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jeffw · 12-15-2007, 03:28 PM

Hi gang,

An eBook newbie here and I woke up this morning -- wondering if there are good formatting guidelines (basic do and don't advice) that I can study and learn from.

The last few days I have been Googling 'layout" and "structure" and I have found 100's of ezine articles about EBook basics about niche, titles, selling and so forth -- but very little information that educates me on the pure layout basics.

Things like:
1) page size
2) Margins
3) A Good cross platform TOC
4) Fonts
5) Free flow content (screen/device resizing and holding a good looking layout)

How do I create the basic layout that converts best into other formats: (HTML LIT PDF.....?)

I’m helping a friend that is currently using MS Word to write his eBook.

I am currently reading the thread here
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17185

which has a lot of good points -- but I'm wondering if there is a resource that is more of a good summary of the do's and don’ts.

If anyone could post a few good links, I would appreciate it. Just need links. I don't mind the study and reading --- I'm just trying to find a few resources instead of reading and filtering through thousands of pages to a few good ones. (ezine burnt out this morning)

Thanks for any tips and advice

12-15-2007, 03:28 PM	#1
jeffw Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: pendng	Layout & Structure basics Hi gang, An eBook newbie here and I woke up this morning -- wondering if there are good formatting guidelines (basic do and don't advice) that I can study and learn from. The last few days I have been Googling 'layout" and "structure" and I have found 100's of ezine articles about EBook basics about niche, titles, selling and so forth -- but very little information that educates me on the pure layout basics. Things like: 1) page size 2) Margins 3) A Good cross platform TOC 4) Fonts 5) Free flow content (screen/device resizing and holding a good looking layout) How do I create the basic layout that converts best into other formats: (HTML LIT PDF.....?) I’m helping a friend that is currently using MS Word to write his eBook. I am currently reading the thread here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17185 which has a lot of good points -- but I'm wondering if there is a resource that is more of a good summary of the do's and don’ts. If anyone could post a few good links, I would appreciate it. Just need links. I don't mind the study and reading --- I'm just trying to find a few resources instead of reading and filtering through thousands of pages to a few good ones. (ezine burnt out this morning) Thanks for any tips and advice Last edited by jeffw; 12-15-2007 at 03:31 PM.