TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR EBOOK FORMATTING
Create professional-quality eBooks FAST!
(No design skills necessary)
This step-by-step guide will take the sting out of eBook formatting, and allow you to take pride in your formatting for Kindle, Nook, iPad and virtually every other eBook platform in the market.
“If you’re looking for the gold standard on ebook formatting, this is the only guide you’ll ever need.” — NYT, USA Today & WSJ bestselling author Tracey Garvis Graves
“This book will save you thousands of dollars!” — Jackson Dean Chase
“This book demystifies the practice of formatting…” — Elizabeth Anderson
What you will learn from this book
How to avoid formatting errors that will cause strange text flow or broken page displays
The internal structure of eBooks and their files
Ways to prepare and clean up your manuscript in a word processor
The steps and tools necessary to build actual eBook files
Why and how eBook readers differ from each other, making it hard to hit a moving target
How to achieve compatibility so that your ebook looks right on all devices
The HTML/CSS skills necessary to build your own eBook source files
Countless techniques, tips and tricks that will give your books the professional appearance they deserve
Eradicate formatting errors by their root, and become a formatting Zen-Master, resting assured that your book will be compatible with any device
Who should read this book
Authors
If you are ready to self-publish your book, but do not know where to start to create an eBook from your manuscript, you need this book
Perfectionists
When you want to make sure your eBook works perfectly on any device, and you want to avoid pitfalls and potential problems created by word processor generated eBook files, this book is your guide to take full control of your formatting
Bugfixers
If you have already self-published books but have realized that your formatting is causing problems on readers’ devices, this book teaches you how to fix the problems
Aesthetists (even if that’s not really a word)
If you want to make use of advanced features of ebooks, including real drop caps, first-line capitalization and other, this book will tell you how to get clean results
What other authors are saying
“Nothing will annoy readers more than a poorly formatted e-book. If you want perfect-looking e-books, follow Guido Henkel’s advice.”
David Gaughran
“I still get compliments on the formatting of Necromancer Awakening to this day, and I owe that all to Guido Henkel. He took an arcane subject, fraught with obstacles, and made it readily accessible for people without much technical knowledge.”
Nat Russo
“Do you intend to self-publish more than one or two books in your lifetime? The Zen of eBook Formatting will save you thousands of dollars! So far I’ve formatted and released eight ebooks using the Zen of eBook Formatting, and it works.”
Jackson Dean Chase
“A fantastic book that will help you create your eBook from scratch. Details the tools and skills needed even if you’ve never done this sort of thing before.”
Rachel Bostwick
“Guido Henkel’s writing and gaming background and a lifetime of technical experience makes him the perfect guy to format ebooks.”
Scott Nicholson
“If you want your ebooks to shine and look better than anyone else’s, and work seamlessly on every device, then you need to be picking this book up. I actually make money formatting ebooks for some very successful presses based on the information in here.”
Graeme Reynolds
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About the Author
With a technical background and close to a thousand formatting projects under his belt, Guido is the perfect coach to show and teach you how to develop clean and robust eBooks that will work on any platform.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors like Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush and Tracey Garvis-Graves entrust him with their books to whip them into digital shape. “Zen of eBook Formatting” is a detailed discussion of his winning strategies, techniques, and toolchain, along with tips and tricks how you, too, can create professional-grade eBooks you can trust.
Guido Henkel
