task. Every e-reader on the market has a different screen size, meaning that as a creator/publisher, you have to format your comic multiple times. This how-to guide covers how to assemble your comic pages or other images for Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook. Now updated for the new Nook Touch Reader!

Extended description

Update: This ebook includes new processes for preparing your comic for the Nook, using our new, resizable ePub template (available as a free download when you buy this ebook).

Written by the creative team for the ground-breaking digital comic IN MAPS & LEGENDS (artist Niki Smith and writer Michael Jasper), this how-to eBook covers how to convert the images for your comic into the Kindle and Nook formats, how to package those images in the most effective manner for those two formats.

The creators also share what they have learned about digital comic distribution for sites other than Amazon.com and BN.com. (Read more) Update: This ebook includes new processes for preparing your comic for the Nook, using our new, resizable ePub template (available as a free download when you buy this ebook).

Written by the creative team for the ground-breaking digital comic IN MAPS & LEGENDS (artist Niki Smith and writer Michael Jasper), this how-to eBook covers how to convert the images for your comic into the Kindle and Nook formats, how to package those images in the most effective manner for those two formats.

The creators also share what they have learned about digital comic distribution for sites other than Amazon.com and BN.com.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: Preparing Graphics
- Adjusting for a Smaller Screen
- Tweaking the Text Size
- Adjusting Image Legibility, and Deciding on Grayscale vs Color
- Setting Pixel Dimensions for Kindle
- Setting Pixel Dimensions for Nook
- Adjusting the File Size
- Streamlining the Formatting Process
- Creating the Cover
Part 2: Uploading Your eBooks
- Uploading Your Comic for the Kindle
- Uploading Your Comic for the Nook
Part 3: Working with Digital Distributors
About the Creators

Each chapter is accompanied by step-by-step screenshots to help you format your images and put together your Kindle and ePub files.

This ebook is essential reading for anyone who may have an image-heavy book to turn into an eBook -- from a comic book to a coffee table book to a kids picture book, to a photo book or art book.
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Tags

publishing, picture book, kindle, ebook, howto, childrens books, photoshop, comic, tutorial, manga, comics, epub, formatting, graphic novel, eink, comic strip, selfpublish, nook, art book, ereader, zine, photo book, template, barnes and noble, illustration, webcomic, michael jasper, digital comic, pubit, kdp, nookcolor, nook color, niki smith, coffee table book

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 30%
Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser)	Buy	View sample
Plain Text (download) (flexible, but lacks much formatting)	Buy	No sample available
Plain Text (view) (viewable as web page)	Buy	No sample available
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

Reviews

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Review by: EnemyOne on July 02, 2011 :
I purchased this ebook after getting a sudden urge to jump into digital comics feet first. I knew with all of the different distributors, formats and devices out there that I'd need a quick how to guide and this ebook fit the bill well.

I was particularly impressed by the screengrabs images throughout the ebook. I didn't anticipate that.

Even though it may be a small, short book it's uses are plentiful.

I originally grabbed the ePub version but for some reason it didn't go past the Kindle chapter and just abruptly ended. Luckily on Smashwords once you purchase it, you have the option of downloading any other version so I opted for the PDF. No problems there and I preferred the formatting of it over the ePub version anyway.

Very happy with my purchase and would certainly recommend it.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Mike Dominic on June 02, 2011 :
This book was worth much more than I paid for it, in terms of the amount of time it saved me in formatting our book for the Kindle. Using the helpful template provided by the authors, I was able to accomplish the task much quicker and with much less guesswork than if I had to try and work it out on my own.
Until Amazon releases a tool or script for automating this process, anyone considering putting a comic on the Kindle owes it to themselves to read this book first.
(reviewed long after purchase)

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