How to Create an eBook & Audio Book for Self-Publishing?
Create a Reflowable eBook (ePub)
Install the Following Applications in your Computer/Laptop
- Calibre
- Kindle Create
Open ‘Calibre’ an ePub creator application
Go to ‘Add New Book’, and then open word document (interior file for ebook), now go to ‘Covert Book’ and select ePub format.
Once it is converted to ePub format, select book, then go to ‘View‘ to preview your ebook.
If you need to adjust your ePub, select book and go ‘Edit Book‘ to edit your desired pages, then save the changes, before exit.
If your ebook contains mathematical formula then write following script inside <head> tag and then save.
<head> <script type=”text/x-mathjax-config”></script> </head>
To export your ePub go to ‘Save to Disk‘ and select save only ePub format to disk.
Create a Print Replica (Fixed Format) eBook
To create Print Replica of your print book, you can use ‘Kindle Create’ and follow the steps to create:
Open ‘Kindle Create’ then select ‘Create New’ Choose, then Select ‘Print Replica’ option and Continue
Choose your ‘Print Book Interior’ file in *.Pdf format.
‘Save Kindle Create Work in Progress’ then ‘Export Your Kindle Create eBook to Publish to Kindle’ on Amazon (KDP).
Remember most of the online platform such as ‘Apple Book, Barnes & Nobel, Kobo, SmashWords’ and many more accept only ePub format on their platform.
Except the Amazon KDP, which accept both epub reflowable as well as ‘Print Replica‘ in fixed format. So it is better to create both print replica for Kindle and ePub all other platforms.
How to Create and Publish an Audio Book?
To create and publish a book you can use Google Play Books Partner Center, where you can published both ebook as well as audio book.
To convert your ebook into audio book, you have to upload ePub file, then use digital narrator tool to available in google play partner centre to convert your ePub into audio book. And then published it as audio book.
You are advise to download your audio file in *.LPF format and use this file to upload on Findaway Voices by Spotify.