![]() ![]() This allows you to create ebooks for other outlets. Just that KC now has the ability to create ePub files in addition to the KPF files. Q: Are you saying KC epub files are for Amazon only?Ī: No. If your interested in learning about Scrivener, you can check out my tutorial. I consider Attius to be the best $147 I've ever spent. There comes a time when you have to balance cost and time, and while Atticus isn't as good as a dedicated print layout program, it get's awfully close, and using it saves me hours of layout and design time. Scribus has the advantage of being free.īut of all the programs I've used, Atticus is, in my opinion, the best. I'm working on an Atticus video (as well as a Scrivener video), but if you're really interested in producing a high quality print book, you should use the tools professionals use, and that means Adobe InDesign or similar program. They're not as good as I'd like, as I never intended them for public dissemination, but word got out and they've had thousands of views. I've put together a few videos on using Scribus for print layout, and Kindle Create for Amazon ebooks. It is also by and far the most versatile when it comes to creating customised formatting. Atticus is not as good as a dedicated desktop layout and design publisher like Adobe inDesign or Scribus, but it does a decent enough job. Neither Word nor Docs has the ability to compensate for that.Ītticus does. It cannot adjust the size or width of individual letters (which is only supported by some fonts), so you end up with large gaps at the end of paragraphs, or have rivers (spaces between words across several lines that look like a river). Word only adjusts the space between words. If you're serious about printing a good, high quality print book that looks professional, consider using Adobe In Design, or Scribus, a free (open source) layout and publishing program that allows for full kerning. It does not have true desktop publishing function. Microsoft Word, contrary to what has been said earlier, is not a good way to format your print books. Scrivener is a good writing and formatting tool for both print and ePub files (ePub files can be uploaded to Amazon), but it has a very high learning curve. It will also only create print files for Amazon, and it has very limited customization, so it's not an ideal solution if you plan to go wide. I've used Kindle Create, which until recently had no option for ePub files, and only allowed for publishing to Amazon. epub files do not work outside of Amazon, I will probably forced to use MS Word. In word apparently images has to be inserted inline and whatnot. I am first and foremost a writer and image creator. But it seems like it is a rather technical program. I am open to other alternatives such as Atticus. I will hopefully be uploading my final epub in the next couple of days and see. Thus far all my previewers, D2D and epub checkers finds no errors. I still need to find out how distributors outside of KDP handles Amazon created. ![]() ![]() But very few channels like fixed layout books. Creating fixed layout though, is also about 20x easier for me to create than reflowable due to all the images and complex layouts. I have gone both routes before and have chosen reflowable in the end due to a greater distribution (and in some instances a better "user experience"). So many would argue my books should not be reflowable and others again would say it should not be fixed layout. They are almost a hybrid of text and images, or fixed layout vs. ![]() My books are very different when it comes to formatting. My books are extremely picture intensive, sometimes having hundreds of images that need to reflow together with text. It is very limited and glitchy though.but with enough patience I couldn't find anything else that created better results. I find Kindle Create to be great (for me). To me, Indesign also doesn't export great epubs either. Click to expand.I cannot figure out MS Word. ![]()
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