Comments on: How to Convert an eBook into eReader Format for the iPhone Using Publish eBook

By: Bryce Collins

Bryce Collins — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:49:19 +0000

Great article. I however am not however the best with computers and formatting my eBook was very hard. I really would recommend especially for people like me to get get there eBook formatting done by a eBook service company. I messed up on mine and the software was free but it took so long and it was so much easier and better when I had a company do it for me.

By: Sorilla

Sorilla — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:23:55 +0000

I successfully use free program called Calibre ( http://calibre-ebook.com/) to convert my PDF books from my Ccomputer to EPub for my iPod/iPad/Kindle/Nook/Android or whatever!
There is a specific choice for converting PDF to any listed above device and more. I just love it, thinking to donate some $ to developer ;).

All the best,

~ Sorilla

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By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:37:25 +0000

Interesting article, but I used www.QBitPublishing.com who converted and published my book for free. I'd defo recommend them

By: Jpen

Jpen — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:48:26 +0000

Can’t download the PUBLISH eBOOk program…

By: Thomas Staub

Thomas Staub — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:02:21 +0000

Another way to read pdf (or docx) files on your phone is to convert them to ePub format and read them with the builtin ebook reader. Converting can be done with www.epubconverter.org , a free online converter.

By: Jh

Jh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:24:45 +0000

This is a nice tip. Thanks for sharing!

By: CIHANGIR ARSLAN

CIHANGIR ARSLAN — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:20:45 +0000

hi. i tried to convert word to html it was succesful . but when i was about to finish creating pdb file it gave a fatal error.it says there there were fatal errors in dropbook,try correcting your original document to avoid them.what do you recommend me ? pls help .tnx

By: Nelson Robin

Nelson Robin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:10:50 +0000

Here's a way to transfer PDF's to an iPhone - Epub2Go.com converts them to EPUB and then sends them to your iPhone.

By: Abdulelah Dandachi

Abdulelah Dandachi — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:21:47 +0000

Terrific, thanks so much for putting up this guide!

By: Rstrad

Rstrad — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:44:09 +0000

I have a pdf and a apple computer. I want to take that book that is in PDF format and read it using my ereader on computer and itouch. How do I do this.

By: Lucy CHambers

Lucy CHambers — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:39:16 +0000

i KEEP GETING A ERROR STATING THAT THERE IS A FATAL ERROR WITH DROPBOOK??

By: Robert McKay

Robert McKay — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:52:13 +0000

I tried to use the macro but when I used the button to list books for conversion I was asked for a PUBLISHEBOOK password???? Please help me as I am very interested in using this function.

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:11:33 +0000

@Roland Hughes Roland, I think fictionwise.com carries ePub format, but I'm not sure the ins and outs and whether you'd be able to submit it directly without a history of e-published work. Rosetta is the epublisher that bought Terry Goodkind's rights. Overdrive is the biggest supplier of epub that I know of. They are a fulfillment service, though, and not a direct to consumer retailer.

By: Roland Hughes

Roland Hughes — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:13:05 +0000

Here is a question I don’t find answered in the blog entries: Which listing service do you find to be the best for listing an ePub format eBook?

Logikal Solutions has recently released “Infinite Exposure” in eBook format. This book will follow the modern publishing model of being released in eBook first until sales reach a sufficient level to warrant putting out a hard cover version. It’s the best way to go green and a business model most publishing houses will have to adopt if they want to stay in business.

“Infinite Exposure” is a story about how the off-shoring of IT jobs leads to the largest terrorist strike the free world has ever seen, and ultimately nuclear war. It is not a novel for people who like romance stories with happy endings.

The book was written entirely in OpenOffice and converted to both ePub and Sony formats via Calibre. The Palm format was converted to PML via an OpenOffice plug in, then a nasty Windows box was used to layout the PML via the studio program. There are free promotional versions containing the first 18 chapters available.

We have listed the book on the Sony site directly and the Palm version on eBookMall. We are currently looking for the best deal in putting up the ePub version for iPhone users. We have been in touch with Stanza, which has a $1000 setup fee in their contract on top of taking a cut from sales. A new service, PixelPapyrus wants $3000 and a 20% cut on top of what the Apple Store takes.

What site carries ePub format and is the easiest to deal with ?

Thanks

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By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:58:09 +0000

I have folders and folders full of PDFs that I have created using adobe and that contain online stories and books I have found on the web. I have spent hours now trying to figure out how I can convrt these PDF files into PDB files that will work with ereader or stanza. I have noticed that the sites that offer their stories in multiple formats (one being for palm reader)–those will work for me. However when I have tried to convert my own PDFs into PDBs I can’t get anything to work? Is it suppose to be this hard to find a program that can convert PDF files into ereader PDB files?? Please help!

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:51:53 +0000

@Teddypig: I know I didn't entirely make clear that this was for those who wanted to upload to the "Personal Content" area of either Stanza (via stanza.fictionwise.com) or ereader.com. You are absolutely right that the Stanza desktop program allows for fairly easy conversion of books and addition to your iPhone. However, if you want to use eReader (which I do think is the best iPhone reader out there), you have to convert to pdb. I have some problems with how Stanza converts a few of my books, but those are really minor. Overall, though, this series is designed to help people convert and use ebook software.

By: Emma Wayne Porter

Emma Wayne Porter — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:03:23 +0000

If you have a Word .doc or .lit file, also consider Calibre.

Most Word versions (with the exception of 2007) have a supported Read in Reader add-in to create .lit files. (RiR will work in 2007 with a little nudging, but forcing it takes options away from the end user)

Calibre does a pretty decent job with .lit to .epub — better than Stanza Desktop as far as certain reflowable text formatting concerns go. Most validators don’t love files sourced from Word, but they do pass.

You’ll find, too, that many epubs generate filtered html files from Word. We’ve done this in the past, but starting with all new releases in 2009, we will be making available a raw .html version that’s stripped down to xml compliant tags, and totally reflow-friendly.

…and DRM is the devil. Hax ftw.

By: Teddypig

Teddypig — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:00:30 +0000

Jane,

I don’t get your post since you are not taking the Stanza Desktop program into consideration for all this.

If you have the Stanza Desktop installed to your Mac or Windows PC then it will conveniently convert the non-DRM ebooks of most formats for you and transfer the eBook to your iPhone or Kindle.

If you are buying a eBook directly from say Fictionwise on your iPhone only then does Stanza require only ePub and eReader DRM formats because there is no way to convert the file when using your iPhone only.

Otherwise just read the Stanza FAQ for the current supported list that the Desktop Stanza Program will support and convert for your iPhone/Kindle…

Stanza Desktop contains built-in reading support for Amazon Kindle, Mobipocket, Microsoft LIT, PalmDoc, Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format, HTML, and PDF. Stanza iPhone / iPod Touch supports ePub and eReader.

My suggestion is if you are buying DRM eBooks and you are using windows buy Microsoft .lit and use convertlit and transfer the now non-drm file to your iPhone using Stanza Desktop.

If you are using Mac the Stanza Desktop program allows you to read non-DRM mobipocket and non-DRM Microsoft .lit so get it for those reasons too.