I originally published this post on Joel Friedlander's wonderful resource for self-publishers, TheBookDesigner.com If HTML is the blueprint, showing how an ebook (or a web page) should be laid out, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are the interior design, saying how everything should look. While that may sound superficial, in fact learning to use CSS can […]
Don't call it a comeback! Here's the second installment in our now weekly roundup of interesting articles in the world of eBook publishing. Whether you're an up-and-coming young author or an old hat, Derek Haines' article on the basics of online publication will surely be of interest. Everyone knows that knowledge is power, but fewer […]
This post originally appeared on Joel Friedlander's wonderful site, TheBookDesigner.com. If, as I keep saying, an ebook is just a website a box, then in order to know how to get in and edit your ebook, you’re going to want to know some HTML. However you choose to work on the file, knowing the basic […]
As a matter of principal (both personal and professional) I spend quite a bit of my time keeping up to date with what's new in the eBook publishing world. Having built up a relatively substantial feed to scroll through, it recently occurred to me that I'm not the only one who could benefit from a […]
Over the next few posts, I’ll be showing you how ebooks are coded and formatted. We'll look at the anatomy of an ebook, and what makes it tick. You've heard me call an ebook a website in a box. This time we're going to talk about what's inside the box. First thing's first: let me share […]
This is the sixth installment in my series of posts about ebook creation. Like the others, it was originally posted on Joel Friedlander’s wonderful resource for indie publishers,TheBookDesigner.com The Ebook Retail Universe I realized after my last post (looking at ebook conversion tools) that in my excitement in finally getting to the nuts and bolts of […]
"Selling" for free I had a client ask me recently why you can't price an ebook as free on Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform. The author wanted to promote her first book by giving it away — she'd been told that was the best way to make a splash. I told her that you CAN […]
This is the fifth installment in my series of posts about ebook creation. Like the others, it was originally posted on Joel Friedlander’s wonderful resource for indie publishers,TheBookDesigner.com Over the last few months I’ve discussed preparing your manuscript and your images for conversion into ebook form. This month, I’m going to look more closely at a […]
Last month I discussed how to clean up your manuscript to prepare it for ebook conversion. This time I’m going to be looking at how to do the same thing with images.[1] There’s one big difference, however: where the advice that I gave you about getting your text squeaky clean was equally valid for preparing […]
This is the third installment in my series of posts about ebook creation. Like the others, it was originally posted on Joel Friedlander's wonderful resource for indie publishers, TheBookDesigner.com Over the last couple of months, I've been talking about just what an ebook is, and four basic methods for creating them. This month, I'm going […]
