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Originally Posted by WFT
I'm about ready to publish my first novel based on the current financial crisis. I plan to publish in both e-book and conventional book formats. My problem is: which e-book format should I select?
While I have considerable computer experience, I do not own an e-book reader and I have never investigated e-book formats. I know there are a bunch of them, including ebup, pdf, and Kindle among others, but I know almost nothing else about them. While I will certainly publish in Kindle, I'm also wondering what format to publish in for non-Kindle users.
My initial choice would have been PDF, because I regularly make PDF documents for free website distribution. However, a peek at the PDF forum on this board suggested to me that people with e-book readers have many issues reading PDF files. I saw a lot of discussion about different ways to convert PDF to text, etc. This suggests to me that the format is far from e-reader-friendly. Is my impression correct? Or is it a question of making the PDF page a certain size so that the novel can be read without any special conversion?
I'm sure I speak for other authors who are exploring how best to publish in an e-book format when I ask: What format(s) do e-reader users prefer?
I'm sure this seems like a very basic question. I even saw one post that said this is no longer an issue. Well, I beg to differ. It's an issue from my point-of-view because I want to get my new novel into as many e-reader devices as I can sell successfully.
So what format(s) do each of you prefer?
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The best thing to do is to start with a well made HTML file. Then you can use Calibre to convert to MS Reader, LRF, ePub, Mobipocket, eReader, and maybe a few other formats. Sans DRM of course.