| eBook Publishing |  |
| Let us do what we do best...guide you towards success leaving you more time to concentrate on what you do best...
We'll worry about the digital part; formatting and compiling, and publish your electronic document into an eBook, an "electronic book", utilizing one or more file formats, depending on your preferences. The most common eBook format is a PDF, followed by HTML. Microsoft Reader is also very popular and soon we'll have a PDA format available!
Adobe Reader (aka "PDF") - The Adobe eBook Reader has been replaced with Adobe Reader 6
Hypertext Markup Language (aka "HTML" or "HTM")
Microsoft Reader
| | eBook Advantages: | - Immediate availability
- Lower cost than traditional paper books
- Highlighting options
- Note taking (annotation) options
- Search options
- Can be printed (if publisher has enabled this)
- Some can even be read out loud if using a Screen Reader!
| | | | File Formats Accepted for conversion into an eBook: | | Plain Text | .txt | | | Rich Text | .rtf | | | MS Word | .doc | | | Adobe | .pdf | | | Hypertext Markup Language | .htm / .html | |
| What's in your eBook? | | We'll create your manuscript's eBook from one of the above file formats accepted and turn it into an electronic book, an eBook, set to your publishing specifications or our standard version. |
| | The following are standard and available options when compiling your eBook: | Standard: Included Text (TXT) Introduction Page: Short summary of the eBook, whether it is fiction or non-fiction, what Reader is needed to access the eBook files (and where to download the Reader), publication date, copyright information and anything else brief the author would like noted about themselves or the eBook. Cover/Title Page (submit your own or create your own using our Create-a-Cover) Compilation into chosen format from your submitted ready-to-publish (RTP) manuscript in accordance with RTP Guidelines.
| | | Click here to submit your RTP manuscript for Standard Publishing | OptionalFormatting: Spelling and grammar checking; paragraph, line and character spacing (kerning); typography (font consistency); chapter/title headings; page numbering; headers and footers Summary Table of Contents Tags (bookmarks: PDF & HTML versions only) Search enabled Index eBook "eCover" Paper copy: full size 8.5 x 11-inch, laser printed with plastic comb binder or half size booklet 5.5 x 4.25-inch, laser printed, staple binding CD-R: Includes all compiled versions, plus an autorun option for HTML editions and any other files author submits for inclusion; plus, custom printed, direct-on-disc, labeling and jewel case or paper envelope.
| | | Click here to submit your manuscript for Custom Publishing |
| Ready-to-Publish Guidelines | Correct chapter & paragraph breaks Correct grammar and spacing Correct usage of Tabs (ex: do not use spacebar to center or right-justify, use the Centering function) Spell-checked ISBN and/or UPC bar code information included (optional, not necessary unless you wish to submit your eBook for mass market retail distribution) All in one file, in correct order (Title/Cover page can be a separate file)
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