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Smashwords now takes ePUBs!

Skilled Workman Posted on January 1, 2013 by David BergslandJanuary 1, 2013

This is really big news. This is especially true for someone who writes and works in InDesign. Up ’til now, I’d finish a book and spend a full day to: export the PDFs, export the KF8 file for Kindle, and export the various ePUBs for the iBookstore, Nook, and Kobo—then  uploading to Createspace for print, Kindle KDP for the Kindle version, and Lulu, PubIt, and Kobo Writing Life. Then if I wanted to release at Smashwords, I’d spend … Continue reading →

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Formatting your books and ebooks: DIY or paid?

Skilled Workman Posted on November 22, 2012 by David BergslandNovember 22, 2012

Most of you have probably read one of my rants about the difficulty and absurdity of producing finished books in Word. Except for Smashwords, where this is required, you should never use Word for final output. So, what are your options? Do it yourself or pay someone else There are several factors involved here. You need to carefully look at your needs and choose what works best for you. But the bottomline is certain. Sooner or later, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Christian Design, ePUB, Kindle book design, Ministry, On-Demand Publishing, Readability, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Typography, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe InDesign, DIY, E-book, epub, FaceBook, GoodReads, publishing, QuarkXPress, shelfari, smashwords

InDesign is the key to economy in self-publishing

Skilled Workman Posted on November 18, 2012 by David BergslandNovember 18, 2012

Possibly the biggest news in publishing for ministries and non-profits is that you can start out free. All it takes is an iMac or equivalent (Mac or PC) and InDesign You will need to do a bit of study. It will take some work. But, it can be done easily. The Adobe apps are all available for less than $50 per month. There is also educational and non-profit pricing. You can do this!

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Posted in Book Design, ePUB, Kindle book design, Ministry, Self-publishing | Tagged Discipleship, DIY, economy, epub, evangelism, InDesign cs6, kf8, kindle, ministry, print, Self-publishing, stewardship

Adobe Digital Editions 2.0 is not bad

Skilled Workman Posted on November 12, 2012 by David BergslandNovember 12, 2012

As I often do, I found out this morning that I have been recommending false information. I’ve alway hated Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe’s free ebook reader. It trashed the type and the images. I always recommended deleting it and not allowing it on your computer. This morning I discover that the 2.0 version is a great improvement. Of course, it’s been out since Sept 2012 & I never noticed I’m surprised that I haven’t heard of it. Has … Continue reading →

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Writing In InDesign ePUB with fonts is available via email

Skilled Workman Posted on October 31, 2012 by David BergslandOctober 31, 2012

If you want your own copy on your hard drive, Buy the 2.5 edition ePUB direct, NOW! You can purchase directly an ePUB version of Edition 2.5 with embedded fonts for the normal price of $7.99. I’ll email it to you, and you can upload it into your iPad or Android tablet BlueFire app to see the embedded fonts. The embedded fonts will also be seen in in the Kindle Fire (but I can’t email a KF8 … Continue reading →

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Using embedded fonts in ePUBs for free: DIY Publishing wins!

Skilled Workman Posted on October 23, 2012 by David BergslandOctober 23, 2012

I just tried something and was surprised by the result. After learning this morning that I don’t actually buy books from Kindle, but lease them, I wanted to see what my options are if I actually buy an ePUB. More than that, as a font designer, I wanted to try an ePUB with embedded fonts. So, I simply exported an ePUB with embedded font from my KF8 version of the book and emailed it to myself. Then … Continue reading →

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The entire definition of a book has changed

Skilled Workman Posted on October 22, 2012 by David BergslandOctober 22, 2012

How have things been revised: This piece you are reading did not appear first as a book in the traditional sense. These paragraphs were first released as the first posting of a new series on my blog, The Skilled Workman, in April of 2011. There was a link to a free downloadable PDF version at Scribd. The intention was a fully developed book after I was given the complete vision to share. I ended up with six of … Continue reading →

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Books, even ebooks, need good tools (InDesign CS6)

Skilled Workman Posted on October 1, 2012 by David BergslandOctober 1, 2012

No! You can’t do it in BBEdit or Word It all comes back to the print/ebook divide. That divide is only apparent to the book designers. For the readers, a book is a book. Ebooks are cheaper (or should be). Normal printed books are high resolution, typographic marvels. But to the reader, a book is a book. For authors, publishing only a print version or only an ebook version is worse than silly—it’s foolish. If you want … Continue reading →

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Your book better not look like a poorly designed Website!

Skilled Workman Posted on September 17, 2012 by David BergslandSeptember 17, 2012

I had a little go’round with a coding geek on the #eprdctn Twitter feed about the use of fonts in ebooks. He was muttering about those #$*&^!%^#$ designers, and I ended up biting off the tips of my fingers to avoid cutting him a new one to drain all his pent up hostility. It was hardly a fruitful conversation. But it got me thinking. The real problem with the new publishing is the layout quality The quality … Continue reading →

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Keeping your file size under control for graphic ePUBs

Skilled Workman Posted on September 10, 2012 by David BergslandSeptember 10, 2012

I was working on my best-selling book this morning, Practical Font Design, Third Edition. It’s an ePUB with 266 graphics in it—almost entirely screen captures—showing what I am doing in FontLab as I design a font. I design my ePUBs in InDesign CS6 & use the export unchanged I realize that’s anathema to many of you code geeks, but the ePUBs out of InDesign are now more than good enough—if you design within its limitations. Now that … Continue reading →

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