![]() Responsive web design is all the rage these days. (Not that this matters for Smashwords since you have to give them a Word file.) I guess Amazon isn't interested in the Chinese market then.) In any case, we're still at the point where a really good ebook has to be marked up and styled by hand. I'm told that the Kindle can't display non-Latin characters. Some of the stuff a book designer might want to do can't be done in an ebook yet. It's possible to force page breaks and, conversely, keep elements together but most automated flows won't know enough to do that. ![]() e.g., I have an ebook where they inserted a line break after the drop cap that opens each chapter. The automated flows that create ePubs don't always do a good job. (Yes, this is simplifying things a bit, but close enough.) This doesn't stop many of the ebooks I read from being poorly designed anyway. Web page designers have the same sorts of constraints and the ePub format is essentially a ZIP file with some HTML and CSS files. Well, page design can happen with ebooks even though the user controls typeface, font size and page size. prc file to Kindle using the larger cover. doc file to Smashwords using the smaller cover. doc format.Ī second copy gets the standard Smashwords text block added to the copyright page, and saved in. rtf version gets opened in Open Office, and saved in. pdf for publication via POD through (Price: free). The WordPerfect document gets headers and page numbers added, then formatted to a paperback book size and saved as a. (They'll take away my Reveal Codes command when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers.)Īfter creation and correction and proofreading and all: Save a copy in. Save two versions: One 500x800 for Smashwords and Lulu, one 800x1280 for Kindle.Ĭreate original document with WordPerfect. The size of the text, the typeface, the page-width - all of those are determined by the reader, not by the publisher (as I understand it).Ĭreate a cover with GIMP. Page design pretty much doesn't happen with e-books. That the publisher’s pocket and the author’s pocket are in the same pair of pants is interesting but unimportant. The publisher is still paying for everything. Self-publishing is a subcategory of commercial publishing. As hobbies go it’s cheaper than photography, safer than skydiving, and takes up less room than model railroading.ĭoesn’t self-publishing violate Yog’s Law? No.
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