13
March
Formatting for the Kindle
Well, I’ve decided to try to format Thomi for the Kindle. It isn’t an easy process, and if I had the money, I would have it done for me!
Each day, I learn a little bit more, and get closer to being able to upload the book. I have my account created to be able to do that. All other info is set and ready to go. Found a couple of books to help me with this job. I wish they would be here today, but probably won’t be until some time next week. So maybe, I’ll have to just accept the wait, and get other things done in the meantime.
I’m excited by this opportunity like I wasn’t before. Don’t ask me why. I don’t have a good reason really. But, now I’m ready to do this. So much to take into consideration!
Will be nice when they finally are able to allow uploads by PDF. I invested in Adobe Acrobat
9 Professional recently. I don’t care that there are free programs out there. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and get what works best. Because, most of the time, you get what you pay for.
Anyway, I’ll post about my Kindle experience as I experience it. Right now, just being able to find an easy way to format Thomi into HTML would be nice. I pretty much feel I could have had her hand coded by now, instead of messing with cleaning up Word code or Mobipocket code.
Hmmm… I could try WordPerfect and the PrintShop Pro Publisher. And MS Publisher. Although, I can’t imagine that wouldn’t have any less bloated coding than Word. But, it’d be a learning experience, wouldn’t it?
When I tried loading Thomi into my CoffeeCup HTML Editor, it took forever to load, and then it was slow to accept my changes. Too big of a file, I’m sure is the reason. Over 400 pages. She’s a big book! So, if I decide to hand code, I’ll have to go chapter by chapter. Thirty three chapters . . .
Yeah, she’s a big book.
Well, I guess I should get on with it!
Until next time, keep safe and keep reading!
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