By David Kudler A while back, I wrote a review of the online ebook conversion tools available through the major retailers and aggregators. 1 It’s been a couple of years, and I thought it would be a good idea to revisit them and share any new findings. I was surprised...
By David Kudler Garamond. Helvetica. Times. Comic Sans. Everyone loves fonts, right?[i] Well, not everyone — but we sure spend a lot of time and energy making sure that we find just the right ones for our print books. And we want our ebooks to look just as good, don’t...
By David Kudler You learn something new every day! In this case, I recently had to revise my understanding of how Amazon handles keywords. I’ve talked about keywords before; they’re an essential piece of metadata that determines how easy it is for the right reader to...
By David Kudler A question I get asked often is about the difference between different formats of ebooks. Well, we’ve talked extensively about the difference between mobi (Kindle ebooks) and ePub (everyone else). But what about the other major format labels that are...
By David Kudler So you’ve finished your book. You cleaned up the text, added optimized images, pulled together all of the front- and back-matter, and created a cover. You converted it into ePub ebook format — either using an app on your computer or online. You’ve made...
