eBook Publishing
Self-publishing an eBook, a book that is made available in a digital format, is more popular than ever, as the eBook industry grows you can be certain that the following chapters will provide you with the know-how when it comes to eBook publishing. In eBook Publishing you will find resources and information that provides an overview of everything you need to know about eBook publishing from your screen to your readers’.
The first chapter, Why Should You Care About eBooks? discusses how eBooks are beneficial because of the convenient storage on an e-reader, highlights how eBooks offer more accessibility for any type of reader, provides direct links to resources within the eBook. Next, the Benefits of an eBook lays out the foundations of eBooks from their file types, formats, and how eBooks benefit the reader and the environment. Chapter 3, Basics, and not-so-basics, of eBook Publishing, covers four basic steps of publishing an eBook, starting with your finished work, picking a cover, formatting your files for distributor compatibility, and options for publishing platforms. In chapter 4, How to Publish an eBook, the steps from chapter 3 are detailed further, and has additional information about publishing and introduces publishing with Amazon, touching on formatting files to royalty costs. Chapter 5, Five steps to get your eBook published on Kindle, provides steps for publishing on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing with basic instructions for creating a KDP account, inputting your book details and knowing your publishing rights, how to upload your eBook files and how pricing is determined on KDP. Next, Chapter 6, Making Moula with E-Books, gives a few simple steps on ways you can improve the monetary prospects on your eBook by explaining how to choose a topic, what to include in your writing, considerations between the top publishing platforms, and best practices on marketing your eBook with the goal of making money. Chapter 7, What NOT to do When Writing Your E-book, provides an overview of some foundations to writing an eBook and what can do to avoid costly beginner mistakes, and what you should do to get your eBook noticed by readers. To add to that knowledge, Chapter 8, Mistakes to Avoid when Creating an eBook, covers important considerations of formatting an eBook for an e-reader, explaining spacing and styling, what to include for front matter and back matter, differences of embedded fonts and paragraph styles, and image resolution and spacing. The key terms and specifications provide details that are crucial for readability. Chapter 9, Designing Your eBook: Choosing Between Affinity Publisher and Adobe InDesign, gives detailed differences between Affinity Publisher and Adobe InDesign software, comparing file types, costs, exporting files, and how to choose what publishing software can work best for your needs. In chapter 10, An eBook for All – How you can start incorporating accessibility in your Adobe InDesign eBook, offers solutions on how you can ensure your eBook is enjoyed by all types of readers, listing ten considerations for creating your eBook through Adobe InDesign using the available templates the offer and how to include HTML 5 tags for accessibility. Finally, chapter 11, Three Tips for Making An Accessible Source Document for Your eBook, overviews important accessibility guidelines for creating an eBook, including style headings, character formatting, and Alt text, all of which will help you create an accessible source document for your eBook
