Fun with Kindle Formatting
So if you're a small time operation, and you want your work on the Kindle, you can go through Amazon directly. This used to be called the Digital Text Platform, but recently they've changed it to Kindle Direct Publishing. Different name, same darn thing. A while back I finished up the formatting on a collection of short stories that my husband is releasing as a ebook. This requires creating a version that plays well with Kindle, with EPub, and with Smashwords' converter-majig. Or three versions. It depends how I'm feeling/how much time I have. I like tweaking the Kindle formatting by hand, but I tend to let Smashwords do the initial EPub conversion. Kindle is the most important format, and the main one where we actually sell some copies. In my reading, I see some really terrible e-book formatting, and I am determined to only release work that is as good as I can make it. Here are a few hints I've collected, if you're formatting for the Kindle: Use Micros...