[ProDigit]

Hi all,
I've received a request on this site, to write down how to write a good book in BookDesigner.

I understand that this thread is going to be long, but it's only for those who are interested in learning either how to do it, or seeing an alternative way on how to create a book!

If you want to skip the introduction, you can go to the first reply in this thread. This first thread (introduction) should prepare new book makers a bit in the world of book making!
The first reply on this thread would be the actual process

My experience dates from 2-3 years ago, and I no longer am in possession of the software and programs I used to have on my old computer to create these books, so most of it is written out of my memory.
Forgive me if I make errors, as my memory may be failing me here or there in the details.

First, I have to tell you that the process is very intensive!
You can not expect to convert an analog book to digital format in 2 hours!
Making a book takes a lot of time; most of the time it takes at least 10 of your hours to create a book that takes you 1 hour to read if you want to at least deliver a decent work!
It'll take less and less time as you get better with it, and you find ways to optimize the work process, but in this thread I wanted to help you find some ways on how to do that!

What helps you maintain the heavy workload, is remembering that the 10 hours you put into your book, will be appreciated by many; who thanks to your efforts will not need to be spending 10 hours converting, but can go right on reading after downloading the book!

If you remember that you are doing this for the community, and that many are happy you do this for them, it should help you maintain focus until the finished work, as creating a book involves a lot of work.

Making a book has several stages.
I'll tell you the basics, but it involves you figuring out problems and finding remedies. In this guideline I only give you some basic pointers, and an idea of what fellow book makers are going through creating a book like this.


In this example I will start from scanning a book. If you have a digital copy of this book, try extracting the text from there, as it will leviate about 50% of the workload (the most intense is scanning, and correcting the scans, but more on that later).

Every book you convert will be plagued with different problems, and it's upto you to find remedies to these problems, that will fix the issues fast, correctly, and without too much sweat.