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Step by Step Guide: How to Format an Ebook with Calibre

September 5, 2012 by Lori Devoti 15 Comments
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The first step in how to format an ebook with Calibre is simple. Download Calibre! It’s a free and easy to use tool to both manage and build ebooks. How to Format an Ebook with Calibre Step 2: Add books– Just click the “add books” button.  It will bring up a place where you can … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ebook Formatting, Indie Publishing, Writing Business Tagged: calibre, ebook formatting, ebooks, epub, indiepub, indiepublishing

Michael Zapp: Making Formatting and Publishing Easier

June 18, 2012 by Edie Ramer 6 Comments
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Author Jennifer Estep told me about Michael Zapp early last summer. He converts Word files into epub and Mobi books and only charges $15 for both. At the time I was doing my own conversions, but I kept getting errors on my epub books. I finally decided it was well worth paying Michael the $15. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Indie Publishing Tagged: Apple, ebook formatting, epub, indiepub, indiepublishing, iTunes, Kindle, Legend Maker, Michael A. Stackpole, Michael Zapp, mobi, ZappTek

Self-publishing: copy edits, tagging, odds and ends

September 19, 2011 by Edie Ramer 26 Comments
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 In June, a writer friend and I drove to an event together. On the way there, she said I’m one of the few indie authors whose books she’s read that don’t have a lot of errors and are formatted well. She said she buys a lot of e-books by indies and often feels cheated. You … [Read more…]

Posted in: Indie Publishing, Writing Business Tagged: Amazon, Author Central, Cattitude, copy edits, Dragon Blues, ebook formatting, Entangled, Galaxy Girls, Lori Devoti, self-publishing, Smashwords, tagging, Trish McCallan

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