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Links to information about the ebook market and best practices for authors and publishers.
Updated on Jul 16, 12
Created on Dec 31, 11
Category: Business & Finance
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lslibn 's List: eBook Publishing
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Jan 02, 12
An Open Source ebook editor. A link to the online manual is provided.
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Jan 02, 12
'The EPUB specification is a powerful method for creating gorgeous ebooks for EPUB-capable readers such as the iPad, Nook, and Kindle. Alas, it is far from perfect, with frustrating limitations, sketchy documentation, and incomplete creation tools. This extensively researched guide to creating EPUB files by best-selling author Elizabeth Castro shows you how to prepare EPUB files, make the files look great on the screen, work around EPUB weaknesses, and fix common errors.'
See also the author's website where she discusses her three miniguides, including one on adding audio and video to EPUB files:
<a href="http://www.elizabethcastro.com/epub/">http://www.elizabethcastro.com/epub/</a> -
Jan 02, 12
This is the textbook for Pima Community College's InDesign course.
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Apple will charge 30% of the list price for each book sold through in-apps.
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Jan 02, 12
Info. on EPUB format. See useful links -- including one for EPUB to Kindle conversion -- in bottom third of article.
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Jan 02, 12
This blog posting is dated April, 2010. Some of the issues the author mentions -- videos won't work -- likely have been resolved.
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Dec 31, 11
Discussion of nonfiction market, both in physical and ebook formats. Be sure to read the comments at the end of the page.
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Reference is the biggest category of non-fiction and our experience at Sourcebooks is that reference is also the hardest category to get right in ebooks. At Sourcebooks, reference is highly formatted: lots of subsections, sidebars, pictures, diagrams, pull-quotes, etc. It’s highly “browseable,” “dippable,” not necessarily a linear reading experience. All the things that we put in to make the book more experiential as a printed book are the very things that are harder to replicate as an experience in an ebook.
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Although it is still early days, I am inclined to believe that we are likely to make real progress with apps and websites.
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Jan 02, 12
Sixteen links to information about ebook publishing.
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Jan 05, 12
"Here are the three big questions to bear in mind with e-book creation: first, what is the easiest and most cost-efficient way to produce an e-book? Second, where will it be distributed? And third, how much of a cut do you get?"
This article and its comments provides useful information for ebook writer/publishers.
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Jan 05, 12
Current information published on December 11, 2011 discussing various ebookstores. Process, pricing, and payment information is included for Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iPad, and Google Books. One slide is devoted to the Smashwords service.
"Juniper Research predicts in its report 'Mobile Publishing: eBooks, eMagazines & eNewspapers for Smart Devices' that ebook sales will hit $9.3 billion in 2016 from $3.2 billion this year, and the sale of ebook readers will reach 67 million from this year's 25 million."-
Juniper Research predicts in its report "Mobile Publishing: eBooks, eMagazines & eNewspapers for Smart Devices" that ebook sales will hit $9.3 billion in 2016 from $3.2 billion this year, and the sale of ebook readers will reach 67 million from this year's 25 million.
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Jan 05, 12
Practical tips and lots of useful links, including Smashwords Style Guide, Amazon's mobi file instructions, and Barnes & Noble's formatting guide for the Nook.
The first comment at the bottom from an indie publisher is worthwhile reading.
Explore the rest of The Savvy Book Marketer site for additional resources. -
Jan 05, 12
Sigh of relief! Most how-to articles specify Microsoft Word files for ebooks. This two-part article discusses how to create EPUB files using Pages on a Mac. Part One reviews text formatting and links to Apple's ebook template. Part Two demonstrates how to add audio and video files.
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Jan 05, 12
"Generating a cover page with a white background using the handy ePub template Apple offers is easy....Generating a full-color cover page without a white background or white borders to sit on the bookshelf inside iBooks is more challenging."
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Jan 05, 12
Links to commercial and non-commercial ebook conversion utilities. Sections for both Linux and Macintosh programs are included.
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Jan 05, 12
Find a selection of articles for self-publishers, including a useful one covering the copyright page.
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