It is the year 1613, and King James is sending his messenger Andrew Logan into Scotland with secret orders to arrest Sir David Moray, close friend and advisor of the late Prince Henry. Secrets are second nature to Andrew, who must hide his Second Sight to stay alive. Joined by ... more >
A couple of weeks ago, after this post about inserting the blurb at the front of an ebook, a reader emailed me asking about cleaning up PDF files when converting to ePub. Often there will be stray letters or numbers or headers that affect the output of an ebook. There ... more >
If you use ePub Split or convert PDFs to ePub or Mobi, many times a table of contents does not carry over. I like a TOC in electronic books because it helps me gauge where I am in a book and it helps me navigate. For some programs, it can ... more >
Two weeks ago we discussed adding plugins to crawl the internet for better covers. Today we’ll review how to add a blurb at the beginning of your book. Adding a blurb at the beginning allows you to immediately identify the contents of the book and maybe even remind yours why ... more >
I saw a post the other day about using Hazel + Calibre to automatically import your Kindle files into Calibre. While the user did this to automatically strip the DRM from the books, the tutorial is smart for any one who wants to create an ongoing catalog of their purchases. ... more >
Introduction I received an email from Sarah who had received an email from one of her readers wondering what to do when her harddrive crashed and she had to reformat. Because of DRM, moving away from your existing system because of a system failure or simply upgrading your computer can ... more >