Ebook Foundations

Want to make your own ebooks? Get a basic introduction to the exciting and evolving world of digital books. In this beginner-level course, Anne-Marie Concepción explains how to use, create, and sell ebooks, including reflowable, fixed-layout, Kindle, PDF, and multitouch ebooks. Anne-Marie's tips can help you choose the right format and the best tools to build your ebook. She demonstrates professional page layout software such as Adobe InDesign, free apps, and trustworthy services that will do the work for you. Plus, learn about important housekeeping details for selling ebooks, such as creating an ISBN and creating store accounts for the Kindle and iBooks.

Learning objectives
Finding, downloading, and reading free ebooks
Choosing the right format for your ebook
Building reflowable EPUBs and fixed-layout EPUBs
Using tools like Word, Sigil, calibre, Jutoh, Pages, PubCoder, and InDesign
Adding animation and interactivity such as clickable buttons
Creating ebooks for the Kindle
Learning the pros and cons of PDF ebooks
Creating reflowable and multitouch ebooks with iBooks Author