Review: PDF to InDesign Conversion Software for Book Layout: Recosoft PDF2ID Tracy R. Atkins walks through this conversion software
New Free PDF e-Book: 10 Things You Need to Know About Self-Publishing
New PDF e-Book: 10 Things You Need to Know About Self-Publishing covers basic questions about self-publishing, and how to avoid the most common mistakes
Print on Demand and Book Distribution Guides
Print on Demand and Book Distribution Guides are new parts of the Self-Publisher’s Quick & Easy Guides, targeted information resources for self-publishers
How to Make a PDF Book That's Realistic
How to Make a PDF Book That’s Realistic using Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe InDesign and Photoshop for book reviews, galley proofs, proofreading and other uses
Mark It Up! PDF Annotation Software
Mark It Up! PDF Annotation Software including free and commercial applications for Windows and Macintosh platforms.
New: Self-Publisher’s Quick & Easy Guides
New: Self-Publisher’s Quick & Easy Guides Announcement. The first two Guides, on Copyright and ISBNs and Barcodes, are available now.
Managing Your eBook Library with Calibre
Calibre provides a robust suite of services to help manage your ebook library, subscribe to news feeds, and perform conversion and syncing to mobile devices. And it’s open source software, with expanding support from a large user community around the world.
Getting Started with Scribd.com
After listening to Scott James at the recent Get Published! Workshop, I really wanted to get familiar with Scribd.com, the document-sharing website that had partnered with him in launching is second novel, The Sower. James had talked about the massive, dedicated following there, and how people were learning new ways to use the service. I […]
Less Expensive, Bite-Sized, Available for Take-Out: The Book of the Future
Mark Barrett over on Ditchwalk, is trying to figure out the epub and pdf translation processes from the point of view of an author who wants to move his work into the public sphere. When authors start having to roll up their sleeves and get under the hood of translation software, learning the ins and […]
Warning: Book Files Need 4 Crucial Checks to Succeed At Your Printer
A few years ago we took a family trip to Australia. It was a great adventure but what impressed me at the time was how long it took to get ready for the trip. Passports, itineraries, housing arrangements, plans to take care of our house, dogs and cat while we were gone. Since we both […]