Calibre provides us with tons of option for getting the best results. To convert our book, click on the third icon from the left Convert Books, and you’ll see this: Right now it exists only in ZIP (Calibre converted the HTML to zip), but this is soon to change… When you’re done with adding/changing metadata click OK. Also note that in the upper hand corner, we see all the various formats associated with this publication. The author field can be edited by selecting it. The cover can be changed by clicking on Browse in the Change cover section. For now, pay attention to two things: The cover & author information.Īs usual, Calibre messed up my name, turning the é into a ?, also we should add a cover. Here we can add/change all kinds of things.

There it is! In the next step, click on the blue icon Edit Metadata to add some more information. Wait a second while Calibre pulls the file into its database… In the dialogue, navigate to the location of your HTML file, select it, click Open. To add a new book click on the red book icon or Add Book HTML.įrom the Save as type drop-down menu select HTML 2. Kindle Previewer – little tool to preview your finished ebook on various Kindle devices Step 1: Saving Your Ebook As HTMLĪlthough Calibre accepts ODT (openoffice format), I have had better results with saving my books in OpenOffice first as.

Here are my two favorites, and yes, they’re both free:Ĭalibre – the ultimate ebook conversion, organization and management suite There are many tools with which you can create ebook files and preview how they appear on various devices. After going on and on about the importance of styles, today I’ll finally show you how to get your ebook converted to MOBI or EPUB, files that you can easily upload to the Amazon ebook store, B&N etc. Welcome to the third and final part of our short ebook creation guide.

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