New Release: E-Book Formatting for Novelists by K.C. May

You’ve written a novel. Congratulations! Now you want to sell it as
an e-book online at Amazon, Kobo or Barnes & Noble. You have
three choices:




Upload a .doc or .rtf file and hope for the best.
Hire someone to format it for you.
Learn to format it yourself.

This guide is intended to help you do it yourself. I use Microsoft
Windows exclusively. If you use a Mac, this guide may or may not
help you.



This book assumes you have a comfortable, working knowledge of
Windows, that you know how to download and install software, create
text files and perform operations like copy/paste, search/replace
and so forth.



BN buy link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/e-book-formatting-for-novelists-kc-may/1112331858



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FROM THE AUTHOR, K.C. MAY:



When I first started self-publishing my fiction, I had no idea how to
format the interior so that it looked professional. I relied on the
conversion tools offered by Amazon and BN to take my Word file and
transform it into an ebook. Although they did an adequate job, I didn't
want adequate. I wanted readers to see that I care about the
presentation of the story, not just the story itself.



I
downloaded a few ebook formatting programs and started playing around
with them, getting a feel for how the quality of the document I fed it
affected the quality of the output. Once I realized that I could control
the formatting better if I used HTML, it was just a matter of figuring
out the details and fine-tuning my process. I read every tip and trick I
could find on the web about ebook formatting, took notes, and started
keeping track of what I did so I wouldn't have to relearn for my next
book.



When I checked Amazon for books on e-book formatting, I
found a few but none that offered a step-by-step process. People need
details: what do I look for? What do I change? How do I know what it'll
look like when I'm done? Since I'm a technical writer by day, I figured
this was something I could offer -- a user's guide for ebook formatting
my way.



My way's not the only way by any means. In fact, I'll bet
that some of the professionals who do ebook formatting turn out an
ebook interior that's as clean and attractive as my books are -- or
better! I'm a cheapskate by nature and rebel against paying someone else
to do something I can do myself (except, of course, for yard work and
house cleaning), and there are lots of people out there who agree.



Sure,
some things take talent as well as skill, like cover art and writing
novels. Ebook formatting isn't one of them It's just a matter of
learning and following a process. If you're comfortable with your
computer, you can format your own ebooks and be proud of the end
product.



K.C. May

science fiction & fantasy author

www.kcmay.com

https://www.facebook.com/KCMayBooks