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Post by garyweston on Sept 29, 2019 10:59:15 GMT -8
Got this from D2D. Trying to get my head around this to help a newbie with an illustrated childrens book. I have done epubs a long time ago, so I suppose it's just a case of getting the ap and using it?? Anyone slotted illustrations into text?
Hello,
Children's books can work in Word format but they are best submitted in a pre-formatted fixed layout epub 3 which our site cannot create at this time. This keeps text and images together and allows for larger font options as they should be displayed. Keep in mind when submitting these fixed layout files that Barnes and Noble and Amazon cannot accept files from us in this format. Both platforms have their own programs for this. Amazon would need to be listed directly with this type of file and Barnes and Noble has a special children's book program where they will accept epub 3 fixed layout books, however, this option is only available when listing to them directly. You can still reach all of our other stores with this type of file however.
I hope this helps.
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Post by garyweston on Oct 9, 2019 11:20:34 GMT -8
Indies are famously generous with helping others with their projects. I was helped big time many years ago (still am) and on the basis of this I produced a hell of a lot. I continue this tradition of passing on the helping hand as best I can. Lady with childrens book is waiting for a break in our studies to investigate this.
On the 20 th, I'll be discussing another woman's biography I could be writing next year. This represents a change in direction for me. We will both be working on the project, me mostly polishing the info into hopefully something readable. In the meantime I'll be painting with one hand and doing sculpture with the other. Looks like 2020 going to be a busy one. But tonight it's a beer and watching t v about master forger van meegeren.
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Post by djmills on Oct 9, 2019 12:42:49 GMT -8
The easiest way to do children's picture books is scan in the picture for each page to Photoshop (or similar) then add the text over the top of each image. Save again as storypagenumber.jpg. Load the images in order into any word processor or html file, and save the created .epub file. If that sounds too hard, use the Kindle & B&N programs to load the jpgs (with or without the text added), then add more text if needed and publish. Save an epub copy to yourself. Use it on all other sites. :-)
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Post by chelsfield on Oct 9, 2019 23:08:20 GMT -8
Gary, I have used quite a few images in my two non-fiction books, one on coracles and one on pottery in the UK. For those, I just followed the SW instructions for fixing images within a Word document. It's probably the most rudimentary approach, but it worked for me.
I've copied the master forger program to watch over the weekend. How are your studies going?
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Post by garyweston on Oct 10, 2019 0:31:53 GMT -8
Hi, Chels. Yeah, studies are interesting. Enjoying the interaction with a mix of people of all ages etc. I'm the granddad of the bunch. Only week three, so not a lot of actual art tuition as yet. I started a new painting yesterday which I will continue today. A research project for the weekend. I will also be getting a large canvas at the uni to work on and I intend doing the "soldier with wounded angel" picture (thanks Julie) using my original one as a template for the big one. Plenty of other projects I want to do which will take me to the end of next year. I'm kind of old school in my art tastes and influences, classical with a splash of impressionism with a dash of pre-raphaelites. Most modern stuff leaves me cold. The forger program was interesting. If people are so stupid to be ripped off that way as Goering was, serves them right.
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Oct 10, 2019 4:31:29 GMT -8
Looks like 2020 going to be a busy one. But tonight it's a beer and watching t v about master forger van meegeren. This looks like a good documentary--and right up my alley. I'm fascinated with WW2, especially the German stuff. The bad guys are always the most interesting in any conflict, it seems.
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Post by garyweston on Oct 17, 2019 23:14:53 GMT -8
The uni course is trundling along nicely and I'm becoming part of the furniture. Had a good session on how to use the fancy cameras we can hire and then how to use photoshop. I plan a couple of days taking decent photos of my paintings. I will also be talking to the technical and photography groups with the aim to improve the covers of my books and I shall also be taking photos of a young L G B T(sorry if i missed any letters out) lad in the fine arts group who will pose for a painting of 'Girl with the pearl earring' as a project for me. There is also a creative writing degree course so I'll be touching base with them soon. Also a writing group to say hi to. Also this Sunday I will meet a woman who has had a very interesting life with the possibility of me writing her biography next year. This would be a different writing challenge for me so that could be fun. Other than that, all quiet on the Weston front.
