Currently, most ebooks are sold in the US and UK, but other markets are also increasing their market share: China, Germany and Japan are leading the list.
Ebooks can be read on any digital screen: computers, tablets, iPads, smartphones and e-readers. To ensure portability, bigger companies including Amazon and Kobo provide you with all-platform apps: you can start reading on your computer while drinking your morning coffee, continue where you left off on your e-reader and finish on your smartphone. We are aiming to devote a whole article comparing the most popular e-readers currently available, but popular features include text-to-speech, note-taking opportunities, easy collecting and sharing of quotes and backlight.
There are dozens of ebook formats, but most of us Earthly mortals will only meet a couple during our lifetime. E-readers usually prefer a specific format but most of them will still accept multiple formats. The difference between the formats is mainly in how well they handle fixed-layout and reflowable books, if they support DRM digital copy protection , whether they support pictures and multimedia content and what are their preferred devices.
Being the most widely accepted ebook format, txt cannot do anything but give simple, reflowable text. It supports reflowable and fixed layout books, handles DRM and interactivity. The only backside being that it is only accepted by Kindle devices and Kindle apps. All old ebook readers accept epub 2 format, and most new readers take in epub 3: the format of interactive, fixed-layout books. Epub 3 format supports embedding of not only images and sounds, but even videos. Epub 3 also offers global language support: it handles non-latin scripts like Arabic and Chinese effortlessly.
When Amazon launched Kindle ebooks , mobi was the first format they used. While it has since been replaced by azw, it is still hugely popular. Mobis can be read by almost any device, except Nooks and Sony Readers. While technically not an ebook format, this is the one most people are familiar with. Designed for printing and easy, platform neutral sharing of fixed-layout documents, it is no surprise that reflowing the text is problematic. It can be done, though. The big backside of pdf is that it is not accepted by any of the major ebook stores.
There are several ways of doing it: you can convert a book yourself in the cloud, on your laptop using a book editor, or hire somebody to do the conversion. This is true if you entrust a professional, but is increasingly so if you decide to convert your ebook yourself. See here for the costs to publish a book. Microsoft Word and Google Docs, however, use an entirely different system of styling and formatting a book than ebook editors: if the two system clashes, it can result in pain, sweat and long hours of troubleshooting.
The most important advice we can give you is actually the advice of the US Navy. As the ebook reader apps and devices strip the books from most formatting, there is hardly a reason for taking hours selecting different fonts and colours. Use styles for formatting, especially headings: these will be used to create your table of contents later. There is no need to manually add a table of contents with page numbers — page numbers are uninterpretable in case of an epub.
Check out our ebook writing apps masterpost for advice on choosing the best paid and free ebook conversion software and ebook editors. There are plenty of apps letting you buy, organize, borrow, lend and — most importantly — read ebooks. New Windows computers come with a built-in solution for opening ebooks: the Microsoft Edge browser is set as default for opening epub files. While the way it displays it is by no means pretty, it is certainly legible.
By all means the most popular reader software to open, read, organise and convert for private use ebooks on a laptop or desktop computer is Calibre. Calibre is the non-profit love child of Kovid Goyal and is an ebook managing must-have. It is thanks to Calibre that my ebook library is much better organised than my physical. It works literally on any platform: Mac, Linux and Windows. Calibre does not only work as an ebook reader, but converts everything to everything, has a code-based editor and is excellent at metadata manager.
It can also send books to the ebook reader, even via email to Kindle. Most big distributors developed their cross-platform apps to ensure synchronisation, proper display and protection. ADE, despite its imperfections is the industry standard tool for displaying and working with fixed-layout epubs. At the time of writing this article, ADE is at version number 4.
To solve the serious problem of what will my book look like on different devices, Amazon has developed the Kindle Previewer. It is free for Windows and Mac, and supports many different screen sizes and editions of Kindle devices. All Android devices come with a built-in reading tool: Google Play Books. You can use Google Play books to read your own books if they are in an epub or pdf format. You can also buy digital books in the Google Play Books store. You can then reach them from your phone or your tablet.
Other popular apps include Kindle, Nook and Kobo, all with built in shopping function. The library giant OverDrive uses Libby for phones and other portable devices. All of these apps are able to handle notes, highlights in different colors, most of them have built-in dictionary, can handle categories or shelves.
As books published through iTunes are of the highest quality Apple being one of the few distributors actually requiring a valid epub , so everyone reading books bought directly from Apple can be sure that the books are working at the Apple device. Yes, we all know, ebooks are amazing, but where can you get them from? Well, there are plenty of services offering free legal ebooks to download for any platform.
Danny also likes using book giveaways to foster deeper, long-lasting relationships with followers, readers and customers. By asking for email addresses in exchange for free ebook downloads, Danny is able to maintain an ongoing dialogue with his readers. Through emails and newsletters, Danny is able to frame himself as a real, engaging and memorable human in the eyes of his readers. A friendly ongoing relationship with readers bolstered with free and easy-to-access content yields far more for authors then the antagonistic mistrust of online audiences to which some writers still cling.
It is entirely understandable why authors get nervous about ebooks and freebies. Seeing people exchange pirated copies of a lovingly-crafted book hurts. But piracy is inevitable. Whether authors make their books available for free or not, unauthorized copies will be made and exchanged.
Instead of attempting to fight piracy, authors must claim ownership of the process. Readers opt for the path of least resistance. If they can access an author's books for free or at a low cost legitimately, they will choose that legitimate path over less-convenient illegal alternatives. Authors who offer their books at a price point amenable to online audiences gain the ability to develop loyal followings and reap peripheral rewards- be they word-of-mouth marketing, favorable reviews, or yes, even more print book sales.
Online audiences are entirely willing to pay for content. Content creators simply must prove themselves first. Those who are willing to be generous themselves will be met by generosity in return.
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