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kentauros

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1. Formatting for the Kindle is tricky.
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 03:31 PM
Jan 2012

I'm still trying to figure out how to keep my first-line indents. The converter I use likes to remove all tabbed indents, so you better have an extra carriage-return between paragraphs or it all looks run together

There are some good ebooks out there on self-publishing, too. The one I'm reading (and learning to use) is "All Smart Cookies Can Self-Publish" by Emily Hill. Her advice in the formatting chapter to keep tabbed-indents is to set Word formatting to automatic "first-line indent" and then whatever measurement in. I usually go for 15-18 pts. I'll be buying J. Konrath's ebook "A Newbie's Guide to Publishing" soon, too. His site has a wealth of info for self-published authors: http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/

And if I still can't get things formatted on my own, then I'll pay the fee to have Amazon do it. Good luck with your formatting. Definitely proofread it when they're done

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Formatting for the Kindle is tricky. kentauros Jan 2012 #1
Thank you for the good advice Ricochet21 Jan 2012 #2
It's a very, very tedious process... OneGrassRoot Jan 2012 #3
Has your book gone to Nook yet...? noel711 Jan 2012 #4
No Nook yet Ricochet21 Jan 2012 #5
I have a Nook Tablet too! WolverineDG Jan 2012 #13
We'll nook it Ricochet21 Jan 2012 #14
yay! WolverineDG Jan 2012 #15
Perfect timing! Kind of Blue Jan 2012 #6
Remind them Ricochet21 Jan 2012 #7
Oh I do, Rick. Kind of Blue Jan 2012 #8
It's like noses Ricochet21 Jan 2012 #9
I finally got that, too. Thanks, Rick! GliderGuider Jan 2012 #10
You're flying dude Ricochet21 Jan 2012 #11
Do you also have just a plain ebook version? kimmerspixelated Jan 2012 #12
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