Self-Publishing Tips, Tutorials and Guides
Video 9 Validating your EPUB with Threepress.org... The final stage of your EPUB creation is to validate your epub file. This is a required step for such etailers as Apple’s iBookstore. PLUS – If you want a valid KINDLE version for upload you only … [Continue reading]
Video 8 Meta and TOC Editor... These two very important items add functionality to your ebook. In SIGIL, the Meta Editor adds required information into the content.opf file (Open Packaging Format) such as the cover page, toc.ncx file, title of book, … [Continue reading]
Video 7 Creating Linkable TOC... In this video I show you how to easily modify the pre-formatted Table of Contents from our DIY kit to fit your needs. Once you have it setup, you can save it for a MASTER.EPUB file to be used for formatting your … [Continue reading]
Video 6 Modifying the Copyright, Acknowledgment & About the Author Pages... In the previous Video 4 and Video 5, you split and renamed the individual XHTML pages. Now, you need to modify the pages that were included in the pre-made Formatting … [Continue reading]
Video 5 Renaming your Split XHTML pages in SIGIL... This is part of the DIY Formatting Kit tutorial. NOTE: Information on this page is copyright yet may be shared in part for informational purposes so long as Unruly Guides is referenced. Please … [Continue reading]
Video 4 Creating your individual pages for EPUB in SIGIL... UPDATE 1/2012 SIGIL NOW OFFERS A BETTER WAY TO SPLIT PAGES. See: Splitting Pages Using Sigil's SGF Page Break feature Now that you have your EPUB in SIGIL, we need to split it into … [Continue reading]
Video 3 Using DIY Kit Formatting Template with SIGIL... In this segment you will use the FormattingTemplate.xhtml file that came with your Diy Formatting Kit. It includes the copyright page, table of contents, acknowledgment page and about the … [Continue reading]