Yakezie.com - Topic: Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 mbhunter on Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81247 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81247 If it was written in Word what about saving it in PDF format?

]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:05:23 +0000 Edward Antrobus on Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81169 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81169 Eric - NarrowBridge.net said:

Edward, I sent you a note about formatting to your SEAM Publishing form and never heard back...

That is odd. The form seems to be working for me. If you are still interested, send me an email or a PM.

]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:23:42 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81120 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81120 Edward, I sent you a note about formatting to your SEAM Publishing form and never heard back...

]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:42:54 +0000 Edward Antrobus on Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81059 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81059 200 dpi is way too low. Amazon's Kindle Publishing Guidelines recommends images be saved at 300dpi and that's for actual images. If you want to go the image route, then I would recommend doing a screen shot (Print Screen button) and opening the image in your preferred image editing software (I use GIMP, it's free) to crop the image to just the text box. The KPG also requires: The MINIMUM size of text is 6 pixels for the height of a lowercase "a." Pages 18-22 contain the relevant information and examples.

 

At the end of the day, however, I have switched from using textbox images in most cases to instead inserting the text as centered and italicized.

 

If you have any other questions or problems working on your ebook, just let me know. It's what I do. :)

]]> Sun, 15 Jul 2012 05:56:10 +0000 sooverthis on Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81045 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81045 Another option might be to create the boxes in Photoshop or Illustrator - you can save them as image files without losing quality.

]]> Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:58:51 +0000 Moneysma on Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81042 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81042 Eric - NarrowBridge.net said:

If you re-build it (I know it is a huge pain in the ass) including the boxes, but in HTML, it should work

Interesting...I'll have to look into this. It will be a lot of work, but if it works, it'll be great.

Thanks!

]]> Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:40:10 +0000 Moneysma on Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81041 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p81041 LaTisha @YoungFinances said:

How did you originally create the text boxes? I don't see why they would look bad in an ebook.

 I wrote the whole thing in Word and simply used the text box feature up in the ribbon.

]]> Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:39:03 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p80991 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p80991 If you re-build it (I know it is a huge pain in the ass) including the boxes, but in HTML, it should work

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:13:17 +0000 LaTisha @YoungFinances on Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p80978 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p80978 How did you originally create the text boxes? I don't see why they would look bad in an ebook.

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:37:17 +0000 Moneysma on Help with my ebook https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p80971 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/help-with-my-ebook/#p80971 Hi Everyone. I've run into a small problem in the creation of my ebook and I'm hoping you guys (and gals) can help.

 

I originally wrote a book with the intention of it being a print book and I would self publish it. I've since reconsidered and feel that the ebook route is the best way to go. My issue is that my book has many text boxes (about 20-25) scattered throughout. When creating an ebook, text boxes are a no-no. I don't want to remove them, as they are part of the underlying message in the book. They wouldn't look right at the end of the book or chapter.

I thought of making them pictures, since you can use pictures in an ebook. I saved the word doc as a pdf (making sure it was at 200dpi). From there, I used a photo editing program to make jpeg's out of the text boxes. It worked, but the text is fuzzy. I'm not certain if I just need to tweak this approach to get it to work or not.

I'm hoping someone out there can suggest something. I have a decent amount of tech knowledge, but try not to get too technical on me haha!!

 

Thanks in advance!!

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