If you want to produce a print on demand book, you are better moving to InDesign, Affinity, or Scribus. Keep in mind that Microsoft Word does not have the ability to produce press-ready PDFs for color books, as our printer requires a full bleed outside of the book’s trim area, and currently Black and White books are migrating to need full bleed as well. If you plan to produce both print and digital editions, it will be more time efficient to set up your book files to print specs first, and then produce a digital book from the same files. You can also convert DRM restriction-free e-books between different file formats.Ĭalibre already has a lot of support documents and tutorials written for its use that should be taken advantage of. There is some amount of e-book editing that can be accomplished with Calibre, such as adding additional metadata. With Calibre, you can organize and manage an astounding number of different e-book file types in your library and sync them directly to a wide variety of personal devices. You can gain access to this software by itself or as part of the 365 suite by subscribing to 365, which is paid for by monthly fee, or you can buy Word on its own.Ĭalibre is a free, open-source e-book management application that is available for Mac, PC, and Linux. Microsoft Word is word processing software and is available for both Windows and Mac OS. If you are using different versions of the software, some of the instructions and screenshots will be slightly different, but hopefully you can find the right feature in your software version.
The screenshots shown in the tutorial use Microsoft Word 20 for Windows, Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac OSX, and Calibre 1.29.0 for Mac OSX and 1.29.0 for Windows. The Amazon Kindle supports the Mobi format. The ePub format is readable by: the Kobo eReader, the Blackberry Playbook, the Barnes and Noble Nook, Sony eReaders, various Android and Linux devices, and many others. This basic tutorial will offer you some guidance on how to prepare your Microsoft Word file for export to the ePub format, and how to use Calibre to convert your ePub file to the Mobi format.
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