Tiffs are fine BUT are huge in file size. I removed the top and bottom margins, setting them to 0 because Kindle defines them, not the document. But this book is not printed in color so I didn't utilize color. Kindle Fire has other options, like the use of color and such that I might take advantage of. So these are for the basic Kindle that most people have. Because it is no trouble whatsoever.įirst of all, I'm starting with regular Kindle. I should have just had faith in Pages, and not believed all the negativity that I had read on this forum.written, apparently by people who didn't actually try to create an ebook with it.
Frankly, for this kind of thing, they all fell incredibly short of the mark, making it more complicated, and wasted months of my time. I tried everything.including WORD, NeoOffice, etc. So fear not.and don't believe all the hoopla and negativity you've heard because it is sooooo easier done than said. Suprisingly better than all the other alternatives that I attempted. It required a little thought for ebooking, but it went dreamily. Then used that manuscript document to upload to Kindle Digital Publishing. When I was done, I exported the Pages document to a WORD document. Pages 1 (which is what I'm still using) handled them EASILY. I tried originally to do them in Appleworks, but Appleworks couldn't even support the 954+ anchors that were required. With my huge book, which is a reference book, my worry was links, because I wanted to cross-reference it and there are many thousands of links. I replaced anything that the standard fonts that a regular ebook would not support, like fancy script I used for titles, etc, making them into 300 dpi gifs too, pulling them in using the little tabs to fit. I then made 300 dpi gifs, then pulled the images in to size. Replace any images you have that were for print work (which for the best look should be 300 dpi tifs). Take out all the headers and footers, as they are useless in a Kindle book. Do this:įirst, make a copy of your Pages document to use for your ebook. I originally laid the entire book out in Pages for print using Create Space, figuring from there I could convert to an ebook with Kindle and have my print book too.Īfter finishing the book, what I did was NOT go to SmashWords.NOT use Calibre.NOT go to anywhere else.
It's a simple matter to relaunch the program.I'm in the process of making an ebook now. Pros: The intuitive user interface makes adding, editing, converting, and organizing your books a breeze.Ĭons: The frequency of updates, while welcome, is a bit of a hassle.There are very occasional problems with stability on the latest release when I run it on my Mac with Snow Leopard. It's difficult to adequately express my admiration for the hard work and attention to detail that Kovid Goyal has invested in Calibre. The interface is as intuitive and elegant as any I've ever seen. It clearly represents a labor of love by virtue of its meticulous design and useability. It's a staggeringly powerful and elegant program for organizing, sorting, converting, editing, and viewing ebook files of every kind. Calibre is one of the most useful applications I've ever used. It was some of t he best tech advice I've ever gotten.
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I was having a lot of trouble organizing my ebook files and getting them formatted correctly for my Kindle when a buddy told me to download Calibre and let it do all the heavy lifting. One of the best reasons for the internet. By Anonymous reviewed on February 4, 2010
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