How to Make a Kindle eBook from Scratch Posted May 5, 2014 by & filed under,. Update (Sept. 11, 2015): The character set for Kindle eBooks is now UTF-8. And recommends using the UTF-8 character over entities (© over ©). There are many ways to create a Kindle eBook, but creating your own source files, and then using KindleGen to convert it into Kindle Format 8 will give you more control over the end result, than relying on a plugin. If you are a web designer, like me, you already know the technologies you need to make Kindle eBooks from scratch: HTML, XML and CSS. All you need to know is how to put those technologies together, and you’ll be in business. What you’ll need • Text editor: most text editors will do for this task, but I’ve had editors crash on me when editing really long books (hundreds of pages long). I usually prefer doing my eBook editing in, but may work just as well for your needs. ![]() • From the page: •: this PDF outlines their standards. • KindleGen: a command line program to convert the source files into Kindle Format 8. • Kindle Previewer: a simulator, so you can test your eBook. ![]() I'm sure that more than a few of you readers have a half-written book or useful guide you've put together to help people learn something. You've probably wondered if. EBooks 101 - How to create, format, and publish an eBook. Learn how to make your own eBooks and sell them on Amazon's Kindle, iPad, Nook, Google Play, Kobo & more! ![]() ![]() •: I strongly recommend that you look at the samples. Some have examples of how to add images, text, media, etc. This tutorial will cover the basics of making a simple eBook, but its just a matter of studying the publishing guidelines, and sample books to be able to make more complex eBooks. File structure To create an Kindle eBook, you need the following files: • The book in HTML format (it can be all in one file, or you can break it up, a chapter per file, for example) • An OPF () with the book’s details • An NCX (Navigation Center eXtended) table of contents • Cover image (JPEG or TIFF) • Any other assets your book may have (CSS files, images, fonts, etc.) If you download the, you can see how their files are organized. Formatting the book: HTML This can be time consuming, but all you need to do is convert the book into a web page. You can use XHTML, or HTML5, but have to be careful to set the encoding as ‘Latin-1’ (ISO-8859-1) UTF-8 (see the update at the beginning of this article). Here’s a template of what your HTML file may look like. You can export from inDesign (or Word, ugh!) into HTML.
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