Learning the process of ebook formatting, marketing and promotion can be frustrating and time consuming. This is the reason we started Unruly Guides -- the DIY ePublishing Guides. You don't have to reinvent the wheel. We collected information for you and have (tried) to offer it in easy to understand step-by-step tutorials.
As you wade through the information you may find there are some areas (or all) that you need expert help. That's where Unruly Guides comes in.
Allow us to support you in that part of the process that overwhelms you. We will guide you through the process of getting your manuscript to print or e-publication, and then help you get the word out! We understand all the myriad of tasks needed to publish and promote your book. That's what we do.
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I have a book I imported into this app. I just want to change the name of the book. It's like the most annoying app. Cannot figure it out.
Depending on the version of Sigil you are using, the title that displays on the top of each page in an e-reader is found in the content.opf file. If it is just the text you plan to change on the xhtml page, but you cannot see it, then you may be looking at the source code. To view the preview you can go to Help>preview, and open the preview window so you can "see" the text. (Also View>Preview) If this is an older version of Sigil, then just double click the TAB of the page and the preview will display instead of the source code.
thank you so much :) none of the tutorials really helped me until i saw yours
You are so welcome! Enjoy the day.
GREAT! Thanks so much and God bless you!
@UnrulyGuides Excuse me, I can't find "Split on SGF Chapter Markers". What should I do?
That you know of, can we ship Google Fonts along with the book?
Where’s video 4
kzread.info/dash/bejne/p6Sor9qLeMbRgrA.html The link to the full playlist is in the description above, too
Very interesting. So, to upload my Kindle book, I'd have mty HTML file (with its nomral hyperlinked toc) in the folder and some sort of opf file for the Logical Table of Contents (ncx)?
Sigil creates the NCX file automatically, then you create the HTML, as in the Video. Note this is Sigil 7.2, an older version, and some menus may have been moved or renamed. This year (2021) Amazon no longer accepts MOBI files, so when you are done simply upload the EPUB file.
Wo ist die deutsche Übersetzung?
It is fixed on this video for German, I hope. The videos are older, so thank you for pointing that out.
Fabian Ellis
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too complicated
Hello. I have a question about converting a PDF comic file into an ePub. How do I change thew size of the white boarders, and what if I wanted to remove a page, or two? Please let me know how to do those things. Thanks.
Hi. I understand the video on how to do TOC. However, this option doesn't come up on my tool bar in Sigil. Any suggestions? I'm stuck!!
Thank you so much! That was very helpful!
You are welcome!
If you leave a comment that is a self-promotion or about products I have not used or endorsed, I will block you from my channels. Sorry, but the purpose of these videos are for education/teaching.
This was extremely helpful!!! I created the anchor links as instructed by the guide to embed a TOC in my kindle book, and they even work in the Amazon preview. Go Unruly Guides!!
You are welcome!
I get the epub convert file with half letter cut from both sides of the rows How can I fix it
I am not sure what you mean by half letter cut both sides. Could you explain better or supply image for example?
great video thank you
You are welcome ;)
Very well done course. It has a nice pace and the process is explained well. Thank you.
Cute little helpful voice.
to see what happens . thank you from Greece Pantelis
hello i did as you say in your video about toc and uploaded to smashwords , then it told me that it is rejected after epub validation . i send you the screenshot
was there a link or attachment? This video BTW is very old -- so you may want to use use the new one, since SIGIL now creates the Linkable TOC automatically (no more coding on your part).
Hey, I finished an epub, I did it on sigil and calibre, so I want to put it on itunes and sell it, but itunes tells me there is an error, I up it on validator.idpf.org/ and appears this: Error while parsing file 'attribute "width" not allowed here; expected attribute "abbr", "align", "axis", "char", "charoff", "class", "colspan", "dir", "headers", "id", "lang", "rowspan", "scope", "style", "title", "valign" or "xml:lang"'. Help me, please.
The results from the validator will tell you what page and line the error lies. Without seeing the html I can't really diagnose the issue. It appears, however that this is a table. If you could go to the offending code on the page, and send then I can help you with that.
Do u have a mail o someting like that in order to send it? Pls
Please, help me
The problem is that you are using a table. As I said, without seeing the actual HTML code, I can't tell you exactly how to correct it. You sent me the error message, I need to see the actual HTML. The error message will indicate what page and line the error occurs. -- you should be able to post the HTML here...
You can also go to UnrulyGuides.com and use the contact form.
This resource is present in the OPF <manifest>, but it's not reachable (it's unused). what error
that means that you have an item, probably an image, that is in the images folder, but you are not using it in the ebook itself. It is then unnecessary and taking up space. So you can delete the actual image.
My dear where I can got the paper at 0:52 second time vedio up thanks you have aclear nice sound
OMG thank you!
You are welcome.
Thank you very much. Very helpful video. In current tutorial Building Your Book for Kindle from KDP this part is not explain properly. I watched many other videos on KZread on this subject, newer and longer ones, but yours is the best.