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Oct 18, 2019 8:14:50 GMT -8
The uni course is trundling along nicely and I'm becoming part of the furniture. Had a good session on how to use the fancy cameras we can hire and then how to use photoshop. I plan a couple of days taking decent photos of my paintings. I will also be talking to the technical and photography groups with the aim to improve the covers of my books and I shall also be taking photos of a young L G B T(sorry if i missed any letters out) lad in the fine arts group who will pose for a painting of 'Girl with the pearl earring' as a project for me. There is also a creative writing degree course so I'll be touching base with them soon. Also a writing group to say hi to. Also this Sunday I will meet a woman who has had a very interesting life with the possibility of me writing her biography next year. This would be a different writing challenge for me so that could be fun. Other than that, all quiet on the Weston front. All is never quiet on the Weston front! You're a busy man. You'll enjoy the photoshop stuff. I'm self-learning myself, but I use GIMP (it's a free substitute for the Adobe software). I have a photoshop project right now I'm doing for a lady that is a teeny bit above my skill level. Difficult to predict if it'll turn out. After you begin getting good photos of your paintings you'll have to inquire of the photoshop teacher how to use Imagur to share your images here. I'd be glad to put together a tutorial also, but figure it might be easier to have someone show you. If I could teleport, I'd be there tonight, we could grab a couple pints and play with some software.
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Post by garyweston on Oct 18, 2019 9:03:20 GMT -8
Wouldn't recommend coming over tonight as I have a stinking cold! Forcing a medicinal whiskey down me as I type. I looked at gimp years ago but didn't find it user friendly. I'll ask about the Imagur later. Used freebie photoscape for years which served me well. The Uni version of photoshop will do it all for me for the next three years. Photographing my paintings is on the to do list this side of Christmas so watch this space.
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Post by djmills on Oct 18, 2019 10:13:58 GMT -8
Gary, sounds like you are having fun learning everything. Whiskey is good for colds, flu, and ... anything really. :-) I just finished a 3 week course on writing pulp fiction with Dean Wesley Smith. I hope what I learnt helps with writing all my stories, not just special weird stories. :-)
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Oct 18, 2019 16:14:45 GMT -8
Gary, sounds like you are having fun learning everything. Whiskey is good for colds, flu, and ... anything really. :-) I just finished a 3 week course on writing pulp fiction with Dean Wesley Smith. I hope what I learnt helps with writing all my stories, not just special weird stories. :-) If love to take that class! Any cool take aways that stand out?
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Oct 18, 2019 16:16:40 GMT -8
Wouldn't recommend coming over tonight as I have a stinking cold! Forcing a medicinal whiskey down me as I type. I looked at gimp years ago but didn't find it user friendly. I'll ask about the Imagur later. Used freebie photoscape for years which served me well. The Uni version of photoshop will do it all for me for the next three years. Photographing my paintings is on the to do list this side of Christmas so watch this space. Same here, Gary.... Battling a cold. I carpet bombed it last night at an annual oyster dinner fund raiser with some bourbon.
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Post by djmills on Oct 18, 2019 21:25:58 GMT -8
Gary, sounds like you are having fun learning everything. Whiskey is good for colds, flu, and ... anything really. :-) I just finished a 3 week course on writing pulp fiction with Dean Wesley Smith. I hope what I learnt helps with writing all my stories, not just special weird stories. :-) If love to take that class! Any cool take aways that stand out? Buy a copy of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, and read the stories to get a feel for it. Some seemed normal to me, others were really weird. I guess just write like normal, but have something weird in the story. I actually bought a year's worth of the magazine during the fund raiser, so I am looking forward to reading more stories, like the ones in the first #0 Pulphouse magazine I got with the course. For example, in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #0 there was one western genre story about cowboys in Idaho herding "spuds" (that is potatoes) instead of cattle. The story was Spud Wrangler by Kent Patterson. Very fun story. I won't give away the story too much, but I thought it was exceptional, especially the ending. :-) My main takeaway was I can write in any genre, but must have something weird going on, whether it is the character, the setting, or weird action. Like one mystery story was a private investigator who happened to be a zombie. And his sidekick helper was a ghost. Very good twist in that story. :-) I am still waiting to hear back from my third assignment, writing a short story. I thought it was rather silly but sent it in anyway. And he did not like the opening action of my second assignment. Truthfully, neither did I. :-) Now I will read back over all my notes, and try to practice what I learnt while writing normal stories.
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Post by Ted on Oct 19, 2019 16:41:40 GMT -8
I love you all. You have such great posts.
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Post by djmills on Oct 19, 2019 21:31:10 GMT -8
How are you Ted? Hope you are well and creating more puzzle books. :-)
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