How to design and publish your first ebook

How to design and publish your first ebook, available at $74.99, has an average rating of 4.4, with 52 lectures, 4 quizzes, based on 15 reviews, and has 177 subscribers.

You will learn about Design and publish an ebook according to industry standards What software you need to create an ebook. Design an effective ebook cover How to copyright your ebook How to determine a competitive price for your ebook Know the difference between .epub, .pdf and .mobi and when and where they are used. What is an ISBN and the myth behind the eISBN How to obtain an ISBN for your ebook How to apply for a Library of Congress Number How to distribute your ebook across multiple channels How to license and maintain control over your ebook This course is ideal for individuals who are Fictional, nonfictional, technical, article, poetry and any serious writer or Published or never published or The entrepreneur who wants to provide an eBook conversion service It is particularly useful for Fictional, nonfictional, technical, article, poetry and any serious writer or Published or never published or The entrepreneur who wants to provide an eBook conversion service.

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Summary

Title: How to design and publish your first ebook

Price: $74.99

Average Rating: 4.4

Number of Lectures: 52

Number of Quizzes: 4

Number of Published Lectures: 52

Number of Published Quizzes: 4

Number of Curriculum Items: 56

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 56

Original Price: $64.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Design and publish an ebook according to industry standards
What software you need to create an ebook.
Design an effective ebook cover
How to copyright your ebook
How to determine a competitive price for your ebook
Know the difference between .epub, .pdf and .mobi and when and where they are used.
What is an ISBN and the myth behind the eISBN
How to obtain an ISBN for your ebook
How to apply for a Library of Congress Number
How to distribute your ebook across multiple channels
How to license and maintain control over your ebook

Who Should Attend

Fictional, nonfictional, technical, article, poetry and any serious writer
Published or never published
The entrepreneur who wants to provide an eBook conversion service

Target Audiences

Fictional, nonfictional, technical, article, poetry and any serious writer
Published or never published
The entrepreneur who wants to provide an eBook conversion service

By the end of this course you will be able to take an existing completed manuscript and transform it into a fully validated ePub 3.0.1 digital publication. You will also know how to get your eBook published on the international market place. This course was designed for the absolute beginner. I will walk you through step by step on how to format your manuscript using HTML5, CSS3, legally free open source and commercial software.

Master the technical skill sets of publishing an Industry Standard Validated ePub 3.0.1 digital publication.

What you will know by the end of this course:

What is an ePub & how is an ePub different from a .pdf file.
You will know why you should only publish in ePub format and when you should consider publishing in another format (such as mobi or kobo).
What software do you need?
Where to find legally free and open source software for eBook creation.
Where to obtain legal photo, images and videos for your eBook.
How to prepare your document.
How to use HTML5 and CSS3 to format your eBook (No prior programming skills required).
What is an ISBN and how to obtain one?
You will know how to read a valid ISBN.
You will be dispelled about the myth of the e-ISBN.
How to obtain a Library of Congress Number and how to get listed with the British Book Depository.
You will know how to set pricing for your digital publication and why pricing is very important.
You will learn about copyrights.
You will learn how to license your publication and how to protect your rights as an author and publisher.
You will know how to create a professional book cover.
You will know how to validate your digital publication to meet current industry standards.
You will know how to distribute your digital publication worldwide.
You will know how to select the correct distribution channel for you as a publisher or as an indie author.

This is a self-paced detailed course designed to allow you the time needed to become proficient at each new skill set introduced. By the end of this course you will have complete control over the outcome of your digital publication. You will know how to protect your rights as an indie author and publisher.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Welcome

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: What is an ebook?

Lecture 1: Digital publications verses traditional print publications

Lecture 2: What is an .epub?

Lecture 3: Epub verses PDF

Chapter 3: Setting up your system

Lecture 1: Which graphic design programs can you use to create ebook covers and edit photos

Lecture 2: Sigil layout

Chapter 4: Preparing your manuscript

Lecture 1: Sample Content

Lecture 2: How to prepare your manuscript

Lecture 3: Basic HTML5 Layout

Lecture 4: Basic HTML5 tags part 01

Lecture 5: Basic HTML5 tags part 02

Lecture 6: Basic HTML5 tags part 03

Lecture 7: Defining your first Cascading Style Sheet (CSS)

Chapter 5: How to use Sigil

Lecture 1: Let's get started

Lecture 2: Inserting text into Sigil

Lecture 3: How to break up and format paragraphs part 01

Lecture 4: How to break up and format paragraphs part 02

Chapter 6: Advanced CSS definition formating

Lecture 1: Reuse of Classes (portability)

Lecture 2: Use of font families in CSS

Lecture 3: How to use web fonts part 01

Lecture 4: How to use web fonts part 02

Chapter 7: Adding audio, videos and images to your ebook

Lecture 1: Inserting audio files

Lecture 2: Inserting video files

Lecture 3: Inserting images – Part 01

Lecture 4: Inserting images – Part 02

Chapter 8: Design a winning Book Cover

Lecture 1: Where to find licensed cover art?

Lecture 2: What software do I need?

Lecture 3: Using Book Cover Pro to create a book cover

Lecture 4: Using Gimp to create an eBook cover part 01

Lecture 5: Using Gimp to create an eBook cover part 02

Lecture 6: Using Gimp to create an eBook cover part 03

Lecture 7: How to add your cover to your .epub

Lecture 8: Overview of ePub HTML & CSS formatting

Chapter 9: Copyrights, trademarks, ISBN, ISSN, LCN and registering to sell in Europe.

Lecture 1: What is an ISBN? Do I need an ISBN?

Lecture 2: How do I obtain an ISBN on my own?

Lecture 3: What is an ISSN and do I need one?

Lecture 4: Library of Congress Number (LCN) & UK Legal Book Depositories

Lecture 5: How to I copyright my publication

Lecture 6: Setting up your copyright page

Chapter 10: Final touches to your eBook

Lecture 1: Add meta data to your eBook.

Lecture 2: Create a table of content.

Lecture 3: How to choose the correct Distribution Channel(s)

Lecture 4: How to read an XML and an .opf file

Chapter 11: Distribution, pricing and licensing your publication

Lecture 1: How to price your publication

Lecture 2: Licensing your eBook

Lecture 3: How to validate your .epub

Lecture 4: validate ePub files over 10MB

Chapter 12: Marketing your eBook

Lecture 1: Marketing your eBook part 01

Lecture 2: Marketing your eBook part 02

Lecture 3: Marketing your eBook part 03

Lecture 4: Marketing your eBook part 04

Chapter 13: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Thank you & congratulations!

Instructors

Anthony Coe
Graphic Designer, Web Designer

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