Internet & Tech: Writing an eBook - software recommendations?

How are you writing it? What format do you want it be in? pdf ... exe ..?

There are some editors that will convert easily into an pdf ebook, if I recall correctly.

Karen

I haven't checked this in a while so I honestly
don't remember how it works ... maybe it will
be what you need.

software in .exe format - eclt.exe
www.mattcas.com/eclt.exe

user guide in .exe format - ect.exe
www.mattcas.com/ect.exe

This is the best site for self-publishing books, http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/learn_book.aspx

I'm currently applying to be a college professor and if hired, I'll be using that site as a part of my course for students to self-publish their own book.

There are only two professional ways to layout a book, whether it be digital or print:

Adobe InDesign (my fav)

Quark Xpress

These are both layout applications in which you set your type, place images, etc... You should use Adobe Photoshop to edit your photos and cover design. And Adobe Illustrator should only be used if you plan to incorporate any vector elements.

I've used each of these apps every day for about 5 or so years now, and will hopefully be teaching advertising students how to use them (i'll know whether or not I can teach next week or so). If you need any help Eric just let me know.

And one of the best examples of a beautifully designed ebook are all of the free books available on [url]http://www.changethis.com/[/url], which is one of Seth Godin's creations.

By preference do you mean of applications or books on changethis?

Ahhhhh, lol. InDesign is much much better than Quark, and has a similar interface, shortcuts, compatibility, with Photoshop and all of the other Adobe applications. Quark requires plugins to be bought to take advantage of many features that are standard in InDesign.

One of the great things about Adobe is the merger with Macromedia opens up some sweet bundle packs like [url]http://www.adobe.com/products/bundles/web_bundle.html[/url].

And of course, you have to have Photoshop, which I'm pretty sure you already have judging by all of the sites you've designed.