Ebooks

If you’re new to self-publishing and ebook formatting, it’s easy to think that your ebook text justification will look just the same as it appears on your screen. However, ebooks follow a different set of formatting rules. Unlike a print book, an ebook uses dynamic reflowable text. Because of this, justified text options can create…

You see QR codes (Quick Response Codes) everywhere now, but have you thought about using them in your ebooks? They are a quick and easy way to give extra content to your readers or to link to your author website. You can use them to encourage readers to join your mailing list or to take…

Why should you check the file size of an ebook? Because it can cost you money. The bigger your ebook file size is, the more Amazon KDP charges you to deliver your Kindle ebook. It hardly seems fair because most other self-publishing services don’t charge you for the delivery of an ebook. But if you…

For new self-publishing authors, you might be wondering if you can download a copy of your published Kindle ebook from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). Yes, you certainly can. However, the process is not as straightforward as you might think, and the download link is definitely not easy to find. With other services like Smashwords…

You don’t need to search for long to realize that AI-generated ebook spam is the newest scam on the Amazon Kindle Store. It only took me a few minutes to find thousands of them, all published within the last few months. The main giveaways are usually no reviews, no author page, trashy book covers, and…

You can publish an ebook in color using any self-publishing platform, yet many authors overlook the possibility, especially when publishing with Amazon KDP. This hesitation is probably because Kindle reading devices display content only in black and white or grayscale. However, this narrow focus overlooks a significant opportunity. Apart from Kindles, a wide range of…

You should always check an ebook before publishing because you need to make sure it works perfectly on all screen sizes. Some readers will use an ereading device such as a Kindle or Nook. But others will use a phone, tablet, or laptop. Because of this, testing your ebook on different screen sizes before you…

When it comes to reading ebooks, what devices do people use? A dedicated e-reader, smartphone, tablet, or computer? When the Kindle arrived in 2007, it quickly became the most popular e-reading device. The first iPad, along with iBooks, was released in 2010, and it looked like it might compete with Kindle. However, the low-resolution screen…

Can you include a video in ebooks? Yes, you can. There are many ways you can add video to ebooks. If you want to include a lot of videos, you will be creating an interactive ebook. But this type of ebook, or flipbook, is not suitable for publishing on Amazon. If you want to publish…

If you are a Mac user, it’s quick and easy to format an ebook in Apple Pages. Yes, there are lots of program choices when it comes to ebook formatting. You can use Microsoft Word, Calibre or Kindle Create. But Apple Pages has a few advantages that make it simple to get your ebook ready…