Thank you for the compliments. Glad the videos helped ;)
Hello, I have just completed my ebook and tested it on Amazon Kindle previewer but I want to publish it on my website, presently under construction. I also wanted to preview it to see how it will look like when I finish building the site, but I couldn't upload it. Perhaps you can be of help, please.
You upload and epub/mobi file to a media folder just like an image and then link to that file. If your site is a "blog" or Wordpress type site, first Upload the epub or mobi to the media folder and then "place" that file on the page. That will create a text link to the file, which people can click and download. However, if you are trying to sell the book, then you don't want to have a "free" link from your site as that would defeat the purpose, eh? Essentially, you can do a search on the internet for "how to link to an image" and that will bring up a lot of information as well ;) Hope this helps, s
Thanks. I use neither of the websites. I build the website myself, and would be using e-junkie shopping cart when I am done. I appreciate.
If you are building the site yourself, then the process is the same, except you have to "link" to the epub location. Not knowing how you are building your site (hand coding, or using something like WIX, it's little hard to give full instructions. However, you still need to link to the epub/mobi file just like linking to a website. I am uncertain why you need to view the "epub" if they are purchasing it through e-junkie, though. For ejunkie, just add the link to the source code of your page.
Sorry for not responding on time. I just want to say thanks.
You are welcome ;)
I find the tutorial is very helpful. The presentation is professional but there is something I need to know. Apart from chapter breaks, how do you number the pages? Can you enlighten me on that, please?
Sunday, There aren’t any page numbers in an ebook. Ebooks are reflowable. This means that the text that displays on a screen from device to device will be different. Also, users can enlarge or decrease the text size, which will “reflow” the text. If you have a print book, then Amazon, for example will “estimate” the pages and display this on the bottom of the page… otherwise, it displays as locations and/or percentage read.
Thanks a lot. I quite appreciate what you are doing through your free tutorials
if you have access to an editor that can do find/replace with regular expressions, you can rename the epub to .zip (an epub is a zip of html and image files plus an index). Then use the regular expression [^\.?!]</p> <p class="calibre1"> as a 'find' (basically any line that doesn't end in period, question mark or exclamation mark and a single space as a replace. If your editor can limit changes to a selected area, use that, and then 'replace all' within the block you've selected (assuming you're not selecting areas that should be in vertical format so you're just converting a bunch of separate lines into paragraphs. I'd suggest EditPad as the editor to use.
+Bob Koure Great suggestion! thanks for sharing this...
When I copy/paste text with images, I can see the images on the program, and when I export the file, I can open it with Readium (for Chrome) and see the pictures, unlike MoonReader (Android), that doesn't load the images. Do you know why?
+Adriano Garcez the images you place in your text (Word Document) are linked to their location on your computer. However when you move the file to another device, the link is broken. The images must be included with the file, so be sure they are listed in the Images folder. Next, make sure they are RGB color (not CMYK) and JPG, PNG.
hello, i have a problem when validating it appers like this :This resource is reachable but not present in the OPF <manifest>. "Reachable" means that a reference of some kind that points to this resource exists in the epub. thanks in advance
Jay Tolentino This means that a file (image, Stylesheet, et) is placed or referenced somewhere in your book but the actual file doesn't exist so is not "recorded" in your OPF file. The warning it should indicate the file name/page and line number of the error. If you could please supply the full error text that would be helpful. If it was a page (xhtml) then simply recreate the TOC "Generate Table of Contents", resave and validate. If it was a CSS file, then it means that one or more of your "pages" is referencing a file that does not exist. FYI If a Warning is "yellow" it means you have something like an image or stylesheet in your IMAGES or STYLES folder that is NOT being used anywhere in the epub You can just delete unused files.
You didn't solve the problem....
in4red Marketing Unfortunately, as I say in the video, PDF is an end product and you can't create an ebook (epub/Mobi) from PDF with one click. Depending on the complexity of the project, the results (clean-up required) will vary. But there will be clean up. Sadly, there is absolutely no way to convert cleanly and perfectly from PDF to any format. The video was to show how you can extract your information into a useable format (Word, for example) in order to create the ebook. Of course, starting from the original layout (Word, InDesign) is best. If you need help, contact me through my site UnrulyGuides.com and I'll be happy to help -- Suz
Thank Vroh..
in what format is the book you are editing? or are they only html files?
Sigil Epub Editor is an HTML editor -- (html or xhtml). EPUB and MOBI files are based on HTML.
Very detailed, very useful. I do web design as a hobby, but I'm still new to the ePub format. Thanks for this.
how do you change the font size?
