My Foray into Self-publishing
Posted in ePub, Kindle, Smashwords on Oct 13th, 2011
Many writers want to get in on the eBook revolution, but they don’t know how to convert a Word file to an eBook, or how to format a file so that Amazon and Smashwords won’t horribly mangle it during their conversion processes. If they want to upload to a venue that only accepts ePub files, that’s another format [...]
Posted in eBooks, ePub, Formatting Tools on Nov 9th, 2010
Eping Wang of Epingsoft was kind enough to provide me with a license for his ePub Maker application, so I could try it out. ePub Maker converts Word documents to ePub books. I used my fantasy novel as a test case. I converted the Word file that I uploaded to Smashwords. Pros It’s easy to use. [...]
Posted in Books, eBooks, ePub, Formatting Tools on Sep 15th, 2010
I’ve posted several times about converting Word files to ePub files, but I haven’t offered any advice about how to properly set up the Word file so that the resulting ePub file will look nice. I also haven’t described the format of an ePub file. Fortunately, a recent book does all that, and more. EPUB Straight [...]
Posted in eBooks, ePub, Formatting Tools on Aug 6th, 2010
Sites that convert Word files to the popular eBook formats are popping up all over the place. The online-conVert.com site offers a lot more conversion options than that, but most self-publishers are interested in how to create eBooks. So if that’s what you want to do, go to the site, select the format you want from the dropdown in [...]
Posted in eBooks, ePub, Formatting Tools on Jun 27th, 2010
So you’ve created an ePub file using one of the many available ePub-generation tools, but the ePub file doesn’t look right. How do you fix it? Depending on the tool, you might try to edit the files used to generate the ePub, and then run the conversion again. You could also unzip the ePub file, [...]
