hi tolmitch and welcome to the forum ! if i've understood correctly, you're the author Heywood Gould ? we're always very pleased to welcome new authors to our community and thrilled to see more and more of you getting interested in ebooks !!
i'd recommend that you start learning about the epub format first ; it's the new industry standard format, natively readable on more and more devices (including sony prs 505 and 700, and the iphone using the stanza app) and very easy to convert to other formats, such as mobipocket (drm-free mobipocket can be read on many devices, including the kindle). please take a look in our epub forum to learn about the format and don't hesitate to ask questions ! we've got plenty of knowledgeable and friendly people who are happy to answer !
if you're looking for a very easy way to make an epub book, i recommend you try the wysiwig interface at
feedbooks ; if you don't want to make your book available through their distribution plateforme (currently they don't support paid distribution, only free, although they plan to add that feature in the future) you can simply create your book, then ask for a preview in the format of your choice (epub, mobipocket, pdf...) but don't publish it.
and don't miss our
writers' forum as well !