2014
Lynda
Tony Harmer
2:13
English

Need to convert an ebook into a Kindle-ready format? No matter what your file's origin—InDesign, Word, Pages, or even a plain text editor—Tony Harmer will show you how to crack it open and convert it to a Kindle-compatible format with your choice of free tools: Sigil, calibre, and KindleGen. Learn about the range of ebook formats and editing tools, get a short primer on HTML and CSS, and see how to build out ebook features like tables of contents, links, and metadata. When you're done creating your ebook, Tony will show how to upload it to Amazon's Kindle Store.

Introduction
Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
1. Formats and Tools
IDPF, AZW, and other formats
Why so many formats?
calibre and Sigil (where to get them and what they do)
Kindle Previewer
2. InDesign Workflows
InDesign CS4 to CC
The Kindle Plugin for InDesign
3. Word, Text, and HTML
From Word to EPUB
From Pages to EPUB
From plain text to EPUB
Adding images to plain-text conversions
From HTML or XHTML to EPUB
4. Tools of Choice
What tools are out there?
KindleGen
What can Sigil do?
A tour of calibre
A brief XHTML primer
A brief CSS primer
5. Editing Your EPUB with calibre
Adding a cover
Adding or editing metadata
One file per chapter
Renaming files
Building the table of contents
Adding or editing links
Loading a dictionary
Checking spelling
Validating your EPUB
6. Editing Your EPUB with Sigil
Adding a cover
Adding or editing metadata
One file per chapter
Renaming files
Building the table of contents
Adding or editing links
Loading a dictionary
Checking spelling
Validating your EPUB
7. Publishing to Amazon
Converting with calibre
Converting with KindleGen
Kindle Previewer
Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
Amazon's lending options
Looking inside
Forums
Conclusion
Where to go from here

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