Just last week I had a customer email me regarding a job I had recently done which was rejected when he tried uploading it to iTunes. Not two days later I had another customer who had her job rejected from BookBaby. BookBaby actually takes files submitted to them and uploads them to other stores such as iTunes and B&N. This latter job had been … [Read more...]
In the past few weeks I’ve had a number of ebook conversions that have experienced issues. Customers have tried to upload their files to various ebook sites only to find that their ebook is rejected for some reason or other. Now I’m extremely conscientious about the ebooks I create. If there is an issue with a file, I’ll bend over … [Read more...]
At first this may seem like a good idea. Let’s face it, if you have an e-book up for sale on an Internet site, you want to be compensated by anyone who reads your book. With DRM on your e-book, other people can’t just make a copy of your book and give it to a friend to read. At least that’s the theory behind it. You see, there are pros and … [Read more...]
Last week I attended a conference on e-publishing. There are some exciting things happening with the technology and commercial possibilities. Here are a few really good reasons why you should consider adding an e-book edition to your title’s printed edition(s). E-Books are good marketing tools. Once you’ve printed your book with … [Read more...]
There are three types of files that can be viewed by e-readers. The first is the ePub format which is the standard for just about every e-reader. The second is the Mobi format which is the Kindle’s native format. The third is the PDF format. The PDF format, although readable by e-readers, has no flexibility. A PDF is like an image and is … [Read more...]
“Not all designers are created equal!” I am reminded of this fact every time I try to convert customer-supplied files to e-book formats. With the affordable price of computers and page layout programs like Adobe InDesign, anyone can read a manual and call themselves as a “Designer”—and many people have. In the case of a book going to … [Read more...]
EPUB is short for Electronic Publication an open e-book standard that was developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum. EPUBs were specifically designed to work with the many e-readers that are now available. If you are reading an EPUB on an e-reader and the text is too small for you, you can simply change the font size so it’s … [Read more...]
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