Writing Ebook - For Dummies
So, do you want to experience the power of virtualization and automation, even if you're not a total DevOps nerd?
Want to self-publish a book?
Want to have all the recipes for
- ebook-writing with sensible defaults for
- mobi
- EPUB
- HTML
- text
- all the packages/tools/everything and the kitchensink installed and prepared for your preasure? (free)
- a static website, hosted for free on Github with your own top-level domain? (free)
- Payment with Stripe (2.5% + $0.30)
- Newsletter Management with Sandy ($0.10 per 1,000)
Let's create package, that will have all the stuff you'll need to start writing your next best-selling Ebook right after installing!
Wait no longer, go here!
https://github.com/mindreframer/vagrant-kitabu
This will install Kitabu with all the dependencies, working, so you'll just have to write the ebook! ))
Software:
Resources:
- https://gayle.hackpad.com/Everything-I-Know-about-Self-Publishing-pk5H8R8fhHc
- http://patshaughnessy.net/2012/11/27/my-ebook-build-process-and-some-pdf-epub-and-mobi-tips
- http://devblog.avdi.org/2012/01/12/my-authoring-tools/
- http://www.jstorimer.com/2012/10/15/getting-others-to-sell-my-ebook.html
- http://www.jstorimer.com/2012/04/20/4-months-of-ebook-sales.html
- http://www.shopify.com/technology/5970597-lessons-and-a-challenge-from-4-months-and-18-000-in-ebook-sales
- http://jdueck.net/article/kindle-epub-publishing
Writing (Tech) Books
- https://leanpub.com/manifesto
- https://leanpub.com/help/manual
- http://pragdave.pragprog.com/pragdave/writing_a_book/index.html
- http://blog.sellfy.com/tips-tricks/do-it-right-how-to-write-publish-and-sell-e-books/
Services:
Platforms:
Payment:
Newsletters:
Documentation/Intro for PrinceXML:
- http://alistapart.com/article/building-books-with-css3
- http://alistapart.com/article/boom
- http://www.princexml.com/doc/8.1/
- http://www.princexml.com/doc/8.1/properties/
- http://www.princexml.com/doc/8.1/page-selectors/
- http://www.princexml.com/samples/
Tools:
- Kitabu (the winner!)
- https://github.com/blueheadpublishing/bookshop/
- https://github.com/runemadsen/Magic-Book-Project
- http://easybook-project.org/blog
- http://weasyprint.org/community/