Tips on preparing your ebook manuscript
For ease of conversion to an ebook file format, please read the following information about your manuscript:
* Use a standard font throughout, such as Times New Roman, with 12pt size for the text and 24pt for the chapter titles (although these can be adjusted later).* Use consistent paragraph and line formatting . You may use tabs or your program’s paragraph or alignment formatting functions, but do not use a mixture of both. Do not use the space bar to format paragraphs or individual lines.
* If you wish to include a publication date, copyright information, any eISBN number (Electronic International Standard Book Number), or any acknowledgements or dedications, keep them on the first two or three pages.
* Tables, inserts and sidebars will not display properly in Kindle ePub format, so list them as ordinary text.
* Do not refer to page numbers, other than in a Table of Contents (which I can adjust). On an eReader, whatever the user sees on the screen is a "page," so all headers, footers, footnotes and indexes will be deleted.
* Do all image resizing before inserting in the document. Images should preferably be in jpg format, minimum 72 dpi, and in RGB colour mode.
* If you are supplying the cover image it should be at least 1400px wide, with a recommended height/width ratio of 1.6 (1400px wide x 2100px high).
* Do not wrap text around images or illustrations. All images (except full-page ones such as maps) should be set "in-line" with the text.
* Special symbols and characters do not convert well to Kindle or ePub format, unless they are in a standard font set, so please choose a font like Times New Roman for all text and symbols.
* Use a standard font throughout, such as Times New Roman, with 12pt size for the text and 24pt for the chapter titles (although these can be adjusted later).* Use consistent paragraph and line formatting . You may use tabs or your program’s paragraph or alignment formatting functions, but do not use a mixture of both. Do not use the space bar to format paragraphs or individual lines.
* If you wish to include a publication date, copyright information, any eISBN number (Electronic International Standard Book Number), or any acknowledgements or dedications, keep them on the first two or three pages.
* Tables, inserts and sidebars will not display properly in Kindle ePub format, so list them as ordinary text.
* Do not refer to page numbers, other than in a Table of Contents (which I can adjust). On an eReader, whatever the user sees on the screen is a "page," so all headers, footers, footnotes and indexes will be deleted.
* Do all image resizing before inserting in the document. Images should preferably be in jpg format, minimum 72 dpi, and in RGB colour mode.
* If you are supplying the cover image it should be at least 1400px wide, with a recommended height/width ratio of 1.6 (1400px wide x 2100px high).
* Do not wrap text around images or illustrations. All images (except full-page ones such as maps) should be set "in-line" with the text.
* Special symbols and characters do not convert well to Kindle or ePub format, unless they are in a standard font set, so please choose a font like Times New Roman for all text and symbols.
File types for ebook conversion
I use a laptop PC and I prefer to work in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) when editing and proofreading, but I can also handle the following files:
Rich text (.rft)
Text (.txt)
PDF (.pdf)
If you use programmes such as Quark or InDesign we may have to consult on how to handle these documents.
Rich text (.rft)
Text (.txt)
PDF (.pdf)
If you use programmes such as Quark or InDesign we may have to consult on how to handle these documents.
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© All text copyright of the author 2024