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Your eBook Survival Kit, Paperback / softback Book

Your eBook Survival Kit Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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A practical, no-nonsense guide into the essentials of composing and publishing eBooks. The Kit provides advice and step-by-step instructions on how to set up a file for conversion into the dominant formats of ePub, mobi (Kindle), optimized pdf as well as the new Fixed Layout formats suitable for spread-oriented books. You'll then see how to package the files for uploading to online distributors such as Amazon, Apple and Google by starting with a master file that is similar to that created for print or print on demand (POD) production. The Kit also provides strategies for getting out the word about your title to the global community.

What's new in the 4th Edition?

• Information on the new export features from Adobe InDesign (Creative Cloud Suite) that allow you to export your files with confidence to the key eBook formats

• an up-to-date review of the latest eBook Readers, smartphones, phablets and tablets in terms of their functionality for enhanced eBook files

• Step-by-step instructions on how to set up your book in Kindle Create and iBooks Author, and how to prepare, test and add interactive and multimedia elements to enhance your eBook

• How to streamline your workflow from Word or Pages via Adobe's Creative Cloud Suite to shorten the conversion process

• Hands-on directions on how to use emulators like Sigil and Calibre to fine-tune your ePub files and convert them to Kindle friendly mobi files

• How to validate your files offline with a single click before uploading them to distributors like Google, Apple, Kobo and Amazon

• When to outsource tasks related to your book’s preparation and conversion to eBook formats, and how much you should expect to pay

• Up-to-date social media strategies for spreading the word about your book

• And much, much more!

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