You can change the font size of any of your styles using 'font-size' in your CSS. e.g.: p.larger { font-size:110%; } Font sizes are based on the paragraphs <p>, which (at 100%) is about 12 point. So to adjust the size you increase or decrease the percentage. font-size:110%; will make the typeface 10% larger than 12 point or about 13.2 point You can also apply a font-size to headings (rather than using the default size) to make them less heavy; Remember that 100% is 12 point, so if you want your chapter headings at 18 point, use 150%. h1 { font-size:150%; } NOTE: you can use actual point sizes and/or em values, but I find percentages work best for me. Here's a great article on sizing: css-tricks.com/css-font-size/
can i change the font size for an entire book at once? changing the code requires one by one changes.
Blondes are from Heaven If you want to change the 'default' font size for the entire book then use the "body". However, note that the em value varies on different readers: 12 point on some, 16 point on others. Also note that people can adjust their readers to larger and smaller sizes for reading, so unless you want to force it to be a certain point size (!important) I don't recommend using it. body { font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 1em; } OR you could change the default paragraph size: p {font-size:130%;} To learn more of what you can do with CSS check out www.w3schools.com/css/ While it if for web browsers, it will give you a base understanding of CSS and HTML, and how to apply it to an ebook.
All the videos are really helpful. Trained me in preparing an epub from pdf. thanks a lot.......
You are very welcome :)
how do you insert a page break within the ebook?
See Video 2: Creating Chapter Breaks. kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaRl1MVqiMmWYsY.html
Actually Calibre does have all you need to format most pdfs in a readable format
ImAnOcean You are right -- this video is o4 years old, so Calibre is improving. Thanks for letting everyone know ;)
BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU
May I just say: you have just saved me from going insane! That trick with saving Word as HTML in a particular way was all I needed to make it work. Thank you so much!
You are welcome. I am glad it helped. - Suz
Still getting strange blue shadows on the left of my illustrations though in iPad format (fine on Kindle)... Really disappointing :-(
Do you mean Kindle for iPad? or are you making an epub file for iBooks (iPad)
Yes, of course, I meant Kindle for iPad app
Thank you for your video, it is very helpful. I wonder do I have to mail them the manuscript after I complete everything online? and how long it takes for them to process the copyright? can I just publish my work right after I've done everything online? Thank you.
This video is the Electronic Copyright application and you can upload a PDF (and I believe Word) file of your manuscript. They ask for it during the registration process. There will also be a place to upload the PDF after you have paid the fee. The process takes about 3 months (yep, that long) and you will receive by mail your registration certificate. In the mean time you can publish your book while you are waiting. Though they recommend you register 3 months prior to publishing -- should you be wanting to obtain and include your Library of Congress data in your print book. ;) You can also opt to mail in your registration form but the fee is higher.
Thank you so much for your detailed answer. Actually my husband and I wrote a book together, so of course the copyright contains both of ours' names. When we were doing everything online, it already process to $55 and we have already paid that money by card. So if I mail my book to them, I still have to pay extra?
on the copyright instruction, it says that one person $35, for all other files $55, so I don't know if it is because that it contains both of our name, so it processed to $55.
A Copyright in the US for a literary work is $35. If you are registering your published (print) book then they ask you send two copies to them. Otherwise, you upload a PDF of the file for ebook copyright.
hi, i'm lost on where this master css stylesheet is that allows me to copy and paste from…. trying to find it
The video is about using Gutenberg books to learn about CSS and this is the 7th video on Creating an Ebook Template. If you are referring to the style.css file I mention in the book, that is my style sheet I created for basic formatting, which is included in my Formatting Kit (purchase from my site), or it can be copied from the eBook Formatting and Publishing Guide (Suzanne Fyhrie Parrott) on Amazon
Thanks for the tip on using the "Text" semantics, I did wonder what that was for (a lot of the others are pretty much self-explanatory).
THANKS SO MUCH UNRULY GOAT
Thank you!!!
attribute 'align' is not declared for element 'h2' <h2 align="center" class="scrivener26"/>
align is not a valid attribute in ebooks, It needs to be a "class" ( class="center" and then a CSS created such as h2.center {text-align=center; } However, it appears that you already have a class (scrivener26) assigned to your h2 tag. I would go to your CSS, and add the alignment attribute text-align=center; to your scrivener26 declaration. Then the align="center" in your HTML needs to be deleted.
attribute 'align' is not declared for element 'h2' attribute 'align' is not declared for element 'h1'
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Hello I have a problem with the attribute validation I have so many errors and I am not familiar on how to fix this.
It may be that many are the same problem. Can you send one example?
this is one of them attribute 'align' is not declared for element 'h1' <h1 align="center" class="scrivener26"><span class="scrivener35">Escribí los siguientes Poemas:</span></h1> Unruly Guides
hi I like how you explain everything, but I have a question, On my Table of content how do I fix if I want to use number for the pages instead using Chapter. Thanks
Ebooks do not have "page numbers" since they do not really have "pages". eText flows like a roll of paper towels - showing only so much text on the screen at one time. And depending on the e-reading device and size of the text (users can make it larger or smaller for reading) a different amount will show at one time.