Ebook publishing has become an accepted method of self-publishing and distributing your own books. It's cheap and easy and you can reach readers all over the world instantaneously without having to spend a lot of money to distribute hard-copy books to bookstores. All you need is your own website on which you can post your ebook.
While there are two formats you can use in ebook publishing - portable document format (pdf) and HTML or Hypertext Markup Language - pdf is by far the easier and more popular format for you to use. Pdf files are very easy to download since the files are not only compact; they are even smaller in size than the original source file. Publishing your ebook in pdf format also ensures that all your original formatting remains intact, including any images embedded in the text; the pdf document will always print correctly, no matter which printer you use.
And, when distributing your ebook, you have a wide range of options, including downloading it directly through your website and distributing it through CD-ROM. Many ebooks can even be sent as email attachments. You even have the option of letting a user read the ebook directly from your site without having to download it.
An HTML ebook, on the other hand, is essentially a collection of web pages compressed into an .exe file. Thus, they can contain live links and embedded video. They can also be made with customizable fields so that users can modify several fields. This can be useful if you want to use the ebook as a sales tool, since affiliates can add their ID to it when they give it away, allowing you to track the ebook for the purposes of determining commissions.
One of the downfalls of self-publishing has always been that the resulting books have been drab, since self-publishers could not afford attractive production values. This limitation does not apply to ebook publishing, since the sky's the limit, depending on the format you choose. So you can make your ebook as attractive as you want, in order to draw readers.
With Microsoft Word, you can create a professional- looking book, complete with a snazzy front and back cover. Once you've finished writing the book, all you have to do is convert it into pdf format using Adobe Acrobat. The only downside is that the Adobe software itself is somewhat pricy; there is an inexpensive alternative called Easy PDF, however, although it has fewer features than Adobe.
If you want to profit from the products of your ebook publishing, you will have to register the ebook's copyright with the US copyright office - so you can legally assert your right in court to be recognized as the creator of the ebook - and buy an ISPN number from the US ISBN Agency so you can sell it online, or in bookstores.
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