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E-Book Creation Software? I need help!
09/25/2012
| Loud Mime
Posted on 09/25/2012 6:10:11 AM PDT by Loud Mime
My newest book is now on Amazon; it's a paperback. I need to convert it to ebook format but have been frustrated with the results produced by the automatic conversion systems.
The book has several graphics; they are causing the epub to separate the background from the text overlay.
Arrgh!
I produced the manuscript on InDesign CS4 and exported it to PDF and the Kindle export. I am dissatisfied with both.
Can anybody point me in the right direction.
the book's website is here.
Thanks for any help!
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: creation; ebook; software; vanity
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:10:22 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:12:50 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Loud Mime
I've used a utility some time in the past that might do what you need. It was called
Calibre.
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:15:47 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.)
To: Loud Mime
Off the top of my head, have you tried the Calibre conversion feature?
It's an ebook library manager, but does conversions for supporting epub, pdf, mobi, etc.
To: Loud Mime; Jeff Head
Our own Jeff Head does a lot of e-publishing, he might be able to give some pointers.
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:19:01 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
To: Loud Mime
Graphics don’t show up to well on the Kindles, maybe the new Kindle is better but on my Touch graphics are terrible, however I do have the Kindle app for my smartphone, that helps. My son is trying to e-publish a novel as well.
I’ll check out whats available as well, good luck.
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:19:08 AM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
(OPSEC)
To: Loud Mime; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Salo; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; ...
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:20:13 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Loud Mime
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:22:30 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Loud Mime
Graphics are treated separately from the reflowable text. If you want text on a graphic (probably not the best idea for most e-readers), you need to create graphics files with the text already on the image. The biggest problem is ensuring that those graphic appear where you specifically want them in the text as it really is reflowable text.
The most frequent implementation is to use graphics with text at the start of a chapter, as an epub will automatically assign it to start on a new page.
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:27:25 AM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts; Calvin Locke
I took a look at Calibre, but did not realize it could do the job; I’ll take another look.
Sigil looked promising.
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:29:06 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(arguetheconstitution.com)
To: Loud Mime
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:31:19 AM PDT
by
Puddleglum
(http://www.facebook.com/paulhawkinsauthoradventurerexplorer)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts; Loud Mime
I've used a utility some time in the past that might do what you need. It was called Calibre.
As a test, I just now converted a PDF to MOBI using Calibre. I didn't see a way to convert to EPUB, but I don't know much about how the whole eBook thing works.
To: ETL
It’s a frustration thread with a promo tagline. Your comment does remind me of that scene in “Raising Arizona” where the father of the kidnapped baby puts in a tagline with the reporters.
;^)
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:38:01 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(arguetheconstitution.com)
To: Loud Mime; tbw2
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:43:45 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Loud Mime
So, what you’re saying is you’re stuck in a box and can’t get out?
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Bump!
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posted on
09/25/2012 6:52:38 AM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(Reagan @ only 39/Mondale +5/Dukakis +17/McCain +3...panic is unwarranted. So is complacency.)
To: Loud Mime
I’ve used DeskTop Author. Very easy to use.
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:22:57 AM PDT
by
Wolverine
(A Concerned Citizen)
To: Wolverine
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:38:25 AM PDT
by
Wolverine
(A Concerned Citizen)
To: Wolverine
I’m checking that out now; it looks good.
Thank you!
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:44:01 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(arguetheconstitution.com)
To: Loud Mime
try Smashwords. That can format your mss into several formats.
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posted on
09/25/2012 8:23:04 AM PDT
by
Wordkraft
(Remember who the Collaborators are.)
To: Loud Mime
I have both Calibre and Sigil. Sigil does a better job of setting up chapters, tables of content, etc. It’s structure is better suited to such things than Calibre, which merely converts from one format to another. Once you have your book in a given format (epub), Calibre will then convert it to any other format.
What I don’t know, because I haven’t tried it, is how Sigil deals with images.
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posted on
09/25/2012 9:29:57 AM PDT
by
bcsco
(Bourbon gets better with age...I age better with Bourbon.)
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