How to make an ebook with my articles?

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Hi fellow Warriors

Im just wondering if you can point me in the right direction please?
I would like to make my first ebook from some of my past articles.
I want it to be a pdf that people can download.

how would I do that or what software would I use?
thanks in advance - Kymmy
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  • Profile picture of the author Tina M. Rideout
    Step 1 compile your articles into a logical order according to subject matter.

    Step 2. Rewrite as needed and design pages -- I use Microsoft Word

    Step 3. Make a pdf using Adobe Acrobat -- I use Professional 8,

    Step 4. Make an Ecover -- I use Photoshop.

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    • Profile picture of the author profitgenie
      Hi tina

      Just question about photoshop , ia ma making first ebook as well and using openoffice, my question is can you use photoshop to make ecovers by itself or do you need some sort of program to make.

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      Originally Posted by Tina M. Rideout View Post

      Step 1 compile your articles into a logical order according to subject matter.

      Step 2. Rewrite as needed and design pages -- I use Microsoft Word

      Step 3. Make a pdf using Adobe Acrobat -- I use Professional 8,

      Step 4. Make an Ecover -- I use Photoshop.

      Tina
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrew G Gowans
    Hi Kymmy, you should get a few ideas and alternatives here. As one suggestion, here are the methods I use (for free).

    I have set up my drafts using MSWord including headers, footers, any graphics and so on. I have then opened the saved draft in OpenOffice Writer which is free to downlaod (openoffice.org), checked formatting, layout etc.

    Once I am happy with the ebook, I save the file as an openoffice file for future updates and, here's the neat bit, I can also export the document as a pdf file.

    I have also created ebooks directly using openoffice writer and exported directly to pdf.

    One workable suggestion.

    Regards

    Andrew G.
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    • Profile picture of the author Networking_now
      Originally Posted by Andrew G Gowans View Post

      Hi Kymmy, you should get a few ideas and alternatives here. As one suggestion, here are the methods I use (for free).

      I have set up my drafts using MSWord including headers, footers, any graphics and so on. I have then opened the saved draft in OpenOffice Writer which is free to downlaod (openoffice.org), checked formatting, layout etc.

      Once I am happy with the ebook, I save the file as an openoffice file for future updates and, here's the neat bit, I can also export the document as a pdf file.

      I have also created ebooks directly using openoffice writer and exported directly to pdf.

      One workable suggestion.

      Regards

      Andrew G.
      Thanks. Does open office allow you to have clickable 'anchor' texts in the PDF which you make ?
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  • Profile picture of the author Mary Gallivan
    Hi

    Most of the info you need has already been given here.

    You could also add some extra PLR articles that maybe you've bought or add to the articles you already have.

    What I do is compile them all in Word and then use doc2pdf dot com - all you have to do then is upload your word doc and they give you a download link for your PDF book.

    Mary

    It saves having extra software on your desktop.
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  • Profile picture of the author ragnartm
    Well other than the tips on the software etc. I would advice you to make an effort to make the ebook as "smooth" as possible, although you want it to contain the info of certain articles try to get a nice flow for a good read, to make sure this is the case get someone you know would enjoy a good ebook on the topic to read it for you and tell you how it was.

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  • Profile picture of the author Jdub840
    beside the Acrobat Reader there are couple of softwares that you will find in simple search. But with the Acrobat Reader you can modify like you want to.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tina M. Rideout
    I use Cover Action Pro, no affiliation

    As far as the quality of your book suffering if you use your own articles, I would have to disagree. If they have not been submitted to tons of article directories, and you rewrite them to suit the flow of the information you are providing, I would think that the book would turn out fine, because after all a book is about information and if that information is presented well what would be the difference?

    Just my two cents

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  • Profile picture of the author Don Schenk
    Networking_now asked:

    "Does open office allow you to have clickable 'anchor' texts in the PDF which you make ?"

    Yes it does. Open Office works beautifully.

    :-Don
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  • Profile picture of the author Shakul
    Hello,

    Just write the content, in a txt file or MS office or Openoffice and then convert is to pdf using the free online conversions...

    Now, go to google, search ecover software and you will find tons of them, some of them even have 30 day trial, so download anyone of them and make an ecover using this...

    Regards
    Shakul
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  • Profile picture of the author jmart57
    Yeah, I`m with the Open Office crowd, I`ve made a couple of ebooks with it - no problems at all.

    And it`s great value at $0
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