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Originally Posted by HarryT
All modern books are created electronically, so it's simply a matter of using the appropriate software tools to convert them from the format they are written in (generally a Word Processor), to the format used by ebooks (generally an HTML-based format).
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However, I bet there's still a non-negligible number of publishers with a workflow similar to this:
- Author writes in a word processor and sends file to publisher
- Publisher creates a print-ready document (PDF)
- Book is printed
- Someone thinks that an ebook would be nice
- Word processor file is lost, or it doesn't include all the modifications (formatting etc.) done by the publisher
At this point, an ebook is created either from the PDF, if available, or from a scan of the printed book.