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Ebook editing and formatting

by Dax Cherry
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Hello, I'm really stuck with getting my book ready for kindle upload. I need to edit it in pdf format and then get it into kindle, nook and smashwords format respectively. Please help, Many thanks
#ebook #ebooks #editing #formatting #kindle book formatting #nook formatting #smashwords
  • Profile picture of the author harvie316
    google word to pdf converter, then convert it to PDF, then from PDF upload it to the KPD on amazon.
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  • Profile picture of the author agmccall
    Originally Posted by Dax Cherry View Post

    Hello, I'm really stuck with getting my book ready for kindle upload. I need to edit it in pdf format and then get it into kindle, nook and smashwords format respectively. Please help, Many thanks
    You do realize you are in the wrong forum, Right?

    This is a internet marketing forum, you need to go to google and do a proper search so you can go to the right place

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  • Profile picture of the author artflair
    Originally Posted by Dax Cherry View Post

    Hello, I'm really stuck with getting my book ready for kindle upload. I need to edit it in pdf format and then get it into kindle, nook and smashwords format respectively. Please help, Many thanks
    You can hire people on Fiverr to do it for you! Fast & Easy and later on you can figure it out yourself
    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author barbling
    Why edit a PDF? Why not the straight source?

    Kindle takes .mobi files I believe.

    I'm the author of the Ultimate Google Hangouts Marketing Roadmap (published that last August) and the process I followed was:

    1.) Write book in OpenOffice (word processing).

    2.) I used Kinstant Formatter to format it. I think it's $27. Definitely a worthwhile investment.

    3.) Uploaded the resulting goodie to the book sites.

    Some useful HowTos can be found at

    How to Format an eBook for Kindle - Tuts+ Business Article

    The Ultimate Guide to Publishing Your eBook on Amazon's Kindle Platform - Copyblogger

    Hope that helps!
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  • Profile picture of the author Edward W Smith
    Unless things have changed, Kindle does not require your upload to be in PDF. Check out the Kindle site for upload options and you will be surprised to see how many options you have. OK, good luck, Edward Smith.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kasparas
    Kindle formatting can be a pain, and when you upload your document as a PDF or Word document, it's hard to get the formatting right unless it's a really simple book. The way that gives you most control is authoring your book in HTML/CSS and using Amazon's kindlegen to convert it to Mobipocket. That's what most people who offer Kindle formatting services do anyway. If you can't do it yourself, use a Fiverr gig. Don't know about the other platforms, but it's probably pretty much the same as with Kindle.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dani78
      Yeah, just follow the steps above,
      edit it first with OpenOffice, save it
      then press the "convert to pdf" button.

      Then follow the steps above & turn it
      to mobi or kindle ready.
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