Building your own e book

eBook Formats
 .pdf(Portable Document Format)
 .mobi, .azw, .prc (Amazon Kindle)
 .epub (Nook, Sony, iPad, iPhone, Kobo,
Android and many others)

(I assume you already know much about PDF so we will not discuss it
further)

Contents of standard eBook
 Cover Image
 HTML and CSS
 NCX (a.k.a Navigation Control eXtended
Markup Language)
 OPF (a.k.a Open Packaging Format)

Cover Image
 Catalog
Cover- Displayed in eBook stores.
 Common Size- 1600x2500 pixels

 Embedded Cover- Your book’s 1st page.
 Common Size- 600x800 pixels

HTML
 <head> tag for document meta-data.
 <p> tags for paragraph.
 <a> tags for anchors, used for linking.
 Close all tags by </..>
 Create separate HTML docs for separate
chapters.

W3schools.com

CSS
 Use relative values i.e. % or em
 Recommended body text size= 100% or
1em.
 page-break-after/before for page breaks.
 Use basic fonts, no fancy fonts allowed for
body text.
 Pre-size your image before inserting.

W3schools.com

NCX
 A.k.a Logical Table of Contents
(Recommended).
 Do not include sub-chapters in NCX.
 <navLabel> ‘s content is displayed as text
in logical TOC.
 Be specific with playOrder. It defines the
order of chapters listedin TOC.

OPF
 A.k.a Open Packaging Format.
 Defines what files are contained in eBook
package.
 Metadata- states the information about book
and author.
 Manifest- lists all files included in package.
 Spine- Liner instructions on how book is
ordered.
 Guide- links to cover page and important
sections of book.

Special requirement for ePub
 Container.xml stating where .opf file is
located.
 Mimetype (text file) stating that book is an
ePub and zip.
 META-INF (folder) storing container.xml.
 OEBPS (folder) storing all doc files along-
with OPF and NCX.

Zipping it up (for ePubs)
 Create a zipped folder.
 First drag mimetype file into it.
 Now drag both folders.
 Rename extension from .zip to .epub.

For Amazon Kindle
 Use Mobipocket.
 Open & add all HTML docs.
 Fill all meta-data.
 Click on ‘Build’.
 Check your book on Kindle Previewer.

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