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Create .exe eBook from Blog?

by kindsvater
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I'm looking to convert some websites into .exe ebooks. While I've seen some programs that will take html files on your computer and compile them into an ebook, what I want to convert is in Wordpress. Any ideas for a solution?

Maybe a 2-step process? Capture website into pdf, then convert to exe. It would be much nicer to have a one-step process that results in a real ebook.

Why would I want to do this?

To make use of Big Mike's new Padbot. Instead of making some bogus file spammed to software sites to get a backlink, I'd prefer to distribute a software file with real content taken from my actual sites.
#blog #create #ebook #exe
  • Profile picture of the author askloz
    becareful if you do that, cos not many ppl will open up .exe files just to read an ebook. You'll end up losing sales via refund requests
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    • Profile picture of the author kindsvater
      Loz, these will be free to distribute. I just need a good and quick solution.
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      • Profile picture of the author askloz
        Again, that's beside the point, people dont like using exe files to read an ebook, they are not used to an exe file extension, they know that ebooks come in pdf file format... so keep to what works.

        Originally Posted by kindsvater View Post

        Loz, these will be free to distribute. I just need a good and quick solution.
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      • Profile picture of the author askloz
        okey dokey, what ever, my 12 years of being online means nothing.

        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        Many Warriors say this whenever the subject of .exe ebooks is raised here.

        There are other Warriors who have sold tens of thousands of .exe ebooks without ever a refund request for that reason.

        If your "audience" is Warriors (or perhaps by extension "internet marketers") I think it can be a problem. Not otherwise, perhaps.

        Have a look at "e-book pro 6.0", Kindsvater; it may be what you need. (And they're MAC-compatible, these days, too).
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  • Profile picture of the author Christophe Young
    As Alexa said, I've been selling .exe ebooks using Ebook Pro for a while now and have never had any problems. I'm not in the IM niche and most of my customers aren't concerned about .exe files.

    So, I wouldn't worry too much about that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Donald Truehart
    If you're selling to your own list you'll be fine since they trust you, but I myself having recently gotten a virus wouldn't open one.
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  • Profile picture of the author getsmartt
    Just a suggestion, if you are going to have to convert the website to a pdf file anyways, and you are just looking to have an .exe file to post on software sites.

    Why not just convert to .pdf and then zip to a self-extracting zip file, then you have an .exe file that simply contains a .pdf?
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  • Profile picture of the author WD Mino
    Hi Brian,

    You can use the warrior instant pdf print the wordpress and convert it to .exe using ebookpro HTH

    -WD
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