E-publishing

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Index What is Ebook? Device vs Platform (Hardware vs Software) How do we start?

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What is Ebook?

An electronic book (also e-book, ebook, digital book) is a text and image-based publication in digital form produced on, published by, and readable on computers or other digital devices

The Oxford Dictionary of English defines the e-book as "an electronic version of a printed book"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBook

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What is Ebook?

Ebook is not a new concept! Started since 1970s The trend boosts by Apple and Amazon (Kindle)

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Device vs Platform (Hardware vs Software)

Device Kindle iPad/iPhone/iPod - Apple Nook - Barnes & Noble Sony Reader Android - Google

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Device vs Platform (Hardware vs Software)

Platform Kindle iBook Google eBook

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Kindle

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Kindle

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Kindle on other devices

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Barnes & Noble Nook

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Sony eReader

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Google eBook

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Google on other devices

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Google on other devices

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iBook-Apple

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iBook-Apple

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iBook-Apple on other devices Sorry, only available on iOS 4 iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch

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How do we start?

The most difficult step is writing a book, and we have done thatalready!

Select a platform

Sign up an account

Convert to suitable format

Apply for publication

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How do we start? Kindle

https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin

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How do we start? Kindle

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How do we start? Kindle

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How do we start? Formatting

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How do we start? Formatting

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How do we start?

Publish a Book to the Apple iBook Store Get a book into the iBooks compatible ePUB format Get the following ready: a US tax ID (social security number or EIN),

valid iTunes account with credit card on file

http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/29/how-to-publish-an-ibook-to-the-apple-ibookstore/

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How do we start? Convert a file to ePUB

http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/12/convert-to-epub/

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/01/31/all-about-epub-the-ebook-standard-for-apples-ibookstore/

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References eBook format

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats