1. How to E-Publish Your Book
Presented by: Hans V. von Maltzahn
Author of
THE BLACK SUN ASCENDANT:
An Assassin's Tale
2. 1. Remember to have a
publishable manuscript ready!
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Does the book
have all you want
in it?
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Fully edited i.e. All
spelling and
grammer done?
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Is it as clean as it
can possibly be?
3. 2. Turn your manuscript into:
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An Adobe Reader
document (i.e.
PDF file:
nameofbook.pdf)
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A Microsoft
WORD & âTHE BLACK SUN ASCENDANT:
RichText doc (i.e. An Assassinâs Taleâ
nameofbook.doc
A Novel by Hans V. von Maltzahn
or nameofbk.rtf )
4. Note: to create an Acrobat
(PDF) document...
Open your Adobe Acrobat Reader (mine is
Adobe Reader 9)
⢠From the âFileâ pulldown menu choose:
âCreate Adobe PDF Using Acrobat.com
⢠Or visit:
http://www.adobe.com/go/reader9_create_pdf
⢠Your WORD program may even have a
conversion package in it (mine is
OpenOffice with one button conversion).
5. Note!
If you intend to publish your book through
one of the self-publishing firms such as:
I-Universe or Trafford Publishing
Then they will take care of your e-book
publishing needs for a fee.
You need not stay for my presentation!
6. 3. Get a free ISBN number!
⢠Visit the Canadian ISBN Service System
(CISS) at:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ciss-ssci/index-e.html
⢠Read the introduction and instructions on how
to join CISS , then fill out the online
application at the above address.
⢠No internet access? Call CISS at:
1-866-578-7777 (select 1+7+3). ISBN
numbers are issued within 10 days.
7. 4. Copyright your work!
⢠Visit the government's website for
information about how to copyright your
book: www.cipo.ic.gc.ca
⢠Read âA Guide to Copyrightâ then follow
the steps to fill out the form on-line (or
print out the form, fill it in manually).
⢠Problems? Call: 1-866-997-1936 or
email cipo.contact@ic.gc.ca
8. 5. Do I Need CIP Data?
This is what âCatalogue In Publicationâ (CIP) data
looks like:
NAME (S): von Maltzahn, Hans V. (Hans Victor), 1965-
TITLE (S): The black sun ascendant: an assassin's tale: a novel /
By Hans V. Von Maltzahn
PUBLISHER: Mississauga, Ont.: Hans V. Von Maltzahn, 2011
SERIES: The black sun series; bk. 1
NUMBERS: Canadiana: 20119006456
ISBN: 9780986793301 : $19.95
CLASSIFICATION: PS8643 054 B53 2011 C813/.6 22
9. Why CIP Data?
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Libraries use âCatalogue In Publicationâ
(CIP) data to order and catalogue the
books in their library.
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Libraries will usually only order books,
real or e-books, if they've got CIP codes
that the library can use.
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Your book can also be listed on the
government's North American book
catalogue the âNew Book Serviceâ
10. For CIP Info and Form:
Website:
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cip/index-e.html
Email: cip@lac-bac.gc.ca
Toll free number in Canada: 1-866-578-7777
Fax: 819-997-7517
11. 6. Make Your Cover In JPG
Format!
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Have your cover
ready in JPG (an
image) format so
that you can up
load it to the e-
book distributor of
your choice.
12. 7. Two E-book Publishers That
I've Used.
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Amazon.com's Kindle Publishing: Visit
http://amazon.com and read Kindle Publishing
information.
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Sign-up as a Kindle Publishing member, then
fill out their form, up load your PDF book file
and JPG cover and you're done!
https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin
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After a few weeks Amazon will have set up
your account and your book is on sale
worldwide!
13. Here's the second e-
publisher...
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Join Smashwords at:
http://www.smaswords.com/signup
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Download their âStyle Guideâ at:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52
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Follow their guide's instructions very carefully
to re-format your manuscript into a plain text
document.
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It might take a few months to upload an
acceptable copy to them - but Smashwords
distribution network is worldwide & extensive!
14. 8. There Are Others You Can
Try!
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Try an internet search on e-book publishers, e-
book self-publishing and e-book distributors.
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There are hundreds of choices, of which the
two above are only a sample.
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All will essentially ask you for either a WORD
or PDF copy of your manuscript, and then they
convert your book.
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I won't go into the different formats of e-books
(See Smashwords' Style Guide for an very good
explanation).