My Foray into Self-publishing
Posted in eBooks, ePub, Formatting Tools on Jun 3rd, 2010
Aspose offers a free Word plugin that allows you to save Word 2007 files as ePub files. You have to register to download it, but registration is free. I took a simple file and tried it out. It produced an ePub, but I couldn’t adjust the font size using my Sony eReader software. Still, this [...]
Posted in eBooks, ePub, Formatting Tools on Apr 30th, 2010
Several months ago, I wrote about how to convert Word files to ePub files. I’ve since stumbled across two other methods, one automated and one manual. First, the automated method: There’s a new application on the block called ODFToEPub. It works with OpenOffice files, but if you use Word, don’t run away. Since OpenOffice understands [...]
Posted in eBooks, ePub, Formatting Tools on Apr 9th, 2010
April 30, 2010: Read a later post, Creating ePub Files, for two more potential methods, including a tool that will convert Word to ePub files. Right now, eBook formats are a mess. Too many. We need standardization, and ePub looks like it might win the battle. With that in mind, I spent most of today [...]
