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1 posted on 09/25/2012 6:10:22 AM PDT by Loud Mime
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To: Travis McGee

Ping.


2 posted on 09/25/2012 6:12:50 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Loud Mime
I've used a utility some time in the past that might do what you need. It was called Calibre.
3 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.)
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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.

4 posted on 09/25/2012 6:16:38 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Loud Mime; Jeff Head

Our own Jeff Head does a lot of e-publishing, he might be able to give some pointers.


5 posted on 09/25/2012 6:19:01 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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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.


6 posted on 09/25/2012 6:19:08 AM PDT by Eye of Unk (OPSEC)
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7 posted on 09/25/2012 6:20:13 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Loud Mime

Clever promo. :)


8 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/)
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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.

9 posted on 09/25/2012 6:27:25 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Loud Mime

you got Calibre?


11 posted on 09/25/2012 6:31:19 AM PDT by Puddleglum (http://www.facebook.com/paulhawkinsauthoradventurerexplorer)
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To: Loud Mime; tbw2

good question


14 posted on 09/25/2012 6:43:45 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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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!


15 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.)
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To: Loud Mime

I’ve used DeskTop Author. Very easy to use.


16 posted on 09/25/2012 7:22:57 AM PDT by Wolverine (A Concerned Citizen)
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To: Loud Mime

try Smashwords. That can format your mss into several formats.


19 posted on 09/25/2012 8:23:04 AM PDT by Wordkraft (Remember who the Collaborators are.)
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To: SirKit

E-Book creation ping!


23 posted on 09/28/2012 9:08:16 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Loud Mime

Liar! There is no author named ‘Loud Mime’ on Amazon.


24 posted on 09/28/2012 9:13:39 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: Loud Mime
How To Make Your Own eBooks And Publish Them On Amazon
25 posted on 09/28/2012 9:25:52 PM PDT by yellowhammer
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