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How to create your own ebook? - cophnia61 - 2016-04-24
I want to take some notes on my computer and I want to convert them so they keep the format (layout, spaces, new pages so that every chapter starts on a new page and so on) when I import them into my Kindle.
What is the best format to do so, and what is the best text editor do use?
Also, as I want to do the back and forth translation method, what do you think is the best way to format the page?
Thank you in advance!
RE: How to create your own ebook? - rainmaninjapan - 2016-04-24
I'm not entirely sure but I think Scribd is good for this.
RE: How to create your own ebook? - Sebastian - 2016-04-25
Here's an article about creating epub documents using LibreOffice:
Opensource.com: How to create an eBook the open source way
RE: How to create your own ebook? - RawrPk - 2016-04-25
Found this reddit topic interesting: https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/4fmzgh/does_anyone_know_a_way_to_convert_japanese_text/
It assumes you are making txt files into aozora format to finally kindle format. You an apply the methods that Sebastian stated too but I just added this article because it is Japanese text specific. Especially if you plan to make your ebook vertical format.
RE: How to create your own ebook? - rich_f - 2016-04-26
@RawrPK That's some useful info.
Also, if you're just trying to organize notes, Scrivener is pretty cool. A lot of people who write books for a living use it (or similar programs), because it's really good at organizing "chunks" of text into a document. The chunks can be any size you want, the program doesn't care, so you could write a book in any order you want. Or write a series of notes on, say, grammar, in any order you want, and then shuffle them around like index cards.
When you're done and want to print, you can either print from within the program, or generate a Word document and print that.
The only downside to Scrivener is that there's a bit of a learning curve, but it's really not that difficult. It took me about an hour or two to figure it out, and it also took me another 30 minutes or so to figure out how printing and formatting worked.
Stacksocial has a sale on Scrivener2 now. It's $22.50 for OSX, $20 for Windows. (The OSX version has a few extra features that haven't made it to the Win version yet, but I haven't noticed anything missing when I use the Win version. You can get the Win version by selecting it from the drop-down OS box.)
https://stacksocial.com/sales/scrivener-2-for-os-x