Book Publishing Software
The Advantages of E-Book Publishing Software And Why You Need It Now
Author: Deep Arora
There are several different reasons why you might want to write an Ebook. For the most part, however, it is going to be a matter of wanting to share information with other people. This information can either be sold for a profit or it can be given away as a form of viral marketing or perhaps just out of the goodness of your heart. Once the information is written, however, you’re going to need some ebook publishing software in order to help you to get your information out to the masses. What kind of software is the best to use?
The most popular type of ebook publishing software is the Adobe PDF. There are several reasons why this is the most accepted form of ebook software. First of all, it is universally usable on any computer, whether it is a Macintosh or PC. Secondly, almost every computer that is in existence has the freely available Adobe reader already installed. All that is typically needed in order for an individual to read your report is to downloaded it off of your website or open it off of the CD and it will automatically run using the software.
There may be times, however, when you might want to use a different type of ebook publishing software. Many of these programs help to track the individual usage of that particular e-book and can even block it from being opened in certain cases. For example, if somebody downloads the e-book that they paid for and then request a refund, you can easily use the ebook publishing software in order to turn off their ability to open the product again. There is also some software available that will require the user to fill out their name and e-mail address before the product is opened. This can help you to build a niche marketing list rather quickly. The only real downfall to this type of ebook publishing software is the fact that it is usually limited to the Microsoft Windows platform. You’re friends with a Macintosh will have to read it in another format.
You are going to have to weigh your overall goals carefully to see which type of software you’re going to use in order to publish your e-book. If you tend to go with the simple form of a PDF, there are some free programs available which will convert your document into one of these files. Other ebook publishing software tends to come with a price tag but the functions may make it well worth the additional cost.
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I think Microsoft Word would be best, you’d be surprised at the amount of formatting you can do with it.
I can add this: Check out http://lulu.com as editorial
You are describing word processor features. Paragraph styles can handle everything you mention plus a single Page style.
Anything fancier than WordPad will do unless you are including pictures.
Book Publishing Software For Mac
iWork
http://www.apple.com/iwork/
Adobe Framemaker
http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/
Quark
http://www.quark.com/
iWinsoft Page Layout Designer
http://www.iwinsoft.com/pagelayout/
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Scribus,Desktop Publishing
http://www.scribus.net/
NeoOffice Home
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
Open Office Suite
http://www.openoffice.org/product/
Bean: An OS X Word Processor
http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html
Realebooks RealeWriter
http://www.realebooks.com/index.php/RealeWriter/
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For publishing a book you use either InDesign or Quark and Photoshop with a 3D plugin for the 3D images
I’ve used InDesign, Quark, and Pagemaker. They’re all pretty similar and all fantastic programs. I self taught myself two of the three; they’re not too hard to figure out. Good luck!
Hi there. Free eBooks are terrific as promotional tools for printed books but you shouldn’t count on selling very many copies. The market is just not there for eBooks yet. Even though all of my books are available in both eBook and print, most people still prefer a book they can hold in their hands.
I use Adobe pdf eBook versions to give readers the opportunity to read the first 4 to 10 chapters of my books. For my money and time, Adobe is the best eBook software. I think it retails for around $400.
If any of you would like to read a demo of my newest medieval fantasy epic, THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY, just email me at FiveStarAuthor@aol.com and I’ll send it right away. That’s my two cents worth. Good luck, whatever you decide to read.
Jon F. Baxley (Author, Editor, Ghostwriter and Proofreader)
THE SCYTHIAN STONE (eBook only)
THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY (eBook and hard cover)
THE REGENTS OF RHUM (coming fall ’07)
(For a FREE copy of The Scythian Stone or a full color, four chapter illustrated demo of The Blackgloom Bounty, email me at FiveStarAuthor@aol.com).
My author blog: http://the-blackgloom-bounty.blogspot.com/
You write the book and then find a publisher and the publisher has the task of putting your document into book form, per your specifications. This is if you’re self-publishing. So, you should focus on writing your book and let the press handle making it into paper back or hard cover.
I use Word to write my book. I also transform it into a PDF document – I have no use for it yet, lol. PDF is good for reading documents verbatim. So, if you have Word 2007 and send it to someone who’s using Word 2003 then your work might have trouble tranferring over to the older version. PDF lets anyone look at the document the exact way it was written and whether or not they have the program installed (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).
BTW, books aren’t “created” in those programs. Word lets you write a book, and PDF lets you send it to people in way where it won’t be mangled if the other person doesn’t have the program you used to write it in.
dear..
firstly according to my sense u have to work on java because this is the most growing thing…..this will be best for u and ur firm
I need advice on self publishing an e-book. Software to make and sell the book would be great.?
I expect the book to sell quite well, and would want to protect the book with wahtever features are available to make it harder to copy. I can afford to spend a few dollars on softwre to get the right stuff. I appreciate any help you can provide.
What is the best book publishing software for my home computer?
I want to typeset a book and add pictures then have it bound–any suggestions?
What’s the best & most affordable e-book publishing software?
I have a friend who is self-publishing his book. What software is best for page layout design?
I’ve found LyX – but it’s the only decent one I can find. He would like to do the page layouts himself – rather than either paying a designer and/or having the printing house do it.
Are there any other software / tools that I can point him too (free is preferable)??
Thanks in advance for your answers.
to design a software for a book publishing firm?
I’ve just started learning programming with c++ and java,there’s a need for me to do this software for a firm.what is the best possible way to do this??
book publishing software?
I want to know which software is used to create the 2D/3D pictures that you include in a book?
Is it Photoshop or AutoCAD or any specific software for books?
Thanks in advance
Varun
Downloadable Book Publishing Software For Mac?
I had come across this site a while back, but I cannot remember the name of it. It actually had software for you to download onto your computer and you could publish almost anything from cookbooks to poetry but I cannot remember the name of the website for the life of me! Anyone know what I’m refering to? I deleted the software a while back and would like to get it back to publish a story my sister has written as a birthday surprise 🙂
book creating software for publishing?
i want to create a book to publish. i need a program that is good for creating books. any suggestions? how is the pdf? or ms word?
Is there a software program that would help me format a book I’m writing?
I’m actually looking for the software that they talked about on the Opera Winfrey show. It was a kind of “fill in the blank” type of book writing / publishing software. And it was free !
Can I create formatting in a publishing software program that looks like book chapters?
I need to format documents (that are all typed in different Word formats) into book chapters. I need to make all the heading fonts consistent throughout all these documents (that are all typed in different formats) – i.e., all headings must be 14-pt bold, all subheadings must be 11-pt bold italic, etc. And I need to be able to make consistent the trim size, the text area, etc. Will a publishing software program allow me to do this? If so, which ones?