Little House said:

Did you start with a word doc, then turn it into html?

I originally used Open Office, but yes it was saved in Word format. Then I took the whole shebang and pasted into a text file, which I then put into html.

Thanks, Jackie. I have a word file as well, but without the cool interactive features. I have to think about how to offer this.

Unfortuately, the Kindle format specification doesn't support interactive features. Kindle ebooks contain a very limited subset of HTML, along the lines of what was available in the early 90's.

 

I do ebook formatting, but not really with pdf source documents. I really hate pdf's as an ebook standard. You can take a look at my site for reasons and my rates, but if you want somebody who specializes in pdf-to-Kindle conversions, I do know somebody; I just have to remember her name.

Thanks, Edward. I actually have a Word file too, which is what I started with, but without the interactivity. I have to think about how I'm going to offer this ebook; maybe one version on a kindle without the cool checkboxes, etc., and one as a interactive PDF file. Send me the link to your site with rates. Thanks!

Did you start with a word doc, then turn it into html?

I originally used Open Office, but yes it was saved in Word format. Then I took the whole shebang and pasted into a text file, which I then put into html.

I do ebook formatting, but not really with pdf source documents. I really hate pdf's as an ebook standard. You can take a look at my site for reasons and my rates, but if you want somebody who specializes in pdf-to-Kindle conversions, I do know somebody; I just have to remember her name.

Congrats on your book :)  I don't know about the check boxes and places to type text part, but when I formatted my book for Kindle I just did straight html and that worked fine for links and font sizes. I'd imagine it would for the others as well.

Did you start with a word doc, then turn it into html? I think that's my issue - the file format. I have a word doc without the links and checkboxes that might work, but then the interactivity is missing. I think I'm going to check out bookbaby.com or one of the online publishers.

Thanks for your help, Jackie!

Anyone know of someone familiar with formatting a horizontal, interactive PDF file into a kindle ebook?

Any information is greatly appreciated!