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Creating a Good Looking Ebook With Pictures and Images

by GoingSomewhere
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I am finding a hard time getting around this.

I love ebooks that have images and pictures
put in appropriate places in the ebooks.

It is illustrative and facilitates understanding
when the author is driving home some points.

Unfortunately, I can't do this for now.

I have finished my first "bare" ebook in MS Word.
Only text, no pictorial illustrations!!!!!!

I guess there is a free or paid report that teaches
this niche problem on how to make great looking
ebooks in MS Word. I need recommendations please.

I appreciate in advance.
#creating #ebook #good #images #pictures
  • Profile picture of the author ArticlePrince
    You should be able to put images is MS Word without any issues, then just set the text to wrap how you want it and print the file as a pdf. No problem :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    Outsource it dude.

    Give it to Monika Mundell, she kicks the lamas ass.

    http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors...ebook-you.html
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      • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
        Originally Posted by JKwarrior View Post

        Thanks for the Tip ramone

        This looks very good my friend!
        Shes awesome man, top notch.
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  • Profile picture of the author jaiganeshv
    Hi,

    For everyone that needs help in formatting ebook except for eCover:

    MS Word 2007 has lots of options for easily creating ebook from ebook title page to end note.

    • First go to insert section and select the ecover title section, it has lots of templates available where you can just type the ebook name, author name etc.
    • Add the index and load the contents of the ebook.
    • Add header and footer with your company info and website URL, and page numbers.
    • Print preview and change formatting as you need it to be.

    Finally install cutepdf writer from cutepdf.com and have your ebook in .doc format to .pdf format absolutely free.

    Now you have created your ebook totally free with the help fo ms office 2007 and cutepdf writer.

    In case you wish to have a custom ecover, have it ready from your designer and insert it in the title section before you convert it to pdf.

    Let me know if you have a question. This is very easy and I use for my reports and ebooks.

    Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    You can insert pictures into Word by going to Insert/Picture/and then choose your source. You can also copy and paste pictures into Word. Then right-click the image and choose Format. Play around. It's easy. Life is good.
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  • Profile picture of the author jmorris18
    I also have a question in-regards to the topic of ebooks - how do you insert an affiliate link within the image or just using text below an image?

    Lets say I have an image of a Golf Club Set and I want to direct my readers to my affiliate site but I do not want to point out it is an affiliate site - How can I do this

    Click Here For Greatest Prices On Golf Clubs - When the reader clicks on the link all they see if my text within their browser window and are directed to my site. I feel by doing this they can not make a change to the link and steal my commissions. Is this possible to do?

    Thanks,
    Jason
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
      Originally Posted by jmorris18 View Post

      I also have a question in-regards to the topic of ebooks - how do you insert an affiliate link within the image or just using text below an image?

      Lets say I have an image of a Golf Club Set and I want to direct my readers to my affiliate site but I do not want to point out it is an affiliate site - How can I do this

      Click Here For Greatest Prices On Golf Clubs - When the reader clicks on the link all they see if my text within their browser window and are directed to my site. I feel by doing this they can not make a change to the link and steal my commissions. Is this possible to do?
      You can use a PHP redirect.

      On your website, you might have a directory/folder named "recommends".

      In that directory, you place a PHP redirect file, say "golf-clubs.php". The content of the file, which is just a text file, would be something like this:

      Code:
      <?php
header("Location: http://your.real.affiliate.link.here.dom/");
?>
      Then, in your eBook, your link would be something like:

      Code:
      http://www.yourwebsite.dom/recommends/golf-clubs.php
      When they view the link from within your eBook, they have no idea where it really goes.

      When they click the link, they will be taken to the affiliate link.

      It won't completely prevent someone from keeping you from getting your commission if they are determined to do so, but it makes for a more trustworthy-appearing link, which can help for the casual user who may be off-put by a strange link.
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  • Profile picture of the author Colin Palfrey
    Just select the picture and click the link icon, that is the one that looks like a chain link in front of a little earth.

    I think that is right anyway, but why not save yourself a lot of trouble and use OpenOffice instead, its free and far easier to use.
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  • Profile picture of the author txconx
    You can do pretty professional formatting in Word, or you can use MS Office Publisher (I believe Open Office has an equivalent). As noted in prior posts, it's not hard to add graphics in Word and get them to look nice.
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  • Profile picture of the author futurestrategy
    I believe you should consult a professional or a consultant first. You can choose a person whom you think can guide you.

    Also, it is good to refer other tips available online. There are plenty of ebooks available on how to create and present impressive ebooks. You may try that as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author kalios
    As a first step collect/write your content. This is the most difficult part. Word is able for the most advanced formating you may imagine and with freely available plugins you can export to pdf format.
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  • Profile picture of the author PCRoger
    Always test your links when you are done.

    PDF's have a nasty way of having the links not work.

    I use OpenOffice export to PDF function and that seems to work every time.

    PCRoger.
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