You get two training programs in one: It’s a high-level overview to help you plan your publishing strategy. And it’s packed full of the essential details – explained in simple terms – that show you how to publish ebooks. Together with companion course Digital Marketing 101, it’s the complete textbook on how to setup and operate your digital publishing business.
What’s in the course
- Course Introduction
- Module 1: Absolute Beginners
- Module 2: Rights and Permissions
- Module 3: Preparing Source Files
- Getting to the source
- What is markup?
- Adding markup and formats
- Basic markup process for ebook conversion
- Formatting the parts of an ebook
- Digital image basics
- How to edit images
- Tables, fonts and maths symbols
- Ebook cover design tips and techniques
- Creating multiple versions
- PROJECT: Prepare a manuscript for conversion to an ebook
- Summary
- Module 4: Production and conversion
- Ebook design considerations
- Ebook conversion from print editions
- Online conversion from manuscripts
- PROJECT: Convert a marked-up manuscript to an ebook
- Hiring ebook designers
- In-house production: How you do it – and should you do it?
- Ebook conversion software
- Print and digital: working with Adobe InDesign
- Using ebook editors to make or fine-tune ebooks
- Online ebook production tools
- Testing and quality control
- Summary
- Module 5: Distribution
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