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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

Microsoft Word Tip: How to save italics!

March 30, 2012 by Lori Devoti 19 Comments

A while back I did a post on how to format an ebook with Microsoft Word as your starting place. Since writing that I discovered a great tip that makes the process even easier, how to save italics when you have to strip all formatting from the original file. If you have gone through the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ebook Formatting, Indie Publishing, Writing Business, Writing Software Programs, Writing Tools Tagged: ebooks, Formatting, indie publishing, indiepub, self-publishing

Looking Back, 2011 The Year of the Author?

January 2, 2012 by Lori Devoti 2 Comments
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At some point in 2011 I read on some blog (that unfortunately I can’t remember the name of) that if 2010 was the year of the ebook, 2011 was the year of the author. I can live with that. In fact, after going through 2010 reading what to me were asinine claims by various publishing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Inspiration Tagged: ebooks, indie publishing, indiepub, publishing business

Lean links

November 23, 2011 by J L Wilson
Writing for the web

I tend to get diverted around the holidays so there aren’t many links to report. Or maybe people are starting to feel that holiday spirit and aren’t sniping at each other so much (hmm. I somehow doubt that). Anyway, here’s what caught my eye this month. * I have “Book Rebound” whenever I read a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Quirky Links Tagged: book reviews, ebooks, vampires

The Links of Autumn

September 28, 2011 by J L Wilson
Writing for the web

… not as pretty as “autumn leaves”, but still interesting, I hope.  Seems like a lot of buzz around ‘the death of books as we know them.’ Somehow, I think they’ll still be around for a while… And once again, my apologies if you comment and I don’t reply. I am, again, traveling during this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Quirky Links Tagged: Amazon, ebooks, historical fiction, J L Wilson, literary agent, publishing links, writing links
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