{"id":3982,"date":"2011-03-04T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T06:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/?p=3982"},"modified":"2014-12-23T16:26:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T10:56:38","slug":"kindle-publishing-made-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/kindle-publishing-made-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindle Publishing Made Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(diehard DIYers: that\u2019s only <em>somewhat<\/em> easier)<\/strong><br \/>\nGuest Expert: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BlueHorizonCommunications.com\" target=\"_blank\">Laurel Marshfield<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3991\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"Student - teenage woman with touch screen tablet computer\" src=\"https:\/\/bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Kindle-BB-Post-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Kindle-BB-Post-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Kindle-BB-Post.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Several months ago, while paddling around on the Internet\u2019s vast ocean of information, I happened across a convert-your-eBook-to-Kindle video made by a highly caffeinated person. And though his shoutin\u2019-at-ya, rapid-fire presentation style was headache-inducing, I persevered. He promised I\u2019d have my eBook on Amazon T<em>HE VERY SAME DAY <\/em>!!<\/p>\n<p>Problem is, the eBook I had in mind was designed by a professional designer, so it contained lots of design and formatting features, plus floating images. This isn\u2019t the sort of fare that the Kindle likes to consume for breakfast, I soon learned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My eBook Disaster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My upload to what was then called Amazon\u2019s Digital Text Platform (DTP)<br \/>\n&#8212; but has since been renamed the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform<br \/>\n&#8212; looked like an outtake from Picasso\u2019s cubist period. Headers were separated by spatial wastelands. Elements darted senselessly across the digital page. Text started and stopped illogically. In short, it was an eBook disaster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kindle eBook Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Returning to the scene of the crime &#8212; dogpaddling on the Internet &#8212; I located an avalanche of resources. From them, I selected just a few (which kept the not so tech-oriented in mind):<br \/>\n\u2022 The first is a video by Denise Wakeman of Blog Squad fame, in which she very calmly explains how to upload your eBook on Amazon by first converting it to HTML. Here\u2019s the link: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/h3AyZh\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/h3AyZh<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/opicY1WeYtQ\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" frameborder=\"0\" align=\"middle\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 The second is another video (because when I hear the same thing explained several ways, I get it; explained one way &#8212; not as easily). This instructional video by novelist David Lantz shows how he converted his novel &#8212; despite its design features &#8212; for Amazon and the Kindle: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/hXFF6q\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/hXFF6q<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q8BDnQNcyqI\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" frameborder=\"0\" align=\"middle\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 The third provides the Big Picture View of Amazon eBook publishing. And a workaround. Because, don\u2019t you kinda wonder why the online giant won\u2019t accept eBook authors\u2019 expensively designed PDFs? Here, book coach Kristen Eckstein spills the beans: <a href=\"http:\/\/ultimatebookcoach.com\/the-kindle-store-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ultimatebookcoach.com\/the-kindle-store-problem\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even so, there are ways, Eckstein says, to circumvent Amazon\u2019s insistence upon doing it their way, or no way. You can upload your PDF to a long list of other online stores &#8212; the not-Amazons &#8212; where your eBook can be downloaded directly to the Kindles of interested readers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I Did About <em>My<\/em> eBook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However gratifying that workaround, I still wanted to get my eBook on Amazon. So I turned to yet another online resource &#8212; a company called eBook Architects. Founded by Joshua Tallent in early 2008, the company\u2019s eBook conversion and coaching services are now in such demand that publishers and authors wait an average (right now, at least) of nearly three months.<\/p>\n<p>That waiting period aside, I asked Tallent if he really could convert my two-column, image-rich, header- and footer-embedded PDF into something Amazon and the Kindle would like. He assured me that he could. The two columns would become one. The floating images would appear in the order in which they, well, appear. And the text, as well as some design features, would be clear.<\/p>\n<p>Reassuring about Tallent, too, was the wealth of information on his not-too-technical website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eBookArchitects.com\" target=\"_blank\">eBookArchitects.com<\/a>). And the fact that he\u2019s written a step-by-step guide to the more complex aspects of Kindle conversion. So if you\u2019re a diehard Do-It-Yourselfer, here\u2019s your manual: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dSfBGQ\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/dSfBGQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Me, I\u2019m just going to wait &#8212; until someone who really knows how to do conversions of highly designed text gets to my place in his lengthy line.<\/p>\n<p>((And if you\u2019d like to know what\u2019s so darn complex about my eBook\u2019s formatting, you can download a free copy by going to my site and signing up for my no-cost newsletter. Clicking through the splash page, you\u2019ll see a signup form in the upper right-hand corner of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BlueHorizonCommunications.com\" target=\"_blank\">homepage<\/a>.\u00a0I guarantee this version doesn\u2019t look like a cubist-period Picasso.))<\/p>\n<p>PS \/\/ Since each author\u2019s experience is bound to be similar yet different, please do share your ePub adventures in the Comments box below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3198\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"Laurel Marshfield\" src=\"https:\/\/bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Laurel-Marshfield.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Laurel-Marshfield.jpg 207w, https:\/\/bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Laurel-Marshfield-185x215.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><strong>Laurel Marshfield<\/strong> is a professional writer, developmental editor, and ghostwriter who helps authors shape, develop, and refine their book manuscripts for publication. She offers manuscript evaluation, developmental editing, co-writing, collaboration, ghostwriting, book coaching, and consultation for authors.<br \/>\nHer blogsite publishes inspiration and advice for the author\u2019s journey: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BlueHorizonCommunications.com\">Blue Horizon Communications<\/a> And her free eBook, available for newsletter signup (see the upper right-hand corner of her homepage) is titled:<strong> I Need to Be a Bestselling Author \u2013 Is That True?: The Five-Destination Roadmap to Authorship<\/strong>.<br \/>\nOn Twitter, you can find her at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/BookEditorLM\">@BookEditorLM<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(diehard DIYers: that\u2019s only somewhat easier) Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield Several months ago, while paddling around on the Internet\u2019s vast ocean of information, I happened across a convert-your-eBook-to-Kindle video made by a highly caffeinated person. And though his shoutin\u2019-at-ya, rapid-fire presentation style was headache-inducing, I persevered. 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