become an ebook author!

Become an eBook author!

Mark D. Puterbaugh

Information Services Librarian

Warner Memorial Library

Eastern University,  St. Davids, PA

Presentation funded in part by

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine/

Mid-Atlantic Region’s

Technology Improvement Award

Kindle Made It Happen!

Amazon Kindle became the first commercially successful e-reader device.

eBooks are now common place.

The Kindle Store made eBooks accessible to anywhere with Whispernet and WhisperSync.

A Cottage Industry Arose!

Lets Talk About This.

What do we want to know?

HOW TO DELIVER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TO MOBILE DEVICES WHETHER THE DEVICES ARE CONNECTED TO THE NET OR NOT?

Our purpose is to look at ways eBook creations can benefit student education.

Are there ways to deliver instructional materials to an eBook reader or other mobile devices?

Can we take advantage of mobile technology to make our notes and their class information available to mobile devices?

We had a hint in our last presentation.

E-books APPS Common To Mobile Platforms

Format for Nook or Kobo readers.

It’s about formatting.

This is the Kindle format. AKA .azw.

It’s all HTML to me!

It’s less than you think!

WHAT YOU NEED TO START

A WORD PROCESSOR

Learn your word processor.

Of course, content is important.

But, in self publishing a documents structure, section headings, spacing, paragraphs, are all very important.

Proper structure can relieve many headaches down the line.

STRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT!

Formats

Word (DOC or DOCX); HTML (ZIP, HTM, or HTML); Mobipocket (MOBI); ePub (EPUB); Plain Text (TXT); Rich Text Format (RTF); Adobe PDF (PDF)

MobiPocket the father of your Kindle!

THE ePub Standard.

TALES OF ANOTHER WORD PROCESSOR.

Served by an Active Community.

A Free Tool to Structure Your Document!

Something Different!

TESTING! TESTING TESTING!

TESTING! TESTING TESTING! WITHOUT A DEVICE?

The Great Conversion!

Books for a New Age!

The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far

Publishers’ GridPublisher % Of Profits Formats Available Exclusive Agreement Site Comments

Amazon/Kindle Direct Publishing

35% ($0.99 to $200.0); 70% ($2.99 to $9.99)

Submit a word (doc or docx); html (zip, htm, or html); mobipocket (mobi); epub (epub); plain text (txt); rich text format (rtf); adobe pdf (pdf).

amazon.com, kindle devices, and kindle apps for ipad, iphone, ipod touch, pc, mac, blackberry, and android-based devices

Optional via Kindle Direct Publishing Select. can choose to make it exclusive to the kindle store for at least 90 days and in return the book is eligible to be included in the kindle owners' lending library and you can earn a share of the $6 million annual fund based on how frequently your book is borrowed.

https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin

iBooks70% (less if you are publishing from a pc)

Submit book to ibookstore as a .Ibook file or .Epub; or use ibooks author and export your book as a pdf, text file, or .Ibooks file which can be distributed outside ibookstore.

itunes

If a fee is charged for the book and it is in the .Ibook format, then it can only be sold via ibookstore. Different formats do not have this restriction. If the book is free, even if it is in the .Ibook format then it can be distributed through other retailers.

https://itunesconnect.apple.com/webobjects/itunesconnect.woa/wa/booksignup

You will need an isbn number if selling your book.

Kobo/Kobo Writing Life

70% (>$1.99 and <$12.99)

.epub kobo nohttp://www.kobobooks.com/kobowritinglife

You will need an isbn number if selling your book.

lLulu

90% if sold on lulu; varies if sold on a retailer site

.epub (can convert .docx or .rtf; for retailer sites); .pdf; docx; epub (lulu marketplace only)

ibookstore; nook; lulu marketplace

no http://www.lulu.com/publish/ebooks

Isbn not needed to publish in the lulu marketplace. Lulu provides A free isbn, but they are listed as the publisher. You can buy your own isbn and use that, then allowing your book to be distributed outside of lulu.

Nook / Pubit!

40% (<$2.98 or >$10); 65% ($2.99 to $9.99)

word (doc or docx); html (zip, htm, or html); epub (epub); plain text (txt); rich text format (rtf)

bn.com, nook ebook readers, and via free nook ereading software for ipad, iphone/ipod touch, mac, android, pc, etc.

no www.pubit.com

Links Mention in this Presentation

Kindle Direct Publishinghttps://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin

Open Officehttp://www.openoffice.org

Open Office Extensionshttp://www.openoffice.org/extensions/

Sigilhttp://code.google.com/p/sigil/

iBooks Authorhttp://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

Calibrehttp://calibre-ebook.com